A brief history of the Bentley Continental GT - Top Gear
Bentley this week unleashed onto the road its Continental GT3-R , the raciest road-going version of its big two-door GT with 572bhp of Great British fury on tap. Which got us thinking about the long journey the Continental GT has taken from launch in 2003 to present, a decade-and-a-bit in which it has become firmly established as the Premiership’s automotive weapon of choice, and made Bentley a stack-load... From W12s to V8s, from speed records on ice to the Nurburgring, and many, many special editions, here’s our potted, leathery history of the venerable Continental GT. We begin in 2003, when Bentley - under sole VW ownership after several years of... In 2004 Bentley updated the Continental GT to Mulliner Driving Specification, through the addition of much lavishness. Bentley launched the Flying Spur at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. It was essentially a Continental GT equipped with an extra set of doors, allowing your chauffeur to drive you in complete relaxation to the training ground, or off-the-grid business deals in the Middle East…. The Flying Spur went toe-to-toe in the long-wheelbase end of the market with BMW’s 7-Series and the Mercedes S-Class. Source: www.topgear.com
