Bought a new car - been waiting some years to get my hands on one of these.

[bren]

Ive been eyeing up these things for years and have finally bought one. 6 litre W12 Bentley Continental GT Speed.

The Speed part is important. Lower than the normal car with a stiffer suspension set up and power increased to 600bhp. Plus some visual changes, louder exhaust (W12, mmmmmmmmmmmm), different wheels etc. It also comes with Mulliner spec interior with quilted seats, logo stickted into seats, different headlining, different pedals, aluminium gear lever and three spoke steering wheel.

0-60 in 4.3 seconds

0-124 in 12.8 seconds

200+mph

TV, sat nav, self closing doors, electric open/close boot, keyless entry and go, reversing camera, double glazing, bluetooth etc etc.

Tell you what, it goes like bananas. Its not fast for a big car, its just ballistic period. Its also very light on its feet, suprisingly nimble. And it sounds awesome when you fire it up

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[Johnny]

ahw ... I want that .. I bought some meat from the reduced section in tescos

[DLowe]

Damn......... thats nice

[docwra]

The word gets overused, but that is AWESOME. Excellent selection sir.

[Clint]

That's gorgeous. Stunning interior.

These use essentially an Audi Quattro drivetrain system too, don't they?

[nitrodave]

wow, that is lovely! is it essentially a veyron engine without the turbos?

[zeppelin101]

wow, that is lovely! is it essentially a veyron engine without the turbos?

Veyron is a W16.

[Monkey]

is it as fast as a Stage 1a S14?

jelous, me, no

[Fake Ben Taylor]

NICE! ill join the slightly jealous crowd lol

[bren]

This is twin turbo Its a VAG product so bits from this and bits from that although the car as a package feels bespoke. I hired a 2005 Aston Martin DB9 for Ann for a long weekend a while ago and Ive got to say the difference in build quality and interior design between the two is night and day. The Bentley also handles better (the DB9 understeered alarmingly) and is much faster.

The Aston did look the absolute nuts though.

[Mark]

That is very nice although I am more an Aston man myself They certainly have road presence

Same platform as the VW Phaeton isnt it? which are stupid cheap these days

[Daz]

Very nice. No video's though?

Chop chop .

[bren]

Ive got a vid of us playing with a Ferrari on the way back from collecting the car. I think its a 458 but am not sure. It it was a 458 then theyre 570bhp. The Bentley held its own from 70 to 140+ which suprised me.

Ill get it off Facebook and stick it up here. The qualities not great but its all Ive got at the moment.

[nitrodave]

ahhh, ok, so this is the turbo version of the w12 found in the phaeton?

either way, it;s immense and i hope you enjoy it matey

[Mark]

Blimey, didnt realise the standard GTs were under 30k now thats a lot of car

[bren]

ahhh, ok, so this is the turbo version of the w12 found in the phaeton?

either way, it;s immense and i hope you enjoy it matey

Yep

Blimey, didnt realise the standard GTs were under 30k now thats a lot of car

Yep, the early cars are now getting cheap. I avoided an early model though as the 2008 onwards had a number of revisions well worth having, not least being the introduction of the Speed version

[Daz]

Ive got a vid of us playing with a Ferrari on the way back from collecting the car. I think its a 458 but am not sure. It it was a 458 then theyre 570bhp. The Bentley held its own from 70 to 140+ which suprised me.

Ill get it off Facebook and stick it up here. The qualities not great but its all Ive got at the moment.

As long as the sound is good .

[George]

Give it time. He'll be selling W16 conversion kits for these things in a few months

[pdh 14a]

Stunning car! Want

[Delboy]

Nice!

Don't know why but they don't excite me, however, I still appreciate them for what they are