The Bentley Continental Supersports is the fastest and most powerful production model to date, being capable of 336 km/h says Bentley.
It gets to its maximum speed in a hurry too, covering zero to 100 kays in 3.5 seconds – 0.1 seconds faster than a Mercedes-AMG GT.
The engine is still Bentley’s W12 engine redeveloped for the new Continental Supersports, featuring a newly designed, higher capacity turbochargers and a revised air cooling system to create more boost.
The modifications result in an impressive 522 kW at 6000 rpm and a prodigious 1017 Nm at 4500 rpm. These figures represent an extra 59 kW and 217 Nm over the previous (slow) model.
The brakes are carbon-ceramic and again, the factory claims the brake discs are the largest of their type in the world, and claim they provide excellent performance with minimal fade under extreme conditions.
By extreme conditions they mean temperatures of up to 1000 degrees Celsius, or about the same as molten lava.
The Super(expensive)sports utilizes torque vectoring to help it turn corners, with the system able to brake individual front and rear wheels while cornering, and maintaining full power to wheels with traction, for better acceleration out of the corners.
Bentley have joined the rest of the world with silly add-ons like a carbon-fiber front splitter, rear diffuser, side sill extensions and bonnet vents, as well as front wing vents and exhaust tailpipes finished in gloss back.
Now for more PR-speak: The Continental Supersports interior has also come in for extensive remodeling, encompassing tri-tone colors throughout, diamond-quilt designs in the seats and door trims, and unique steering wheel and gear lever designs.
