Bentley Supersports: Rear-wheel drive Continental is model's lightest automobile since 1940
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The brand new two-seat Bentley Supersports may be slower than a normal Continental GT, however it seems wilder and is considerably lighter, so it must be a extra participating drive.
Underneath the bonnet is a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 boasting new cylinder heads, bigger turbos, and a stronger crankcase to develop 490kW and 800Nm. There’s additionally a bespoke Akrapovič exhaust for a extra sonorous be aware from the tailpipes.
The V8 drives the rear wheels by way of an eight-speed dual-clutch automated transmission, and an digital restricted slip differential. The ZF transmission has uprated clutches and remapped software program for shaper gear adjustments, and its downshift on braking technique has been retuned for higher stability.
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To assist the Supersports get off the road and handing over sharply via corners, there’s torque vectoring and a 48V electrical anti-roll management system dubbed Bentley Trip.
Bentley claims the Supersports can full the 0-100km/h normal in 3.7 seconds, and could have a prime velocity round 310km/h.
By comparability, the common Continental GT, which has a 575kW/1000Nm 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 plug-in hybrid drivetrain with all-wheel drive, has a 0-100km/h time of three.2 seconds and a prime velocity of 335km/h.
The Supersports is the primary Continental GT to weigh below 2000kg, and is alleged to be lightest Bentley in 85 years. A lot of the saving comes from ditching the plug-in hybrid’s battery and electrical motors, in addition to the all-wheel drivetrain.
Different weight saving measures embrace a carbon-fibre roof, rear seats changed by a leather-wrapped carbon-fibre tub, decreased sound deadening, simplified sound system, and deleted driver help options.
Stopping potential comes from what’s claimed to be the “largest automotive braking system on this planet”. Up entrance there’s 440mm Carbon-Silicon Carbide discs with 10-piston calipers, and on the again there’s 410mm discs with four-piston calipers. The calipers are painted black as normal, however purple ones non-compulsory.
The Supersports rides on 22-inch cast and machined Manthey Racing alloy wheels in both black, or black with a machined silver accent. Pirelli P-Zero tyres are fitted as normal, however consumers can go for Trofeo RS rubber as a substitute.
For the Supersports Bentley has taken Continental GT’s good-looking physique and given it the boy-racer therapy. Up entrance there’s a brand new bumper with two cooling channels on either side (one for the brakes, and one for the engine), a entrance splitter, two pairs of stacked dive planes, and a laser-cut mesh grille.
Behind the entrance wheel arches are a set of B-shaped fender blades to handle airflow alongside the facet of the automobile, which now characteristic chunky new sills.
On the rear there’s a 15mm wider monitor, a sharper new bumper with wheel arch vents and built-in diffuser, and a set boot lid spoiler.
Contained in the cabin there’s a pair of recent light-weight sports activities seats with extra bolstering and which sit nearer to the bottom. Consumers can select from 22 essential colors and 11 secondary colors for the leather-based upholstery, as properly 24 exterior paint choices.
Simply 500 Supersports will likely be constructed from the fourth quarter of 2026, with buyer deliveries starting in early 2027. Orders open March subsequent 12 months, and Australia and New Zealand are amongst a small variety of confirmed markets.
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