Page 36 - Club Braman Magazine Fall / Winter 2018

BENTLEY CELEBRATES ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY
1930 8 Litre by H.J. Mulliner
2019 W.O. Edition Mulsanne by Mulliner
Featuring the 3rd Generation Continental GT, A V8 Version of the Bentayga SUV and a W.O. Edition Mulsanne by Mulliner
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Anytime a car company manages to make it to its 100th anniversary, and is still going strong, you know they start- ed out with a good idea. W.O. Bentley’s motto, right from the beginning, was "To build a good car, a fast car, the best in class.”
And so they did, establishing a reputa- tion for reliability and performance by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930... and again in 2003. The reputation for luxury came later, but the combination of the two
has since formed the basis of Bentley’s continuing popularity, and led to its slate of Centennial o erings.
Still the face of the British brand, the all-new 3rd – generation Bentley Conti- nental GT has been re-styled and re-en- gineered, but looks and behaves like a sportier version of its former self. Under that long-elegant hood is an all-new 6.0-liter, twin-turbo W12 engine that produces 626 horsepower, up from 582 last year. That, along with an 8-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission (a
Continental GT Coupe
rst for Bentley), all-wheel drive and three-chamber air spring suspension formerly o ered only on the GT3-R
and Supersports, helps account for the increased performance – 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 207 miles an hour.
First up in the Braman Bentley Palm Beach showroom will be the Continen- tal GT Coupe. The Convertible, V8 and high-performance models will be along later in the year, or early next.
Continental GT Convertible