2012 The New Bently Continental GTC Revealed [video]

The Bentley Continental GTC is now available to order and first customer deliveries will begin in late 2011.

The second generation of Bentley’s iconic Continental GTC convertible will debut at next month’s International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt. the first Continental GTC was elegant and understated, the sharper radii and assertive stance of the new model delivers a more contemporary and muscular presence. The four-seater luxury convertible features a new, even more spacious and sumptuous hand-crafted cabin, with soft-touch leather hides, an extensive range of wood veneers, cool-touch metals and deep-pile carpets. There are 17 standard soft-touch leather hide colours with six colour split combinations, complemented by a range of seven veneers, all produced by Bentley’s talented craftsmen and women.

The Cabrio variant of the Continental GT comes with a more powerful 6.0-litre, twin-turbocharged W12 engine as well as a new QuickShift transmission enabling faster gear changes than ever before. Power output is raised from 560PS to 575PS (567bhp/423kW) and the famed Bentley ‘wave of torque’ has been increased by a further 50Nm to 700Nm (516lb ft).

Wolfgang Dürheimer, Chairman and Chief Executive, Bentley Motors.

Prices in major markets are as follows:

U.K. £149,350

U.S. $212,800 MSRP

EURO-zone €170,060

China RMB 3,838,000

Japan ¥26,400,000

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