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Bentley Continental GT V8

3 years ago

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Writer:

Andrew Frankel | Ti co-founder

Date:

14 April 2021

It was a ridiculous road at which to point such a car. Fifty miles long, narrow, twisting, with complex radii, treacherous cambers and ever-changing surfaces, me and the bloke in the passenger seat briefly considered what we’d most want to drive here. An Alpine A110? Maybe. A Caterham 620S or Ariel Atom 4 more like. But absolutely and categorically not an air-sprung Bentley weighing just a fraction less than 2.2 tonnes.

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