RE: Latest Pictures: The New Bentley Continental GT

[hartley]

And the difference is ....?

Only been in one once and the way your feet disappear under the dash makes it feel old fashioned , which strangely is the reason given by somebody I know who changed his for a CL AMG

[SR06]

10 Pence Short said:

The whole thing is very faux class. The marketing is saying by having one you will have class, the reality is that if it needs to say that, you don't and you won't.

Commercially I'm sure it'll work, because there are more wealthy people with dubious taste and the need to be seen to be wealthy than those who prefer to avoid making statements.

It's sad, in that to my mind the Bentley playing poor man to Rolls was infinately more preferable to the new VAG incarnation.

Hardly a "poor man" if they can afford a Bentley.

[SR06]

qube_TA said:

Matt UK said:

qube_TA said:

poor man's 300C

I wonder if there's a 'Chrysler grille' option

Would be fantastic if someone bought a GT and slapped 300C grilles on it, would be a massive fk you!

LMAO

[Zod]

65kg lighter! Wow, so its only 2.3 tonnes.

[Zod]

Macboy said:

No change to the glass (and remember the CGT preceded the DB9 so surely the DB9's window profile looks like this car) .

Er, no.The DB9's window profile echoes the DB5, DB6 and 70s V8. If anybody copied, it was VW.

[jake15919]

bobberz said:

jake15919 said:

SWoll said:

jake15919 said:

fatboy b said:

Another busy day in the design studio

The Porsche designers must have given them some advice on the 'new' look.

Why would Bentley want to completely redesign a vehicle that has been as hugely successful for them as the Conti GT?

It makes total commercial sense to not mess with a winning formula too much and drive away your loyal customers.

There are enough manufacturers to choose from, if you dont like Bentleys styling then you buy an Aston instead, for example.

Look what happened to Subarus UK sales when they dramatically restyled the Impreza in 2000 and again in 2008....

Bentley released the Brookland which in my opinion was a stunning car that screamed Bentley.The Mulsanne looks a bit odd but it is clearly a Bentley. The Conti and Flying Spur on the other hand look dull and uninspiring. They look like early A8s/ VW Passats.

You mention Aston. Astons all seem similar but have the advantage of being stunningly good looking. The Conti on the other hand isn't, and wont be in the immediate future judging by the Bentley website.

Look at Rolls Royce. The Phantom range and Ghost are modern, interesting, classy and clearly top of the tree. They are Rolls Royce. The Continental range on the other hand are not Bentley.

Edited by jake15919 on Tuesday 7th September 11:39

Surely you jest? The Phantom is merely a VERY, VERY heavy brick with a V12 engine. Their design studio is apparently only equipped with set-squares.
If it didn't have the flying lady on the bonnet, no one would touch it.

That said, at least it's different to the previous generation (Silver Seraph).

Bentley have been studiously going over Porsche and Aston's playbook. I don't mind Porsche's 60 year old design because they make such insane cars as the GT2 and GT3 RS. I don't mind Aston doing the same because they are absolutely beautiful. However, simply changing the size and position of the headlights and slightly tweaking the front fascia is not designing a "new generation".

Really classy set-squares over at Rolls though. Agree with everything else you say as I said in previous posts.

[Zod]

Modern Rolls Royces are what the French call "jolie-laide". The Bentley CGT is just "vulgaire".

[LuS1fer]

Oh yes, I like that. The new one is frickin' horrible though.

[Beefmeister]

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