RE: New Bentley Continental GTC revealed

[NDA]

epom said:

That does look good, I imagine its absolutely huge though. Who drives these ? Genuine question by the way.

I had the last GTC when it first came out... I loved it. I took it to the south of France which was the perfect journey for it. I sold it after a year to pay for some stamp duty - it was still a fairly new car and I only lost about £20k. Eeek!

I have driven the new Bentley (not the convertible) and it was unbelievably good - if I had the cash I'd have one.

Who drives them? From my perspective, anyone who think Astons are a bit obvious. I had a Vanquish before and much preferred the Bentley - although I never stopped and stared at the Bentley as I would with the Aston. But the Bentley was a far superior car in my view. This new one looks fabulous.

[Nerdherder]

Mafffew said:

I reckon this looks even better than the regular GT, lovely

Totally agreed.

[Mac Sinclair]

I must be the only person who thinks the looks have gone backwards, distorted proportions, terrible rear lights, overly fussy design... sadly somethings just not right

[Burnham]

Any pics with the roof up?

I think the old shaped GTC with the roof up looked great.

Loving this new shape. Shame it's a little out of reach!

[Countdown]

I'm sure I saw one of these this in Manchester today... and tbh i thought it was a backwards step. i think the new headlights just look odd, a bit like that cross-eyed Morgan Aero 8.

[anonymous-user]

Jesus, quilted leather is just utterly council. Cross eyed looks and droopy bottom not really my kind of thing, but amazing oomph.

[Jon_S_Rally]

Mac Sinclair said:

I must be the only person who thinks the looks have gone backwards, distorted proportions, terrible rear lights, overly fussy design... sadly somethings just not right

You're not, I think it looks a bit odd now. The grill proportions aren't right and there is something just not quite "right" about the design overall.

The word "elegant" appears very early in this piece, but it's not a word I would associate with Bentley to be honest.

[Escort3500]

Nerdherder said:

Mafffew said:

I reckon this looks even better than the regular GT, lovely

Totally agreed.

And me. Very cool way of wafting around.

[ambuletz]

also the rear headlights just remind me of the mazda MX-6

[Midgster]

Jon_S_Rally said:

Mac Sinclair said:

I must be the only person who thinks the looks have gone backwards, distorted proportions, terrible rear lights, overly fussy design... sadly somethings just not right

You're not, I think it looks a bit odd now. The grill proportions aren't right and there is something just not quite "right" about the design overall.

The word "elegant" appears very early in this piece, but it's not a word I would associate with Bentley to be honest.

Me too. I'm not normally one who needs to get use to replacement models, if I like the old one, I usually like the new one, but agree that the grill just looks wrong, rear lights too, just not so much as the grill. Rest of the car is lurvley. Even that red leather everywhere looks great.

[Leggy]

Saw a new coupe the other day looked fantastic. A major improvement on the previous generation.

[epom]

NDA said:

epom said:

That does look good, I imagine its absolutely huge though. Who drives these ? Genuine question by the way.

I had the last GTC when it first came out... I loved it. I took it to the south of France which was the perfect journey for it. I sold it after a year to pay for some stamp duty - it was still a fairly new car and I only lost about £20k. Eeek!

I have driven the new Bentley (not the convertible) and it was unbelievably good - if I had the cash I'd have one.

Who drives them? From my perspective, anyone who think Astons are a bit obvious. I had a Vanquish before and much preferred the Bentley - although I never stopped and stared at the Bentley as I would with the Aston. But the Bentley was a far superior car in my view. This new one looks fabulous.

Thanks for that.

[rare6499]

Surely one of the finest modern interiors. Just wonderful!

[Vocht]

Absolutely LOVE it!

[E65Ross]

Utterly fabulous. I think the CGT has one of the nicest interiors out there (perhaps not in that red, mind!

[Daniel1]

Vocht said:

Absolutely LOVE it!

I want one

[Tuvra]

I'll take mine in all black, yellow calipers, yellow stitching and piping

[NDA]

There was a picture of a (new shape) green GT knocking around PH a while back that someone snapped in London.... looked gorgeous.

[drewbagz]

Here's hoping their used values bomb just like the previous iteration, then we mere mortals may be able to afford one.

[sinbaddio]

I've been admiring these bashing up and down the A500 for a while (mostly in camo) and they do look excellent. And they bloody shift too!

That's got to be one of the best jobs going, being a Bentley test driver!