The current Bentley Continental GT Speed and CTC Speed luxury cars are plug-in hybrids featuring a 25.9 kWh battery and 140 kW e-motor providing 50 miles of electric range for driving quietly and efficiently through the city.
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, Kamani Rawlings from Automotive Rhythms here, and welcome to the
00:12beautiful lands of Andermatt, Switzerland.
00:16Yes, we're up in the Swiss Alps with an international drive of the all-new 2025 Bentley Continental
00:25GT Ski.
00:29Down in its fourth generation, as you can see, the British Marvel, also a plug-in hybrid,
00:35features a four-liter twin-turbo V8 producing 771 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque
00:42for a zero to 60 mile-per-hour time of 3.1 seconds.
00:49Added performance of the Grand Tourer includes all-wheel drive, an H-speed dual-clutch transmission
00:55with paddle shifters and twin exhaust outlets that rumble when pushed.
01:02Wow, what a magnificent day behind the wheel of the GT Speed.
01:20You can drive it relaxing, like a Grand Tourer, or you can push it.
01:25It just depends.
01:26And you can take it up to 208 miles-per-hour, which is the top speed.
01:33Very impressive vehicle, and that's what the British give you.
01:36Bespoke builds, endless customizations, top-heavy performance.
01:42Another thing I enjoy about the vehicle is the various drive modes.
01:46You have an e-motor, which gets you up to 50 miles of range, and when you're around
01:51town, you can drive around quietly, efficiently, and consciously.
01:56But at the same time, you can put it in Sports mode, you can put it in Comfort mode, or you
02:01can put it in Bentley mode, which really goes through the gamut of the various drive modes.
02:10Wow, what a day of epic driving.
02:14But now I'm being joined by Robin Page, Design Director for Bentley Motors.
02:17Robin, how are you doing today?
02:19Nice to be here.
02:20Very impressive vehicle, we're now in our fourth generation, and I would like to talk
02:25about some of the details of differentiating the third gen from the fourth gen.
02:30So the first one, I think, is what we say the upright elegance, and you could relate
02:35to a thoroughbred horse, almost coming to a stance, and having that vertical element
02:40to it, and that's what you see on the front of this car.
02:42And that gives the car this premium factor, this self-confidence.
02:46Another thing we relate to animals as well, is the face.
02:50As humans, we're always looking for a face to identify the car, the expression, the character.
02:56And we picked up on the expression of a tiger, really focused eyes, about to kind of prance
03:03on its prey, lots of potential power.
03:06And you can see this expression, not only the round eye, but also the horizontal line
03:11here, gives that focus as if the eyebrows have dropped, and it's really kind of got
03:16that face expression ready to go.
03:18We go inside the elegant but sporty cockpit, and of course, with Bentley, the majority
03:24of the vehicle is bespoke.
03:26When you're individualizing the interior, what type of materials are you laying aside
03:33for the unique expressions of the various type of drivers that's going to be behind
03:38the wheel?
03:39Yeah, I mean, it starts with customers, mainly with color.
03:43They want to create a personal expression, exterior color, combinations of interior colors.
03:50But also, we start to bring in the decorative finishes, when really, customers are starting
03:56to explore things like stone veneers, different metal finishes, as well as the traditional
04:02woods.
04:03And we're starting to see an escalation in this personalization.
04:06We're seeing a lot more customers come to us, and they want us to work with them and
04:10create something that's very personal to them, which is great to see.
04:13Yes.
04:14Gorgeous and exciting to drive.
04:16Once again, Robin, congratulations on your new GT and GTC.
04:19Okay, thank you very much.
04:21With an MSRP of just over $300,000, expect deliveries of the all-new Bentley Continental
04:27GT Speed by the end of the year.
04:29I'm Kwamotany Rawlings, and that's Ride.