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Bentley Continental GT by Imperium

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Imperium has unveiled their latest one-off tuning package for the Bentley Continental GT.
Commissioned by a British entrepreneur, the vehicle has modified bumpers, revised side skirts, a boot lip spoiler and an aggressive carbon fiber rear diffuser. Additionally, the car is equipped with forged alloy wheels which were specifically designed for the client.
Interior pictures weren't released, but Imperium says the cabin can be outfitted with premium leather or suede upholstery as well as carbon fiber and wood trim.

Lastly, in the performance department, the tuner installed a lowered sport suspension, beefier brakes, an optimized ECU and a new exhaust which has been individually tailored to produce the exact "noise and depth of sound" desired by the customer.

Source: Imperium

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SUV e desportivo mais pequeno de 4 lugares confirmados

SUV e desportivo mais pequeno de 4 lugares confirmados

At the recent Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event in Monterey, California, Bentley boss Wolfgang Duerheimer told reporters that the British luxury carmaker is indeed looking to add an SUV model to its range, confirming earlier reports.

Duerheimer went into more details revealing that the crossover model would utilize the platform architecture as well as other hardware from the Porsche Cayenne and Audi Q7 models.
“This car will not be made from scratch," he said. "But you can use existing components with different settings and calibrations.

The Bentley CEO added that the new SUV, which could debut as early as 2014, won’t necessarily be powered by a V12 engine like other Bentley models noting that “not everyone needs to have a V12.”

Duerheimer, who during his stint at Porsche signed off the Cayenne, insists that an SUV can stay true to Bentley’s heritage.

“The question is the overall configuration. While certain components may come from somewhere else, the systems architecture will be Bentley. The command position, the packaging, design and suspension of the car will be typically Bentley.”

Duerheimer also revealed that the British brand is considering the development of a new four-seat sports car. However, he was much less forthcoming on the details, commenting only that “it will be contemporary, fast and futuristic.”

While it's safe to say that all future Bentley models will share a certain number of components with other VW Group models, Duerheimer didn’t want to be drawn into a conversation about whether the four-seat sports car would be based on Porsche or Audi underpinnings, nor comment on its projected launch time and pricing.
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Entrevista do CEO, Wolfgang Durheimer...

Entrevista do CEO, Wolfgang Durheimer...

... que diz aqui que o terceiro modelo da gama da marca "poderá ser um SUV", isto é, não confirma que é um SUV. Mas pelo que li, se tiver lido bem, acho que será um SUV.

So far, I've only driven a car at 233 mph," says Wolfgang Durheimer, the new boss of Bentley and Bugatti. "So 250 mph is still a target."

For most 52-year-old car company bosses, 233 mph would be fast enough. However, Durheimer is no ordinary car company boss. He's the man carefully chosen by Volkswagen's board of management to take over the two brands that make their fastest cars, to improve them and to make them profitable.

He is also the man who previously spent 12 years at Porsche making the 911 go and sell better, and before that set BMW's motorcycle division on the road to making performance bikes rather than safe choices for old men.

For Durheimer, who has an athlete's build and the clear-eyed vigor of a man half his age, only the full 250 mph is ever going to be enough. And especially so, since it is the exact top speed of his new performance flagship, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. He has to finish that job before Bugatti can proceed with its latest project, building the awesome Galibier four-door sedan that stunned the world when it appeared as a concept ahead of the Frankfurt show a couple of years ago.

Big Shoes To Fill
Durheimer took over at the beginning of the year from the venerable Franz-Josef Paefgen, former head of Audi, who has run the two companies since the early 2000s. The new chief has taken a few months to brief teams and formulate new business plans for the two companies, which he will present for board approval in the next couple of months.

First he must negotiate the launch of the reworked Continental GTC. Meanwhile, bursting with energy for the tasks ahead, he has started talking in public about a wide assumption that Bentley's third model line will be an SUV. "It could be an SUV," he corrects me when I make the assumption at the beginning of our talk. Clearly Durheimer has realized (possibly with the help of his PR chief, also just arrived from Porsche) that media assumptions are running a little ahead of the all-powerful board's approval.

