The roof takes inspiration from a vintage Bentley material, but now it's up to modern quality standards.
If you want to give your new Bentley Continental GT Convertible
an extra touch of classic British style, then check out the new tweed
roof option for the posh grand tourer. It's available with a palette of
45 body colors, so buyers should have no problems finding a combination
to match their personal style.
To come up with the look, the
automaker's styling team went through the archive of previously
available materials. Unfortunately, when Bentley Color and Trim Designer
Cathy Bass discovered the perfect fabric it wasn't right for the new
Continental GTC.
"The only problem was that it was made with
completely the wrong weave structure as our hood material has a very
specific woven construction to meet technical and engineering
requirements," Bass said in Bentley's announcement of the tweed roof
color option.
From there, the company worked to replicate the
classic material but in modern standards. The roof appears dark beige
from a distance but reveals a two-tone appearance in the weave when
people step closer.
The tweed roof has the same performance as the other available tops
for the convertible, including the burgundy and black choices. The top
deploys or stows in 19 seconds and works at up to 30 miles per hour (50
kilometers per hour).
The Continental GTC is available with a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8
making 542 horsepower (404 kilowatts) and 568 pound-feet (770
Newton-meters) of torque that gets the droptop to 60 miles per hour (96
kilometers per hour) in 3.9 seconds. The other option is 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 that offers 626 hp (467 kW) and 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) and reaches 60 mph in 3.7 seconds.
