After only three years, Bentley facelifted the entire Continental GT family. The family of this successful family is renewed for the next few years. The design is more modern and sharper. It’s the question if Bentley just wants to update the car or maybe something will change for the Continental GT in the next few years.
The Continental GT always has been an elegant coupé but for this facelift Bentley used a different design style. The new design emphasizes more sportiness and less elegancy. New chrome decorations on the side of the Bentley still make the Bentley look a bit elegant. At the rear of the car, the boot lid is now more sculpted, with a pronounced aerodynamic profile to the trailing edge. The rear bumper has been reshaped and widened for an added sense of power, and now features full-width brightware. The V8 S and GT Speed also gain a new rear diffuser design to further differentiate the performance-focused members of the Continental family.
The power upgrade is accompanied by improvements to fuel economy of up to 5%. The GT W12 now includes a variable displacement system and the new evolution is able to run at part throttle on six of its 12 cylinders to reduce fuel consumption without sacrificing refinement and offers lower CO2 emissions of 329 g/km and combined fuel economy of 14.1 litres/100 km. Under the revised skin of the Continental GT W12 lie three changes to the mighty 6.0-litre twin turbo W12 powertrain. Firstly, the engine receives a power and torque increase, from 575 PS (567 bhp / 423 kW) and 700 Nm (516 lb.ft) to 590 PS (582 bhp / 434 kW) and 720 Nm (531 lb.ft), to maintain the model’s reputation of effortless performance.
Not only the Continental GT is facelifted, even the Flying Spur got an update. Especially on the field of individuality the limousine made progression. The driver gets new instruments and the car has a renewed and more sporty steering wheel. Behind the steering wheel we see new flippers. To stay online the Bentley is equipped with a Wifi hotspot system. Besides this the Flying Spur is available with two new sets of wheels in 20 and 21 inch. The new facelift of the Continental GT family and the updated Flying Spur come together with the introduction of three new colours, Marlin, Camel and Jetstream.
