Just tap into its deep wells of power and torque and the big all-wheel-drive coupe shoots forward-and seems happy to keep it up for so long as the driver’s courage holds out.
Yet there’s no cloud of tire smoke, no tail wagging, no speed-boating rear-axle squat here. Its maker claims the Supersports coupe takes only 3.4 seconds to reach 60 mph, the same time we measured for a 707-hp Dodge Charger Hellcat and for the previous fastest Bentley, the limited-edition GT3-R. This sense of incongruity was only heightened by the Bentley’s preternatural calm as it did ridiculous things on our drive over roads outside Lisbon, Portugal, and on the track at Estoril, a former Formula 1 venue. First Drive: 2019 Bentley Continental GT.Yacht Rock: 2017 High-Dollar Convertibles Compared.Tested: Updated 2016 Bentley Continental GT V8 S.Continental Driven, Tested, and Compared!