The Supersports Badge Returns
It’s been a while since the Supersport badge made its way to a Bentley product. It was first used in the 2009 Continental GT, along with its convertible version. The follow-up was then revealed in 2017 and labeled as the Continental GT Supersports. Yes, with an S.
Now, that name is coming back to the latest iteration of Bentley’s megabuck grand tourer, and it will make its world premiere on November 14. Like the previous versions, it will be rare with a limited production run.
More Punch Than The GT Speed?
For now, Bentley isn’t saying any mechanical details about the top-shelf Continental GT. At the very least, we’re expecting it to pack even more power than the Speed and Mulliner versions.
For reference, the standard Continental GT and Azure are equipped with a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 engine producing 671 hp and 686 lb-ft of torque. If that’s not enough, the Speed and Mulliner get an uprated version of the same engine dubbed the Ultra Performance Hybrid. In that guise, it makes 771 hp and 738 lb-ft of torque.
In the case of the Speed, it can do the 0-60 mph sprint in just 3.1 seconds, all the way to a top speed of 208 mph. Those are already heady figures, but the Supersports should go even harder.
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What to Expect
Bentley says the new Supersports will be its lightest (relatively speaking) and most driver-oriented model to date. With a curb weight of 5,421 lbs, we’re not expecting the big bruiser to have MX-5 levels of lightness. Still, anything to trim it down should prove helpful when the going gets twisty.
It could lose a good chunk of its mass thanks to one major change that Bentley has made. For the new Supersports, it’s getting rid of its all-wheel drive system, which should save a couple of hundred pounds. That also means this will be the first Continental GT to be rear-wheel drive only.
In the teaser photos, we also see a couple of aero enhancements applied to the car. At the front, there are canards on the bumper corners, along with a deeper front spoiler. On its side, there are skirts, while the rear gets a relatively modest trunklid spoiler. Subtle, sort of.
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