Yet the former Porsche boss has experience as a promoter of SUVs. The Porsche Cayenne was hatched on his watch, and now turns bigger annual sales than the Boxster and 911 combined. "When we introduced the idea of an SUV at Porsche, people said we were mad," he says with a grin. "But it seems to have worked."

Yes, a Bentley SUV
I am already learning that one of Durheimer's most engaging characteristics is that he simply can't contain his enthusiasm for exciting, new projects. After a minute, we're back on the subject of a Bentley SUV. "When I was at Porsche, we assessed all the current SUVs on sale," he says, "so I already know the market very well. I believe there is room for a very expensive Bentley SUV above everything else — above them for power, luxury, exclusivity and price, but not necessarily size. We are already deeply into making a business case for it."

I make an immediate connection with the next Range Rover, which, a year from launch, is expected to reach considerably farther into the pricing stratosphere than the current models that top out at just over $100K. So I suggest $150K for the Bentley, which seems a nice, round figure.

But the Bentley boss demurs. "When the Cayenne came out, it was only the same price as a 911," he says. "This is not a clue to what we'll do, it is just to curb your expectation that a Bentley SUV would have to be priced above the Continental."

The model will be designed in Crewe, using appropriate Porsche/VW hardware and software. Exactly where its body is to be made has still to be decided, Durheimer says. However, while at Porsche he led the design of the Volkswagen Group's front-engine/rear-drive modular platform, code-named MSB, already used for the Porsche Panamera and ideal for parallel group projects like a new VW Phaeton or Bentley Continental.

It seems a fair bet that the new SUV and next-generation Contis will have MSB-derived bodies-in-white made in the VW plant in Leipzig. It's all still being decided, Durheimer says, but we should know the truth quite soon. Insiders say the group wants its new SUV in showrooms for 2015.

First Priority: Make Money
Durheimer summarizes his mission as "to get Bentley back to a very successful market position, to make more of it, and above all to make money." The company's best ever sales volume was just under 10,000 cars, but last year it managed only around 5,000 units. This year it is striving for 7,000. If the world economy doesn't worsen, says Durheimer, the company should be able to hit 10,000 quite soon and start making money.

Chinese demand keeps expanding, and the current crop of 15 Chinese dealers is due to expand to 20 by the end of the year. Bentley is learning fast about China, says the new boss. Whereas Europeans expect to order new luxury cars to a precise specification and are willing to wait for delivery, wealthy Chinese demand to buy immediately, straight off the showroom floor. They also like cars Westerners would call garish in color and trim, so Durheimer has started building what his predecessors would have called very risky cars and gambling that they'll sell. "We will need to maintain a stock of around 60 cars in China," he says. "You have to do it that way, otherwise you find your customer goes off and buys a Ferrari — that afternoon."

Respect for the Past, Excitement for the Future
Luckily, in this brave, new world, Durheimer does not feel in the least bit constrained by the past. He is full of respect for the achievements of his predecessor, who arranged the traumatic separation from Rolls-Royce and then successfully brought the current range into the world.

But where Paefgen loved Bentley's "heritage cars," Durheimer merely respects them. He looks forward, not back. "I'm the boss now," he says. "I feel free to do what I want." One thing he most definitely wants to do is take Bentley back into racing. But Durheimer has been told that before he can make Bentley a big name in racing again, he has to start making sustainable profits.

The cars from Crewe won Le Mans in 2003 while Audi was taking a break, but Audi has dominated La Sarthe since, and now Porsche has announced a return for 2014. On the premise that group marques probably wouldn't fight one another on the track, Durheimer knows he may have to find other ways for racing his cars than LMP1, perhaps by using Continentals in the GT classes and developing them in the same way as Porsche has done with the 911. "We won't necessarily race all the time," he says, "but we would need a long-term plan to be successful. We'll also work on a customer race program.

Is Bentley Still Exclusive?
In all this talk of expansion, does Durheimer worry about any loss of Bentley exclusivity? "Not at all," he replies robustly. "Our new markets — Russia, China, other parts of Asia — are spreading our production around the world. Our cars are rare, a face in the crowd. But in any case, we already have 25 percent of the U.K. luxury car market, and nobody says we're not exclusive. I believe that even if we were making 30,000 cars a year there'd still be no problem. Not that this is likely to happen in the short term."

