@@Astar23 completely agree! There’s something strangely odd-yet-satisfying about seeing what a 200mph Supercar can actually do if driven conservatively 😁 - thanks for watching! - John
Looks way better than the '25 facelift V8 hybrid. I bet this version will be highly looked at n a classic especially with this V12. The last true Bentley thats most dealership approve of!
@@kevinhearts616 i 100% agree with you. I think the new car is very good looking, but this is peak styling for the continental 👌🏽👌🏽 thanks for watching - John
The other mistake, Bentley has made, is it's ruined a glorious GT by adding batteries. I've nothing against a hybrid, except when it reduces the boot space so horrendously. The ability carry a decent amount of luggage was a USP, for me. Now, it's gone from around 360 litres to 260. Less than a Portofino, the same as a DB12, and even slightly less than the Dodici Cilindri. Madness! You'd have struggled to get your Jerry Can in the 2025 GTC, which has no boot at all... 134 litres.
That's a really interesting insight I hadn't yet thought about. I've not been able to get up close and personal with the new hybrid yet (beyond looking at one from a few paces back), and you're right, for many, the reduced storage could be a stumbling block. Thanks for watching! - John
@@CarsofGlasgow - And I'm going to say it on every bloody review I find, which neglects the fact! 👍🏽 N. B. Though I appreciate this doesn't quite fit that category.
That little hole that you see on the hinge of the open fuel door, is specifically designed to hold the fuel filler cap as you're filling the tank. You just insert the pointed blue spike on the underside of the filler cap into that holder to keep it from getting fuel on it, or from scratching that beautiful paintwork.
@@9fiveb180 yes, I’m very much aware of that but at 06:17am I hadn’t even found the hole to put the coffee in my body yet, let alone a hole to secure the fuel filler cap. 😉 - John
I used to have an audi a4 avant and it used to hold the range for the first 70 miles as it was using the fuel in the neck of the tank as that doesn’t show on the gauge , only happens when you have brimmed the tank
@@krugmeup2162 government legislation is mostly to blame for it. Most manufacturers and engineers would also much rather stick with the big ICE powertrains but the rules are the rules, sadly. Thanks for watching! - John
The W12 is not iconic…… no one liked it that much …… it sounds inferior to the alternatives and it’s hugely inefficient…… but yes it’s very beautiful 😅
@@driven.videos You did a 410 mile challenge in a car that showed you could get a lot more on a full tank. Hypermiling (which you already addressed wasn’t the point of this video) would’ve got you more too. I’d have looked for a destination that wasn’t comfortably within 475 mile range of a full tank. That would’ve been more of a challenge. But each to their own. For every one of me there’ll be 3ppl who bum this video.
@@mk3kxc4u and yet you still watched and commented. And for that I’m eternally grateful. 🙏🏽 honestly, can’t thank you enough. Really, I’m so thankful… oh, I’m doing it again aren’t I?? Silly me. Thanks again.
@@driven.videos Thank you for making the effort to respond. Good on you. I watched to the end because I am interested in the economies of larger engines driven economically and I am interested in Bentleys move to smaller engines and hybridisation. It could all have been covered in a condensed version!
I have the Gen 1 GT speed and i absolutely love the w12 engine, smooth, relentless power, reliable, refined, this is my second w12 having owned a Gen 2 v8, much prefer my w12 and yes it goes without saying its thirsty but what do you expect for a car that can do over 200 mph no wonder Bugatti has the w16 although they are moving on i believe from the W engines, a masterpiece...
Meanwhile My 2.0 TSI Skoda vrs estate on a full tank only gets 300 on a full tank and if you drive slightly spirited it goes down more that a Bentley Continental GT 6.0 😝🫢😜
Love an economy run
@@Astar23 completely agree! There’s something strangely odd-yet-satisfying about seeing what a 200mph Supercar can actually do if driven conservatively 😁 - thanks for watching! - John
Looks way better than the '25 facelift V8 hybrid. I bet this version will be highly looked at n a classic especially with this V12. The last true Bentley thats most dealership approve of!
@@kevinhearts616 i 100% agree with you. I think the new car is very good looking, but this is peak styling for the continental 👌🏽👌🏽 thanks for watching - John
As soon as this hits 50k im getting one bentley approved. All hail the recession. 🎉
well said
The other mistake, Bentley has made, is it's ruined a glorious GT by adding batteries. I've nothing against a hybrid, except when it reduces the boot space so horrendously.
