2016 Bentley Continental GT: Updated for Rich Folks' Pleasure - Official ... - Car and Driver (blog)
Up front, the 2016 models sport a smaller grille, a new bumper, and redesigned fenders that incorporate the obligatory side gills, here adorned with the “B” logo. At the rear, a new bumper dons more chrome, and a lower diffuser is added on V8 S and GT Speed models. Interior updates include a smaller steering wheel, a revised center console, new gauge faces, and available Wi-Fi. The seats, upholstered in softer leather or available faux suede, now have a new stitching pattern—although rest assured, diamond quilting is still available. The W-12 engine has been goosed from 567 horsepower to 582, while torque is up by 15 lb-ft to 531. The addition of cylinder deactivation—which the unchanged-for-2016 V-8 already had—allows the W-12 to run as a six-cylinder in moments of lesser... Although the new power and torque figures remain shy of the 12-cylinder Continental GT Speed —which corrals 626 horses and 607 lb-ft—they do nose ahead of the GT3-R. Indeed, the GT3-R’s use of the 4. 0-liter twin-turbo V-8 rather than the traditional W-12 led some to speculate that Bentley might be ushering its 12-cylinder powerplant toward the exit, at least in the two-door Continentals. Source: www.caranddriver.com