Durheimer has already settled well into the job, people say. He says the offer to run Bentley and Bugatti came as a complete surprise, something he neither expected nor applied for. But he didn't take long to accept, he says, and plans to play the long game. "I was 14 years at BMW and 12 years at Porsche," he says. "I'm definitely more than just a one-night stand."
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Gama da Bentley deverá crescer

Gama da Bentley deverá crescer

Pelos vistos, as gama da marca vai diversificar-se "à custa" de novas variantes do Continental e do Mulsanne: o primeiro poderá ter uma diversificação da gama semelhante à do 911, com edições especiais, mais leves, etc e tal, quanto ao Mulsanne, este poderá receber uma variante coupé e descapotável.

Bentley line-up to grow

Bentley is likely to offer an increasing number of variants of the Mulsanne and Continental due to growing demand.

Spin-off models of both cars have long been rumoured, and CEO Wolfgang Durheimer has now officially confirmed these are under discussion.

“We can make more of the Continental line up than we have today,” he said. “I could see it developing as the 911 derivatives did; lightweight models, special models, that was a very successful strategy.

“With the Mulsanne we get requests all the time for a longer wheelbase model, for instance. The question is whether we do it as a special order or put it on the model line. We are evaluating it, but I have no doubt we could also sell that type of car in the US and China.”

A Mulsanne convertible and coupe are also said to be under consideration.
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Bentley : Un Coupé Continental GT2 dans les cartons ?
L’an prochain, si vous êtes amateurs de Bentely sportives, il va vous falloir oublier la Continental Supersports parce que le constructeur de Crewe, nous promet plus avec la Continental GT2 !
Moteur W12 de 6.0 L et 621 ch, 750 Nm et transmission 4 roues motrices seront visiblement à oublier si l’on en croit les propos de Wolfang Dürheimer, patron de Bentley ( et de Bugatti ). Cette GT2 devrait marquer les esprits en étant la Bentley de série la plus performante jamais construite. Elle devrait dépasser les 330 km/h et mettre bien moins de 3.7 secondes pour atteindre la barre des 100 km/h. Ca va être du lourd !
Selon les premières informations disponible cette Continental GT2 devrait perdre plus de 200 kg et son moteur devrait atteindre les 650/660 ch. Mais ce n’est pas tout car si on ne sait pas quel sera son moteur ( W12 6.0 L ou V8 4.0 L Biturbo ), on sait que cette GT2 ne sera plus une transmission intégrale mais une propulsion ce qui promet du sport pour un très gros coupé dont le poids avoisinera encore les deux tonnes ( 2000-2040 kg car une Supersports est annoncée pour 2240 kg ) , ce qui fait tout de même du 3.13 kg/ch si on prend l’option minimale. Une voiture qui sera dévoilée dans le courant de l’année 2012 et qui devrait arriver sur les routes dans les mois suivants. A revoir donc très vite !
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Pré-Salão de Detroit: Bentley Continental GT V8
[FONT=&quot]Actualización 1:[/FONT]Ya tenemos los datos oficiales. El 0 a 100 se estima en menos de 5 segundos, la velocidad máxima será de 290 km/h, y según Bentley, podrá recorrer hasta 800 km con un solo depósito de combustible.

Tras el video-teaser, pero antes del Salón de Detroit, ya tenemos con nosotros al nuevo Bentley con corazón Audi V8 de gasolina. Se llama Continental GT V8, y desarrolla 507 caballos a base de dos turbos, inyección directa y cuatro litros de desplazamiento, con apagado selectivo de cilindros para ahorrar combustible cuando este no hace falta.

Estéticamente es clavado al Continental GT"normal", con la excepción de la parte baja del paragolpes delantero, las llantas (más comedidas en este caso), y las colas de escape trasero, que ahora son dos dobles. Con un ahorro de combustible del 40% respecto a su hermano W12, este coche promete ser "mucho más usable" en el día a día, sin pasar la vida al lado de Repsol. Más económico también se espera que sea, pero no un 40% más...

