Bentley Continental GT V8 Battles The Clock At The Hockenheim GP
The Bentley Continental GT V8 was slower than the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Coupe
One could argue that the racetrack is not the natural habitat for the Bentley Continental – and they'd be right.
Despite that, SportAuto put Uwe Sener in the driver's seat of a Continental GT V8 shod with Pirelli P Zero tires and set it loose at the Hockenheim GP.
Unsurprisingly, the luxury coupe didn't feel at home at the track, where it posted a lap time of 1:59.4. By comparison, the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Coupe and Audi TT RS Coupe were 0.6 seconds faster. The BMW M2 Competition and X6 M Competition ran across the finish line in 1:58.4 and 1:58.3 respectively, and the M850i xDrive Coupe proved more agile, having lapped the track in 1:57.0.
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FastestLaps reveals that Sener posted a 2:00.7 in the Mercedes-AMG A45 S, 2:00.8 in the Renault Megane RS Troph, and 2:01.2 in the Ford Mustang GT.
The undisputed king of the German track, in this configuration, is the McLaren Senna, with 1:40.79, followed by the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series, McLaren 720S and Ferrari 488 Pista with 1:43.3, 1:45.5 and 1:45.9, respectively. Mind you, these are all unofficial lap times unrecognized by any manufacturer.
Unveiled last year, the Continental GT V8 needs 3.9 seconds for the 0 to 60 mph (0-96 km/h) run and can hit a top speed of 198 mph (318 km/h). As its name implies, is powered by a V8, with 4.0 liters in displacement and twin turbos, which churns out 542 HP (550 PS / 404 kW) and 568 lb-ft (770 Nm) of torque.