Exterior

Despite my transparent attempt to claim the Continental GT as my own, there’s nothing I’d change about it if it were. The paint is deliciously devious. When the Continental was dropped off at sundown, I swore it was a black-colored exterior. The next morning, I woke to a surprisingly deep brownish, raisin-y, plum-colored car. Bentley informs me it’s called Black Velvet, which costs an extra $4,090; I call it delicious. Oval shapes are echoed all over the car, and my favorite one had to be the side windows. The Bentley doesn’t have a B-pillar, so you get one lovely, oval-shaped opening when both the front and rear side windows are down. Speaking of openings, I loved the trunk, too.

Bentley just reminded me that it’s not a trunk; it’s a boot with an automatic opening and closing feature. An automatic boot; I love it.

There’s also a cool door-closing feature. If you close the car door without enough oomph for it to shut all the way, a door auto-latch activates and closes the door the rest of the way for you. The adjustable air suspension allowed me to find just the right kind of ride, and it was amazing. This car goes from 0-60 in 4.3 seconds. It’s a twin-turbocharged W-12 engine that makes 600 horsepower; I sure ran those errands quickly.

The ride was posh. It was comfortable and sporty without being too stiff; it was aggressive without being hyperactive. And it took my breath away.

I took 81 pictures of the Continental. Enough said, right?

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