Bently or Aston What You Like Best?
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Status has forever been Bentley’s well-deserved name for building cars with unmatched creature comforts and incomparable style. Even with a change of possession and remarkable design changes, Bentley’s style and comfort departments remain unswerving. But you might need slow-mo to see those attributes found in Bentley’s Continental GT. This sports coupe-with its W 12, 6-liter turbocharged, 5 hundred hp engine-is no mere GT poser. It’s the real deal.
Bentley’s four-door sedans reputedly have enough cabin space to comfortably accommodate a classical quartet ; but this two-door sports coupe, by comparison, is sleek and trim. The GT’s creature comforts are however copious as the Continental’s interior comes in 9, exotic, natural-wood trims. Although you will need to leave the quartet at home, the tough entertainment center comes standard with a six-disc CD changer, GPS navigational help, phone pre-wiring, and voice-activated controls for the telephone. The seats are sumptuous with supple leather, offering 14 separate adjustments, including lumbar support and power memory.
In balancing its swiftness, the Continental GT rides on five-spoke, 19-inch, painted alloy wheels. The glide in the ride stems from an adaptive-variable suspension with automatic load leveling, a front independent, double-wishbone suspension with air springs and a rear stabilizer bar.
Yes, the Continental GT is unquestionably a ramped-up rider compared to Bentley’s revered, classic four-door sedans. Distinctively it keeps the lavish qualities expected of a Bentley, but you will have to focus quicker to take it all in.
The British aren’t coming! They are already back and riding high with the Aston Martin DB9 in its royal fleet. The DB9 is a lightweight only on the scale, weighing in almost 1,500 pounds lighter than the aspiring Bentley Continental GT. However, when it comes to the momentous performance/decadence proportion demands of drivers in this GT fraternity, the DB9 metes out numbers that merit its champion-level standing. The overseer of the 911 Turbo, Dr. Ulhrich Bev, Aston Martin’s CEO, delivers terrifically with a bunch of comforts that make the DB9 menacingly mouth-watering.
The DB9’s frame is a revolutionary VH(vertical/horizontal) aluminum-bonded platform, which gives maximum rigidity, minimal weight and an ideal 50/50 weight balance. Combine that with a double-wishbone suspension and a 450 horsepower,6.0-liter V 12 engine, it is no problem with the DB9 going from 0 to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds. This roadster ramps out at top speed of 186 mph shortly thereafter. The six-speed, auto-manual transmission operates smoothly with magnesium paddle shifters that infuse the liquid feel of a true manual transmission. And the low-RPM responsiveness is nothing short of magnificent.
Amenities come in hordes on this tabula rasa, as patrons are inspired to take advantage ofAston Martin’s personalization program. Exterior paint options are limitless. The inside contains handcrafted, stitched leather seats, and the door and interior trim come in exotic walnut, mahogany or bamboo. There is also a Linn 950-watt, Dolby Pro Logic II audio-system option to boot.
What is even better is that Dr. Bev promises that this is only the start of what guarantees to be the new British invasion!.
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