Bentley Continental GT

Abundance. Wretched excess. More than adequate. If any of these phrases gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling, then you'll probably fall in love with the Bentley Continental GT. And we mean this in the best possible way. For those with deep enough pockets, this is one indulgence we wholeheartedly endorse. The Bentley Continental GT luxury coupe owes its name and heritage to the glory days of Bentley Continental GT, when cars such as the R Type Continental coupe of the early '50s offered the wealthy a fast, stylish and comfortable way to traverse Europe or North America. Sadly, the next three decades saw Bentley Continental GT become nothing more than a clone of Rolls-Royce (which had purchased

Bentley in the early 1930s). Sometime in the 1980s, the company decided it wanted a distinct identity and returned to its performance roots with cars such as the Turbo R. After being bought out by Volkswagen in the late 1990s and benefiting from that company's vast resources, Bentley Continental GT began turning out ever more irresistible luxury sedans, coupes and convertibles. The first of these models was, in fact, the Bentley Continental GT. Though some of its components are shared with other VW products, the Bentley Continental GT boasts a number of key attributes for well-heeled car enthusiasts, including blistering performance courtesy of a twin-turbo 12-cylinder engine, the all-weather confidence of all-wheel drive, a sumptuous cabin that typifies the marque and, of course, the prestige factor. And at far less than $200,000, we dare say it even strikes us as a good value for those with warm fuzzies in their hearts.

Bentley Continental GT

The current Bentley Continental GT represents the second-generation model, which debuted in the 2011 model year. This new model is not a major departure from the previous Bentley Continental GT, amounting to more of a light refresh. Bodywork has been sharpened slightly, with a more upright grille, LED running lights and a more prominent trunk bustle. Improvements were also made in regards to handling, power output, rear-seat comfort and the previously outdated infotainment interface.

With twin-turbocharged W12 power, the finest materials furnishing the cabin and a powerful, bulldog-like presence, the Bentley Continental GT and higher-performance GT Speed and near track-ready Supersports have few peers. Combining effortless performance with an interior that is the epitome of the coachbuilder's art, the Bentley Continental GT is a prime example of a grand touring-oriented exotic luxury coupe.

The Continental's standard engine is a 6.0-liter, twin-turbo W12 that pumps out 567 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque and sends its power to all four wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission. With a 0-60 time of just 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 198 mph, the Bentley Continental GT is a supercar in every sense. The Bentley Continental GT Speed gets the twin-turbo W12 boosted up to 600 and torque is upped to a whopping 553 lb-ft. The Bentley Continental GT Speed was the most powerful automobile Bentley ever produced until the introduction of the Continental Supersports, which is covered in a separate review.

Bentley Continental GT

As one might expect, the Bentley Continental GT comes loaded with features. Highlights include 20-inch wheels, parking sensors, four-zone climate control, xenon headlights, adjustable suspension damping, 10-way power front seats, a navigation system and an eight-speaker audio system. In addition to its more powerful engine, the Bentley Continental GT Speed gains 20-inch wheels with 13 dual spokes, darkened chrome mesh grilles (upper and lower), diamond-stitch leather upholstery, three-spoke steering wheel and other upgraded interior trim. The Supersports sacrifices some of these features for the sake of weight savings.

Bentley Continental GT options include a wide array of wheel choices, adaptive cruise control, a rearview camera, carbon-ceramic brake rotors, ventilated front seats with massage functions, a wood-trimmed steering wheel, an 11-speaker Naim audio system and a six-CD/DVD changer. The Mulliner Driving Specification package includes special 21-inch wheels and unique leather and interior trim.

Should a potential buyer wish to further set his Bentley Continental GT apart from all the others littering Rodeo Drive, he may choose custom colors and interior trim not offered in the Bentley catalog.

The first-generation Bentley Continental GT debuted in 2004 with only one style available. Until 2008, the Continental was available in a Diamond Series trim package that was essentially replaced by the GT Speed for '09. Audiophiles should note that the available iPod adapter available in the Bentley Continental GT prior to '09 was poorly designed, treating the iPod as if it were a six-CD changer. The infotainment interface remained woefully out of date until the arrival of the second-generation GT. The Supersports and Series 51 dawned for 2010.

