New Bentley Continental GT 1500hrs 07/09/2010

[RESSE]

http://www.continentalgt.bentleymotors.com/

[cho]

is it possible to pause the flashplayer film so that we can get a better idea of what the car looks like? Finally has a touch screen user interface. Hope the sat nav is better as my present one always tries to take me round in circles whenever i'm near Richmond!

[RESSE]

I am not sure how to stop the Flashplayer, but a few images are on the Autocar site:

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/bentley-continen...

Never got to grips with the sat nav in our GT Mulliner.

Need a quiet moment with the instruction book?

[cho]

Doesn't look much different from the present one. Appears what the dealer told me is accurate as he said that there would only be slight cosmetic updates and a few more internal. Looks like there is going to be a touchscreen centre console and maybe even a hdd! Autocar appears to have done what I asked and got screen captures of the bentley film!

[Wanta996Gotta]

cho said:

Doesn't look much different from the present one. Appears what the dealer told me is accurate as he said that there would only be slight cosmetic updates and a few more internal. Looks like there is going to be a touchscreen centre console and maybe even a hdd! Autocar appears to have done what I asked and got screen captures of the bentley film!

Slightly disapointed that its not a completely new car considering its been around since 2003? The Gallardo and DB9 are another 2 cars that appeared in 2003 that have not really changed. Disapointing.

[Bluebottle911]

Wanta996Gotta said:

cho said:

Doesn't look much different from the present one. Appears what the dealer told me is accurate as he said that there would only be slight cosmetic updates and a few more internal. Looks like there is going to be a touchscreen centre console and maybe even a hdd! Autocar appears to have done what I asked and got screen captures of the bentley film!

Slightly disapointed that its not a completely new car considering its been around since 2003? The Gallardo and DB9 are another 2 cars that appeared in 2003 that have not really changed. Disapointing.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! More seriously, Bentley at least have declared the Conti GT to be "their 911", so think evolution, rather than revolution. Also, for any of these cars, development of a completely new model is phenominally expensive and very difficult to justify, so if they think they can carry on selling enough cars by a bit of a facelift every now and then (and they are probably right), that makes more commercial sense than a major redesign.

[Wanta996Gotta]

Bluebottle911 said:

Wanta996Gotta said:

cho said:

Doesn't look much different from the present one. Appears what the dealer told me is accurate as he said that there would only be slight cosmetic updates and a few more internal. Looks like there is going to be a touchscreen centre console and maybe even a hdd! Autocar appears to have done what I asked and got screen captures of the bentley film!

Slightly disapointed that its not a completely new car considering its been around since 2003? The Gallardo and DB9 are another 2 cars that appeared in 2003 that have not really changed. Disapointing.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"! More seriously, Bentley at least have declared the Conti GT to be "their 911", so think evolution, rather than revolution. Also, for any of these cars, development of a completely new model is phenominally expensive and very difficult to justify, so if they think they can carry on selling enough cars by a bit of a facelift every now and then (and they are probably right), that makes more commercial sense than a major redesign.

Not so sure that they can though. There is something wrong about paying £140k+ for a car that looks exactly the same as one at £40k in the Autotrader. I cant see them selling these at high numbers.

[Markymark69]

I would rather have an evolution than a revolution.

[cardigankid]

Wanta996Gotta said:

cho said:

Doesn't look much different from the present one. Appears what the dealer told me is accurate as he said that there would only be slight cosmetic updates and a few more internal. Looks like there is going to be a touchscreen centre console and maybe even a hdd! Autocar appears to have done what I asked and got screen captures of the bentley film!

Slightly disapointed that its not a completely new car considering its been around since 2003? The Gallardo and DB9 are another 2 cars that appeared in 2003 that have not really changed. Disapointing.

I think that you are being over critical. In some ways they have sharpened it up and we will probably find that it is very much better dynamically too. The interior looks truly fabulous. Why fix things that, like the man said, ain't broke? I was out in a DB9 at the weekend and I assure you that isn't a car that feels outdated.

[oilpainting]

Can see a dozen or so pictures of new GT on Evo website

http://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/gallery.php?o=0...

[Markymark69]

Not sure i like the steering wheel but apart from that it looks great.

[auditt]

Markymark69 said:

Not sure i like the steering wheel but apart from that it looks great.

I thought the steering wheel was a improvement
looks like the speed steering wheel
i quite like it, shame i cant afford one, so my comment dont mean jack

[Markymark69]

auditt said:

Markymark69 said:

Not sure i like the steering wheel but apart from that it looks great.

I thought the steering wheel was a improvement
looks like the speed steering wheel
i quite like it, shame i cant afford one, so my comment dont mean jack

I think this new one looks a bit too thunderbirds, i quite like the chunky one in them now.