The S badge has returned to the GT - can it still cut the mustard with no extra juice?
Without wishing to prejudge any car that crosses the PH threshold, we were ready to turn our noses up at the new S variant of the Continental GT on spec. Not because it would be bad, you understand - the current generation of GT has already earned a hallowed place in the Bentley hall of fame - but because it couldn’t hope to live up to the memory of its predecessor.
Then there’s the way it sounds. It’s still not precisely clear if the newly installed Sports Exhaust is the same one that previously languished on the GT option list - although it hardly matters. The point is it’s here now, and, as promised, it ‘amplifies the crossplane V8 beat’. Which is to say that the engine sound that Bentley previously preferred to keep under a bushel has now been lustily emphasised. This you will notice.
Whether or not you are partial to all this mechanical gargling is going to depend on what you think a Continental GT is actually for - or, better yet, what your mentality ought to be when driving one. After all, there is no iteration of the coupe which isn’t the equivalent of a well-appointed, fission-powered armchair - yet evidently the S is being pedalled as the more ‘sporty’ variant to the V-max steamroller that is the W12.
It helps, of course, that even with the twin-turbo V8 untouched, the GT is hugely brisk. Given the availability of higher states of tune for the 4.0-litre motor, some might consider the decision not to close the gap to the 650hp GT Speed flagship a churlish one, but in truth the 100hp deficit is rarely a consideration on the road.
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