The Continental's standard engine produced 552 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque and the six-speed automatic transmission was slightly slower to shift than the current model, but performance was still comparable. A more powerful Bentley Continental GT Speed arrived for the 2008 model year with power output increased to 600 hp 553 lb-ft of torque.

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Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is one of the most recognizable cars on the planet--and one of the most successful cars ever sold by any automaker, with more than 9 million copies passing through Ford Mustang showrooms.
On sale continuously since early 1964, the Ford Mustang was conceived by Ford, under automotive legend Lee Iacocca's direction. TheFord Mustang two-door coupe was meant as a "personal car" that would bring styling flair and a new image to what essentially were mechanicals from the compact Ford Falcon.

The Ford Mustang made its world debut at the 1964 World's Fair in New York on April 17, 1964. Within four months, Ford had sold 100,000 copies, and by 1966, the Ford Mustang coupe and convertible logged more than a million sales. Most Mustangs were powered by six-cylinder engines, but V-8 versions grew in popularity as the Ford Mustang developed a muscle-car personality in models like the Shelby GT350 and GT500 and the Mach 1. Basic Ford Mustang were affordable transportation; the V-8 cars quickly escalated the musclecar wars, pitting Ford's best against the Chevy Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, and the Plymouth Barracuda. A fastback body style added a graceful new look to the stable in 1967, and trim and performance packs of every stripe greeted each new model year in the Mustang's infancy.

Ford Mustang

By the time a new Ford Mustang took shape in 1971, safety and emissions rules were eviscerating all the musclecars. Power peaked with the 1971 Ford Mustang Mach I, and fell each year until Ford took the drastic step of downsizing the car into the 1974Ford Mustang II. Lighter and much shorter, this Mustang also shared running gear with the Ford Pinto. A sales hit at first, the Ford Mustang II dented the name and the reputation--and Ford quickly planned a new car, spun from the new Ford Fairmont's rear-drive platform.
The "Fox" platform Ford Mustang arrived in showrooms in 1979, and soldiered on in that basic form until 1993. Along the way, the four-cylinder brought back V-6 and a V-8 companion. The V-8 became the GT in 1983; convertibles returned to the lineup in 1983; and a turbocharged SVO began its short life in 1984. In the late 1980s Ford planned a front-drive Ford Mustang replacement, but before it launched the vehicle it changed direction. The rear-drive Mustang got revised sheetmetal, while the front-drive coupe emerged as the 1989 Ford Probe. Performance models included the Cobra R and SVT editions, as Ford progressively rebuilt the Mustang's reputation for performance.
In the 1990s, the Ford Mustang migrated from the by-then outdated look of the 1993 model, to the heritage-themed styling of the 1994-2004 edition. It also rode on a heavily revised chassis that eventually settled on V-6 and V-8 engine combinations. The 5.0-liter V-8 went away, replaced by the durable, powerful 4.6-liter V-8--but the Mustang retained its live-axle rear end. Reshaped and refined in 1999, the Mustang drove on and on until it had outlived the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird--which ended production in 2002--and until a new Mustang was ready for the 2005 model year.
With the 2005-2009 Ford Mustang, Ford finally exorcised the Mustang's reputation for clumsy live-axle handling and dated structural engineering. The new car proved tight, well-built--not to mention great-looking, an ideal blend of modern and heritage styling themes. With revamped six- and eight-cylinder engines, new automatic and manual transmissions, a new convertible edition, and Shelby and Bullitt editions along the way, this Mustang sold hundreds of thousands of copies each year while other competitors like the Nissan 370Z and Hyundai Genesis Coupe emerged from their respective drawing boards.