Lo veremos en vivo en Detroit, y para entonces esperamos tener todas las cifras (prestaciones, consumos y precios).
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LA NUEVA GAMA BENTLEY CONTINENTAL V8


  • El nuevo motor V8 de 4 litros y doble turbocompresor combina un excepcional índice potencia/emisiones con la potencia y el par clásicos de Bentley
  • El nuevo tren de tracción mejora el rendimiento de combustible y las emisiones de CO2 en un 40 por ciento, en cumplimiento del compromiso medioambiental de Bentley
  • Entre sus avanzadas tecnologías cabe citar la inyección directa, el desplazamiento variable, la nueva transmisión de 8 velocidades con relaciones de cambio cortas y la tracción total
  • La nueva gama de modelos Continental V8 complementa los modelos insignia GT y GTC con motor W12 de 6 litros

Crewe, 12 de diciembre de 2011. La Feria Internacional del Automóvil de Norteamérica, que se celebrará en Detroit el 9 de enero de 2012, será el escenario de la presentación de los dos nuevos modelos Bentley Continental V8.

Los nuevos modelos Continental GT V8 cupé y GTC V8 descapotable incorporan un motor de 4 litros y doble turbocompresor que presenta unos índices potencia/emisiones sin parangón en el sector de los automóviles deportivos de gran lujo.

Este nuevo y admirable motor V8 de Bentley desarrolla una potencia máxima de 507 CV (500 bhp/373 kW) a 6000 rpm y un extraordinario par máximo de 660 Nm (487 lb ft), disponible prácticamente en la totalidad del intervalo de revoluciones (de 1700 a 5000 rpm), que proporcionan un rendimiento extraordinario y un desarrollo fluido de la potencia, en línea con la tradición de Bentley. El motor, junto con la nueva transmisión automática de 8 velocidades y relaciones de cambio cortas, proporciona un tiempo de aceleración de 0 a 100 km/h (0 a 60 mph) por debajo de los 5 segundos y una velocidad punta superior a los 290 km/h (180 mph).

Al mismo tiempo, los nuevos modelos Continental V8 presentan unos niveles de rendimiento de combustible y emisiones de CO2 sin parangón en el sector de los automóviles deportivos de gran lujo, y son capaces de recorrer una distancia de más de 800 km (500 millas) con un solo depósito de combustible. Las cifras oficiales completas se publicarán a principios de 2012.

Con la llegada de los nuevos modelos Continental V8, Bentley cumple su compromiso medioambiental: la producción de un nuevo tren de tracción que mejorara en un 40% el rendimiento de combustible y las emisiones de CO2.

El nuevo motor V8 incorpora desplazamiento variable con un sistema de gestión del motor altamente sofisticado, lo que garantiza una transición imperceptible y uniforme del modo V8 al modo V4 al realizar aceleraciones ligeras.

Otros rasgos de alta tecnología de este motor V8 son la inyección directa de alta presión, los cojinetes de baja fricción, el sistema de gestión térmica, la recuperación de energía a través del sistema de carga y el innovador grupo turbocompresor para una mayor eficiencia.

El nuevo motor V8 de 4 litros emite un característico rugido que lo distingue del resto de modelos de Bentley.

Este nuevo motor V8 estará disponible en dos modelos, el Continental GT y el Continental GTC. Ambos modelos expresan su carácter potente y robusto a través de ciertos rasgos característicos: una rejilla de matriz en negro satinado con marco cromado y barra central, un distintivo con la «B» de Bentley esmaltado en rojo y el parachoques inferior delantero, que incorpora una rejilla de matriz negra y unos impactantes divisores en el mismo color de la carrocería que lo dividen en tres segmentos.

En la parte trasera, los exclusivos tubos de escape cromados en forma de ocho, el faldón inferior oscuro y el distintivo de la «B» de Bentley esmaltado en rojo presente en el portón del maletero realzan el carácter deportivo y contemporáneo de los nuevos V8.

Ambos modelos incorporan de serie llantas de aleación de 20 pulgadas, y disponen además de llantas opcionales de 21 pulgadas y seis radios, disponibles en los espectaculares acabados Diamond Black (creado en exclusiva para los modelos Continental V8) o Diamond Silver.

