WORTH THE WAIT
Cynics will say the new Bentley is just a two-door Porsche Panamera. The cynics are wrong.
The original press drive for the 2019 Bentley Continental GT was slated for November. In an unusual move, Bentley pushed back the launch of the replacement for its new big coupe by six months. Why? The car wasn’t good enough.
Bentley engineers wanted a home run, not a double. Rightly so, for even in these SUV-crazed times when the Bentayga is Bentley’s best-seller, the Continental GT is the heart, soul, and face of the storied brand. The previous generation of the heavyweight grand tourer is the best-selling Bentley ever, with nearly 70,000 units sold. The new one had better rock.
Fast-forward to the middle of May and the fabulous Kitzbühel Country Club tucked into the Tyrolean Alps. With the Continental GT now properly sorted, Bentley gathered a gaggle of North
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