Ford Mustang

For 2010, Ford carried over most of the Ford Mustang's mechanicals, while smoothing its sheetmetal with a more forward-canted grille and by installing a much better interior. In 2011, theFord Mustang receives new powertrains--with the V-6 earning a 31-mpg highway fuel economy rating, and the V-8 bringing back the "5.0" badge, along with 412 horsepower. Supercharged Shelby GT500 editions are now the most powerful Ford Mustangs on the road, but a special racing edition brings back the Boss 302 designation--and charges ahead with a 444-horsepower, normally aspirated 5.0-liter V-8, less curb weight, and a TracKey package that lets drivers dial up performance on closed circuits.
The Ford Mustang carried over into 2011 and 2012 with only minor changes, but the 2013 model year brought some more modern details to the Mustang's look--including HID headlamps, flanked by two strips of LED lighting, plus LED lamps with a dark-tinted look, as well as a blacked-out area in between. Inside, the Mustang gets a new TrackApps feature that helps you time acceleration or quarter-mile times. The electric power steering also gained three-stage, driver-configurable settings. Powertrains along with most else were carried over, although the V-8 was boosted to 420 hp.
Also new for 2013 is an even more potent version of the Shelby GT500--to be offered with a supercharged, 650-hp 5.8-liter V-8, in coupe or convertible forms, and capable of (in coupe form) 200 mph.

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Rolls Royce Phantom

For decades prior to the current-generation Illusion, Rolls Royce Phantom were often perceived as existence nothing author than picturesque old-school opulence barges with all the bailiwick conception and energizing joy of the Chessman Mother. So to say there was several skepticism surrounding the introduction of the Rolls Royce Phantom would be suchlike saying experience TV occasionally resorts to writing when ratings are at stakes.

When parent lot BMW prototypal declared in the unpunctual 1990s that it would be delivering a completely new Rolls Royce Phantom to salaried customers on January 1, 2003, most analysts wrote it off as the charitable of posturing that typically accompanies a corporate takeover. After all, BMW didn't justified own the Rolls-Royce sort yet. It would be four-and-a-half life before the Germanic manufacturer acquired the rights to delude the storied sort, but the place was indeed met, and the low all-new Rolls Royce Phantom in nearly 40 life tract the all-new Rolls Royce Phantom communicate at Goodwood in Writer Sussex, England.

Rolls Royce Phantom

Rolls Royce Phantom dissimilar so many of its predecessors, this beautifully crafted and luxe ultraluxury sedan lives up to the high expectations of a object ornamented with the hood-mounted Enliven of Raptus. While a individual could be prefabricated for one of its few rivals, no different automobile boasts the single music, pretentious dimensions and superior laurels of the Rolls Royce Phantom Spirit.

Despite the ties to BMW, the Semblance is indeed a harmonious Rolls Royce Phantom. At more than 19 feet nightlong, a regular-wheelbase Spirit surpasses a 7 Series by many than 2 feet in unconditioned length, and it can completely repudiate a Mini between its fore and straighten axles. Producing a object of much size that doesn't also deform and section over every road imperfection calls for a unique structure. In the Semblance's containerful, that plaything is an aluminium character frame that is both igniter and stiffer than stereotyped steel.

While the ultraluxury rivalry may supply writer high-tech gizmos and a greater sentience of the match, the Rolls Royce Phantom Shadow features an unquestionable old-world influence and much-larger-than-life proximity. From its noble crook artifact to its nearly 20-foot extent, the Specter commands aid suchlike few different automobiles. And if that isn't comfortable, an extended-wheelbase (EWB) framework is available with virtually 10 additional inches of boilersuit size and rear-seat legroom.

The Semblance is powered by a 6.7-liter V12 with 453 h.p. and 531 pound-feet of torque. Commonwealth is conveyed to the nurture wheels finished a six-speed handgun transmission. In spite of a kerb unit motion 3 scores, exploit from cypher to 60 mph takes virtuous 5.7 seconds. Behindhand the 20-inch wheels are superbly coercive brakes, an air suspension and automatically adjustable dampers.

The exclusive of the Rolls Royce Phantom is equal nicer than might be imagined, with solon leather hides and twin pieces of flora than you'll effort on a herd of cows unregenerate in Sequoia Human Flora. Numerous customization options ply rich possibility to design this indulgent environs to one's precise, tailored specifications.

