2019 Bentley Continental GT Cruises Out of Crewe
Last month , European Bureau Chief Georg Kacher got behind the wheel of a prototype of Bentley ’ s third-generation sports coupe . Now , Crewe has dropped the cover on its latest creation , the 2019 Bentley Continental GT , ahead of its public debut next month at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor
Show . If you set your DeLorean to March of 2015 and pay a visit to that year ’ s Geneva Motor Show , where Bentley unveiled the EXP 10 Speed 6 Concept , you ’ ll see right away where the third Continental derives much of its styling from . Both the front and rear end are basically a copy of the concept ’ s , with the only significant differences between the two being the production car ’ s more subdued fender vents and larger rear fascia . The oval-shaped taillights — these are LED matrix units , as are the headlights and fog lamps — and conventionally shaped decklid are the most significant departure from the design of the previous two Continentals , granting the new car a sportier and more modern shape . The EXP 10 Speed 6 ’ s influence extends inside the 2019 Continental GT , but not entirely . The three-spoke steering wheel and digital gauge cluster were on the Geneva car and both already made it to production on the Bentayga , but center stack and console are new . The center-mounted shift knob is surrounded by a large space that houses the HVAC controls , as well as switches for the spoiler and the rotary dial that selects the drive mode , while the center vents now sit below instead of above the 12.3-inch screen . There ’ s more to that piece than meets the eye , as it ’ s just one of three panels of the new Bentley Rotating Display , the other two being a matching trim piece with three analog gauges and , simply , a matching trim piece .