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The Beautiful Bentley Continental GT Speed

I had arrived home on a sunny morning luckily, and was able to see a Bentley GT sat glistening in the sun, in all its glory. What a stunningly beautiful car it is too. I was as excited to see why this car was sitting so proudly on my drive. I’d looked forward to asking my wife, what was this car doing here and hoping she had replied with i saved some money its your my darling.

This isn’t your average fast car by any means and just because it’s a ‘tourer’, don’t be fooled into thinking that this is a fat, heavy, wallowing, but ‘quick’ car. Oh it’s far, far from that. It encompasses being a comfortable, elegant tourer, loaded with all the gadgets to keep your journey as easy and tireless as possible, with being a continent munching beast and supercar, all at the same time.

As soon as I arrived to see the Bentley, it was already obvious that it was a lot more focused on the job than the normal Continental GT. The beautiful front grille is sat at a steeper angle, and its ‘mouth’, the front air intake, is wider. These all work towards the car having more air forced into it, cooling the engine and helping those twin turbo's to breathe better.

It may be a trick of the imagination, but the car looked lower too. Maybe it’s those huge 20 inch, 13 double-spoke alloys, with their (very) low profile tyres.

I’ve been a passenger in, and driven, quite a few fast cars in the past. One of the most luxurious and quick was the Mercedes SL55 AMG. Speed, grace, power and great handling, all rolled into one. Well, this Bentley just blew it away. In all those categories.

Whichever angle you look at the GT Speed, it never fails to impress. Low, purposeful, sleek, expensive. These are some words that, when I ask, people use to describe it. It doesn’t need to move as it looks like it’s travelling at speed even when sat still.

After I’d admired the car for quite a while, I was ready to hear it running. That’s one thing that frustrates me at motor shows. I always view a car that is sat there, for all to see and touch, whether it’s a race car or a supercar, as a stuffed (and very obviously dead) lion. It’s okay to see it, the size of the beast, its flipping massive teeth and claws, but really we all want to see the real, live animal, roaring and tearing across the landscape in its natural habitat.

So I waited impatiently for it to be started. When it fired into life, I was frankly startled. The noise doesn’t seem to match the looks. It’s an elegant car. The sound exiting from the two exhausts at the rear, and from the engine, is far from elegant. Not that I’m complaining. It’s a welcome break.  Nowadays, companies seem to be making their cars quieter and quieter. Take Porsche for example. I love Porsche’s. They’re a real drivers car, and involve you greatly. But start one (this doesn’t include the GT2 and GT3), and the sound they emit – well, it just isn’t there. Even after you give it a bit of a boot, it still doesn’t satisfy the ear drums.

With the Continental GT Speed however, I can say to Bentley, well done sirs! What a sound. It burbles away nicely while at tick over and the noise makes you smile. Any petrol head would be more than pleased with it in fact. When it had warmed up, we were stood around the engine bay and I decided to wind the owner up by saying the engine sounded tappity.

I’m glad I did really, as he demonstrated that I was completely wrong by flooring the accelerator. It’s rare that I nearly sob over the sound of a car, but I did on this occasion. It is one of the best stock (if you can call this engine that) engine sounds that I have ever heard.

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