Thanks: First One Bentley Continental GT S review: a louder, sportier lux coupe Isn’t Bentley going electric? It is, and sooner than plenty of other carmakers. By 2025, Bentley will have launched its first EV. By 2030, its whole range will be electric. Its Crewe factory is already carbon neutral and home – but of course – to 600,000 bees. The car you’re looking at contains no electric motors. Nor, thankfully, any bees. The Continental GT S is more old-school than that, and perhaps we should see it as a bit of a ‘last blast’ before electrification starts dripping into the Conti range. What’s its elevator pitch? It’s a sportier Continental GT. Simple as that. And yet it makes the claim with no more power, the entry GT’s twin-turbo V8 producing 542bhp and 568lb ft. While the whole thing weighs a decidedly un-sporty 2,165kg, all-wheel drive and a silky smooth eight-speed tra
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