Fastest, Most Powerful, Greenest Bentley Ever

The Bentley Continental Supersports has been on our radar for some time. The 621hp twin-turbo V12 is being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, but today Bentley finally let us in on the specs for the fastest Bentley ever produced. The Continental Supersports looks more aggresive than the Bentley GT Continental GTC Speed convertible, and blows it away on the speed front with a top speed of 204mph on E85 fuel vs. the convertible’s 200mph with the top up. Capable of taking either regular fuel or E85, the V12 developes 519lb-ft of torque and can hit 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds and 0-100mph in 8.9 seconds; ridiculously fast for a car this size, even if they did loose the backseat.

The downside you ask? The Bentley Continental Supersport is only going to be available with an automatic transmition (WTF Bentley?). However, the auto-tranny has been tuned to produce 50% faster shifts than the Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed, the ability to skip gears when downshifting, and the car includes gigantic ceramic breaks to slow you down from that awesome top speed. Does anyone else look at the Bentley Continental Supersports and see the Premier4509 Aston Martin Vantage? Curious similarities…

Check out an extensive image gallery of the stylish interior and exterior, the full specs and shortened press release after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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