The ability carry a decent amount of luggage was a USP, for me. Now, it's gone from around 360 litres to 260. Less than a Portofino, the same as a DB12, and even slightly less than the Dodici Cilindri. Madness!
You'd have struggled to get your Jerry Can in the 2025 GTC, which has no boot at all... 134 litres.
That's a really interesting insight I hadn't yet thought about. I've not been able to get up close and personal with the new hybrid yet (beyond looking at one from a few paces back), and you're right, for many, the reduced storage could be a stumbling block. Thanks for watching! - John
Absolutely
well said
@@CarsofGlasgow - And I'm going to say it on every bloody review I find, which neglects the fact! 👍🏽
N. B. Though I appreciate this doesn't quite fit that category.
@@AnthonyKellett :D
Beautiful car, and sounds like they're proper fun to drive too. 👌
It's about as close to all-round perfection as anyone could ask for. Thanks for watching - John
Bentley has made an absolutely huge mistake.
they have, the w12 was unique to Bentley. Now it shares that new powertrain with Porsche (not sure if its the same unit in the new Urus SE)
That little hole that you see on the hinge of the open fuel door, is specifically designed to hold the fuel filler cap as you're filling the tank. You just insert the pointed blue spike on the underside of the filler cap into that holder to keep it from getting fuel on it, or from scratching that beautiful paintwork.
@@9fiveb180 yes, I’m very much aware of that but at 06:17am I hadn’t even found the hole to put the coffee in my body yet, let alone a hole to secure the fuel filler cap. 😉 - John
I used to have an audi a4 avant and it used to hold the range for the first 70 miles as it was using the fuel in the neck of the tank as that doesn’t show on the gauge , only happens when you have brimmed the tank
That bloke on the rights quite nice
For a start it is NOT a Bentley! It is a VAG clone somewhat better built than the vulgar thing BMW dare to call a Rolls Royce!
Review not a patch on Harry garage
@@stephenmerrifield3991 brilliant. Critique not a patch on Piers Morgan.
@@driven.videos lol mate isn’t that a good thing?
@@driven.videos lol
@@stephenmerrifield3991 a bit rude don’t you think?
Who t f wants hybrid crap ? Bentley are WEF puppets.
@@krugmeup2162 government legislation is mostly to blame for it. Most manufacturers and engineers would also much rather stick with the big ICE powertrains but the rules are the rules, sadly. Thanks for watching! - John
@@driven.videos and who owns these governments?
@@driven.videos if they all said no and threatened closure, who would blink first? You know the answer.
The W12 is not iconic…… no one liked it that much …… it sounds inferior to the alternatives and it’s hugely inefficient…… but yes it’s very beautiful 😅
So bit of an anti-climax eh 😒
@@rajjy1976 I guess that depends on your interpretation of climax 😎 - John
@@driven.videos You did a 410 mile challenge in a car that showed you could get a lot more on a full tank. Hypermiling (which you already addressed wasn’t the point of this video) would’ve got you more too. I’d have looked for a destination that wasn’t comfortably within 475 mile range of a full tank. That would’ve been more of a challenge. But each to their own. For every one of me there’ll be 3ppl who bum this video.
@@rajjy1976 thanks for watching ❤️
@@driven.videos ‘Twas a nice car
All of this could have been condensed into 10 minutes. Instead you repeated yourself again and again and drawled on boring us for 40 minutes.
@@mk3kxc4u and yet you still watched and commented. And for that I’m eternally grateful. 🙏🏽 honestly, can’t thank you enough. Really, I’m so thankful… oh, I’m doing it again aren’t I?? Silly me. Thanks again.
@@driven.videos Thank you for making the effort to respond. Good on you. I watched to the end because I am interested in the economies of larger engines driven economically and I am interested in Bentleys move to smaller engines and hybridisation. It could all have been covered in a condensed version!
I enjoyed every second of it. Ignore this hater
I have the Gen 1 GT speed and i absolutely love the w12 engine, smooth, relentless power, reliable, refined, this is my second w12 having owned a Gen 2 v8, much prefer my w12 and yes it goes without saying its thirsty but what do you expect for a car that can do over 200 mph no wonder Bugatti has the w16 although they are moving on i believe from the W engines, a masterpiece...
Meanwhile
My 2.0 TSI Skoda vrs estate on a full tank only gets 300 on a full tank and if you drive slightly spirited it goes down more that a Bentley Continental GT 6.0
😝🫢😜