Bentley’s Regional Director for Europe, Guillaume Chabin thanks the
readers of the Motor Classic magazine for the award. He also regarded
the Continental GT to contain a truly unique blend of luxury,
craftsmanship and performance. The timeless design icon makes an
eloquent statement not only for today’s customers, but those in the future,
building on this success is the new-generation Continental GT,
introduced in 2011. Features that were appreciated by Motor Klassik
readers includes the latest aluminium Super-Formed front wings, with
familiar power lines and rear haunches enhancing the highly distinctive,
sculptured appearance of the coupe. Bentley is widening the appeal of the Continental GT family by recently introducing
a smaller 4.0-litre V8 engine paired to an eight speed gearbox. However
the smaller variant retains typical power, drama and performance
expected of a Bentley, the current Continental GT emerged as a design
icon with its high styling and craftsmanship paired with a powerful,
twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 engine. It perfectly expresses the
unrivalled skills of Bentley’s workforce. Under the leadership of
Belgium born design director, Dirk van Braeckel, the styling team gained
inspiration from the R-Type Continental coupe of the 1950s, The prize
was presented at Schloss Dyck in Juchen, Germany on the 20th March to
Rolf Frech, member of the Board for Engineering, during the Motor
Klassik gala award ceremony. Bentley revealed the Continental GT, at the
Paris Motor Show in late 2002 marking a new product range for the
Bentley brand, Bentley seems to be hitting the right notes nowadays.
Just days ago we presented an article regarding Bentley taking practice
runs with its Continental GT family at GoodWood, now the same car has
been awarded for its timeless design by a German magazine.
