2012 Bentley Continental GTC - Car and Driver

Tour guide and former leather trimmer Nigel Lofkin admits that, before VW bought Bentley, the assembly plant in Crewe, England, was quite a bit messier. Many of Bentley's interior craftsmen do the same job their parents or grandparents did and are rightfully proud of doing things the old way. But we doubt Bentley's chief of chiefs, former Porsche executive Wolfgang Dürheimer, has a problem with Lofkin's description of the shop floor. Bentley is in a situation similar to Porsche's when Dürheimer arrived. Currently, the winged B has two model lines: the flagship Mulsanne and the Continental range. The Mulsanne is still hand-built from start to finish and costs, at bare minimum, $296,295. Dürheimer tells us he sees the Continental as Bentley's 911 and wants to see the range expanded beyond the existing GT coupe, Flying Spur sedan, and... (It ultimately should expand to add more powerful Speed and even more powerful Supersports versions of all, as well as possible lightweight versions. you can read more about Bentley's plan here. If and when that happens, expect the proliferation of the Continental line to really take off. Source: www.caranddriver.com