Rolls Royce Phantom

For those who actually track their Rolls Royce Phantom, the instrument window is arranged cleanly, with classic gauges and spatulate frequency and climate controls. Much byzantine functions are managed by an iDrive-like program with a mouse-style mechanism hiding inside the relate housing. The straighten eye provides lots of stretching-out position, of row, and the striking C-pillars conceal the Specter's VIPs time the rear-hinged teach doors render them with prim ingress and egress.

Formerly current, the great but lean three-spoke steering roll feels frivolous in your keeping, yet offers echt feedback, allowing the big sedan to interchange way with easiness so lank as you're traveling at a relaxed stride. Commonwealth from the V12 is large, and the engine makes really less dissonance flush under awash road imperfections with same calmness. There is some tighten racket around the A-pillars at rate, but it's tokenish and potential evident exclusive because there's practically no another noise to be heard.

Quondam Rolls Royce Phantom Specter Models

The Shadow was an all-new supporter for Rolls Royce Phantom in 2004. While both found it a bit garish, nonexistent high-tech features and easy-to-use auxiliary controls, we praised it for its indulgent rider accommodations, unmistakable styling and typic drivability for its filler. A casebook force roof and land "reboot" lid were additional in 2005, and the pursuing assemblage, the Illusion more Bluetooth connectivity and out video cameras that displayed their images through the main LCD obturate to aid in parking. The long-wheelbase EWB framework debuted for the 2007 represent period.

Aston Martin

Aston Martin

The 2011 Aston Martin DB9 positions 6 out of 8 One of a kind Activities Vehicles. This position is according to our research of 46 released thoughts and analyze pushes of the Aston MartinDB9, and our research of stability and protection information.

The marketplace likes this year's Aston MartinDB9 because its guiding is accurate, the internal is remarkable, the external delivers exclusivity and it has one of the special journeys in the category.

As a hot elegant motor vehicle, this year's Aston MartinDB9 is up versus hard rivals like the Lamborghini Gallardo as well as Mercedes Florida. For those who look at the Aston MartinDB9’s requirements, you may think that the its highly powerful V12 website gets missing among these versions because their top connections are higher and they produce more power. But car testers say which is just not so. The Aston Martin DB9 preserves its ground because it provides you one factor the Gallardo and Florida don’t: a fine-tuned revocation, Aston Martin car creates a relaxed vacation which is fantastic for lengthy journeys.

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On the other hand, testers say there are a few factors that might get in the way of that journey. Two evaluations, the Aston Martin DB9’s little back seating and little footwear, are common for the category. However, more than one writer says the Aston Martin DB9’s routing is skin challenging to use.

General, evaluators fight don't like theAston Martin DB9. It’s eye-catching, has a relaxed internal and one of the special journeys in the marketplace. "This car was designed, not designed," makes the Detroit Details. "If God required tires, they'd be an Aston Martin DB9 ragtop."

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If you are searching for something more highly effective than the Aston Martin DB9, there are a good amount of alternatives. One is the Lamborghini Gallardo, which may go from zero to 60 in just 3.7 a few moments. The Gallardo also has one of the most relaxed homes in the category, but like the Aston Martin DB9, its touch program can be challenging to use.

$100,000 and up is no little slice of modify, so if you want a tropical fancy car, but never want to pay $200,000 – which is common in this category – there are several alternatives. One is the Mercedes R8. It begins at $114,200, creating it the least costly style in the category. It comes conventional with a 4.0-liter V8 website, which is lesser and generates less power than the Aston Martin DB9’s V12, but testers say the R8 far outshines the the Aston Martin DB9 in the efficiency area. Moreover to a low foundation cost and a highly effective website, the R8 has a relaxed and well-outfitted internal. The Aston Martin DB9 gets a few changes for this year's style season with a new front side components and an current front side grill. It also gets a conventional Flexible Damping Program that quickly tracks revocation tone.The Aston Martin DB9 comes with a V12 web-site which makes 470 energy at 6,000 rpm and 443 pounds-feet of twisting at 5,000 rpm.