Hoovey689

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New Bentley Supersports coming in 2014

A report in Autocar says the next Bentley Continental Supersports will be ready for retail duty in 2014. If true, the coupe is meant to follow the same formula as the first generation, which means weight loss, honed reflexes and "improving braking power," that last one an eyebrow raiser because the Continental series already has some of the largest diameter brakes available on a production car.

A vulgar gain in horsepower isn't planned, however; the Supersports was never primarily about pure grunt, but rather being more connected to the grunt the Continental had. The previous Supersports (Bentley no longer offers it) put out 621 horsepower, but it's said that the coming model will move up to 650 hp, and that would put healthy distance between it and the 616-hp Continental GT Speed.

The Supersports would take a place at the head of the Continental line-up, but be briefly usurped there by a road-going version of the Continental GT3 race car if that comes to fruition. But whereas the street-legal GT3 car would be limited production, the new Supersports would be a series offering.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/03/n...oming-in-2014/

Hoovey689

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Those Supersports are just grand in about every way (size, power, presence etc.)

Nospinzone

In my opinion the interior of the Bentley Continental is the nicest of all automobiles.

Hoovey689

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It's nice for sure. Not a fan of the VW style shifter though, kinda downgrades the imagine IMO. I still think no one holds a candle to a Rolls interior

Blackraven

Here's something ironic:

The rear legroom of any Bentley Continental GT is unbearable (for any person aged 13 and above). It's as cramped as a BMW 1 series.

Yet the funny thing is: When Bentley/VAG sold the car without the rear seats, the sales were slow. Yet when they added rear seats, sales increased by more than 100% and beyond



With that said, I look forward to the Supersports version for the second-generation Continental GT. With the new-gen CGT Speed raising the bar so much, I can't imagine what kind of intensity the new SS variant would bring in.

Hell yeah