En el interior del habitáculo, el guarnecido en paño Eliade, los nuevos y modernos enchapados Dark Fiddleback Eucalyptus, la combinación de color en piel de dos tonos opcional y una consola central corta dan continuidad al novedoso y deportivo estilo de diseño.

Los dos nuevos modelos Continental se comercializarán junto a los modelos insignia Continental GT y GTC con motor de 6 litros y 12 cilindros, que siguen deleitando a nuestros clientes con la combinación de refinamiento delicado y potencia suprema de su motor Continental W12 de doble turbocompresor que, en su versión más potente, proporciona unos asombrosos 640 CV (631 bhp).

Los dos nuevos modelos cuentan con un novedoso sistema de tracción total que incorpora un avanzado diferencial Torsen y distribución de la potencia en proporción 40/60 con preferencia a las ruedas traseras que le garantiza disfrutar de un estilo de conducción deportiva segura pero dinámica independientemente de las condiciones de la carretera.

Desde el lanzamiento del GT original en 2003, la gama Continental con motor W12 ha cosechado un éxito tras otro, llegando a las 50.000 unidades vendidas en todo el mundo, lo que ha convertido a la fábrica de Crewe (Inglaterra) en el mayor fabricante de motores de 12 cilindros del mundo. La historia del W12, la máxima expresión de la capacidad de Bentley en materia de ingeniería, sigue escribiéndose.

Wolfgang Dürheimer, Presidente y Director Ejecutivo de Bentley Motors, dijo a propósito del lanzamiento de los nuevos modelos Continental V8:

«El nuevo motor V8 de 4 litros nos ha permitido aumentar el atractivo de la última generación de modelos Continental, proporcionando al conductor unas sensaciones al volante completamente nuevas. La característica "ola de par" de la compañía permitirá al nuevo motor desplegar sin esfuerzo alguno toda la potencia, el nervio y el rendimiento excepcionales que cabe esperar de un motor V8 que ostenta las famosas alas de Bentley, a lo que cabe añadir su innovadora tecnología de tren de tracción, que proporciona unos excepcionales niveles de rendimiento de combustible y de emisiones.»

LOS NUEVOS MODELOS CONTINENTAL V8

Estilo deportivo singular

Rejilla de matriz en negro satinado con marco y divisor cromados brillantes
Parachoques inferior de tres segmentos con tomas de admisión en color negro y unos impactantes divisores en el mismo color de la carrocería
Faldón inferior trasero oscuro
Exclusivo tubo de escape doble en forma de ocho
Distintivos de la «B alada» de Bentley esmaltados en rojo sobre la rejilla delantera, en el portón del maletero y en los cubos de las ruedas
Gama de 7 colores de exterior disponibles de serie

Interior deportivo y contemporáneo

Nuevo enchapado Dark Fiddleback Eucalyptusexclusivo de los modelos V8
Guarnecido y molduras de pilares en paño Eliade
Consola central corta en lugar de la consola transversal del W12
Gama de 4 colores de piel disponibles de serie
Exclusiva combinación de color en piel de dos tonos
3 colores de capota (Continental GTC)

Nuevo motor V8 de 4 litros, vigoroso y eficiente

Excepcional índice potencia/emisiones acorde con la eficiencia del motor
Tecnología de desplazamiento variable, probada por primera vez en el Mulsanne, que desactiva cuatro cilindros de forma imperceptible a velocidad de crucero o con aceleración ligera
Soportes de motor conmutables que garantizan un refinamiento total
Tecnologías de optimización del motor que potencian la eficiencia
Nueva transmisión de 8 velocidades con relaciones de cambio cortas que mejora en un 6 por ciento la eficiencia en los cambios de marcha realizados con gran rapidez
Turbocompresores montados en el interior de la «V» para una mayor eficiencia y rapidez de respuesta
Autonomía de más de 800 km (500 millas) con un solo depósito de combustible
Distintivo rugido V8
Sistema de tracción total con distribución de la potencia en proporción 40/60 con preferencia a las ruedas traseras

Si desea ver la última filmación del Continental V8, visite Canal de bentleymotors - YouTube.
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