Sunday, March 8, 2009

Bentlet Continental GT




Bentley will unveil the Continental Supersports at the Geneva Motor show in March, which is not only the most powerful Bentley ever made but also the most ecologically friendly as well, since its E85(85% ethanol, 15% petrol) compatible.
The familiar W12 powerplant, which now sips bio fuel, produces 612bhp and an almost equally mind bending 591lb/ft of torque. As a result, this green (white) machine can sprint to 100km/h in just 3.9 seconfs. To save weight, the Bentley has no seats at the rear, and carbon fibre buckets at the front. In fact, combined with other light weight components such as carbon ceramic brakes, its total weught saing over the Continental GT is a fairly substantial 110kgs.
This is Bentley's firt fuel performance car - capable of running on both petrol and biofuel, or any combination of the two. The power delivery remains consistently brutal whatever the ratio thanks to a fuel quality sensor that detects the blending of fuel and communicates in real time with the car's ECU. According to Bentley, running the car on E85 can offer up to a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions on, what they refer to as, a 'well-to-wheel' basis, which is a measure of a fuel's net contribution to the atmosphere, and not just tailpipe emissions.
With the Continental Supersports, Bentley well and truly proes that you can in fact go green without sacrificing performance or luxury.

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