Bentley has just unveiled the Supersports, the most driver-focused version of the Continental GT ever released by the British brand.
According to information from Car Magazine, the entire construction process of the vehicle was closely supervised by Frank-Steffen Walliser, former head of Porsche and current CEO of Bentley.
“This is the first project developed from start to finish since I joined Bentley Motors, and I am proud of our team and how quickly we created a car so different from the GT it is based on,” said Walliser.
The Supersports is the closest one can get to a true Bentley “GT3”, without rear seats and with rear-wheel drive on a Continental GT for the first time.
“This marks the return of Bentley to producing more extreme cars – cars that combine an extraordinary breadth of capabilities with true driver engagement,” added the CEO.
But unlike the most recent version of the GT, the Supersports drops the hybrid element in favor of the pure power of the 4.0-liter V8 engine. Even though it is extremely powerful, it seems the focus of the new vehicle is not necessarily speed, but rather the driving experience.
It produces 657 hp and 800 Nm of torque, allowing it to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 309 km/h. Just as a Porsche 911 GT3 cannot match the absolute pace of the Turbo variants, straight-line speed is not Bentley’s top priority.
While “lightweight” and “Bentley” are not usually found in the same sentence, the Supersports is the lightest car the British brand has produced in 85 years. Weighing just under 2 tons, it is still almost 500 kg lighter than the regular model.
Production will be very limited, and Bentley plans to build only 500 units of the Supersports, each individually numbered on the center console. The car will be officially launched in the UK in 2027, but customers will already be able to order it starting in March 2026.
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