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07/05/2006, 9:31 AM

Bentley News

Tuner builds world’s fastest Bentley

German tuner MTM has put together a kit for the Bentley Continental GT that pushes output to 650 horsepower. The first component of the kit is a software upgrade that enables the engine to reach 635 horsepower. Further mechanical upgrades inch output up to 650 horses and 780 Nm of torque. Zero to 62 mph takes just 4.2 seconds and top speed is over 206 mph. Other upgrades include 21 inch alloy wheels, 10.5 inch wide Dunlop tires, and giant 412×38 front brakes. Gallery after the jump…

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07/05, 9:36 AM

posted by:

Renton

This is probably a car you will want to leave the warranty intact for. Then again if you can afford a modified Continental GT, you can proably afford the service.

Was driving my X5 4.4i on 95 a while back, early morning. A Continental GT goes by at about 100 MPH, I stomped on the gas, and I could do nothing. It just kept disappearing in the distance. It was raining hard. What a car.

07/05, 9:53 AM

posted by:

I Wankalot

YUK! Germans proving while they can style a beautiful car (Audis) they have no class. Talk about a rapper wagon

07/05, 9:55 AM

posted by:

Ham Shandy

Sad that you even dreamed you could catch up in your ****box SUV renton

07/05, 9:56 AM

posted by:

mbftw

you were also in a X5, not the fastest thing on the road. haha jk

Thing is…if you really wanted to be “fast” why mod ur Continental? Go out and get a Z06. Prolly cheaper than the actual mod!

All the continentals around here are driven by women anyways…they don’t any more horses…too deadly already.

07/05, 10:00 AM

posted by:

Anonymous

The COntenintal GT is too affordable and too many oiks can afford them. It is the 21st Century equivalent to the Mercedes-Benz SL Beverly Hills Housewife Car.

07/05, 10:11 AM

posted by:

DEEEEZ

What is an OIK?

07/05, 10:16 AM

posted by:

I Wankalot

OIK = common person with no style or finesse. You can be a poor or a rich oik

07/05, 10:17 AM

posted by:

Thing2

cars that expensive shouldn’t have to be modified if it truely was worth the sticker price…

07/05, 10:34 AM

posted by:

Ed

These Continental GTs are so common in south Florida that they don’t get any attention any more, they just blend in with the rest of the automotive landscape. I guess that’s why there will always be a market for someone to modify them.

07/05, 10:37 AM

posted by:

ss

^^ thats not true…there is always room for improvment. there is alot of Porsche tuners, even some guys the tweek ferrari and lambo. is there a point…only to go faster

07/05, 10:51 AM

posted by:

Jon

In SOFLA Bentleys are a dime a dozen, hell I saw 2 yesterday and it was the 4th of July…when most people are at home and not on the roads.

Jon.

07/05, 10:53 AM

posted by:

Renton

Ham Shandy, I never even thought I could keep up in my shiatbox SUV. I know the hierarchy of performance cars and this thing is way above the X5. Next time I accidently see a rare car, I’ll be sure to bring a faster vehicle.

I just was amazed at the pace of this thing. In the rain.

BTW, V8 X5’s are not slow.

07/05, 11:08 AM

posted by:

JD

^^^ Though I don’t own one, Renton, I have driven a 4.4i and no, they are not slow. It drives like every other Bimmer. It GOES!

07/05, 11:15 AM

posted by:

Toy Yoda

Well, next time your in your bmw suv and you see a Bentley coming at you at 100mph, just cut in front of it right before it passes you. BANG!! No more 100mph bentley. :)

07/05, 11:34 AM

posted by:

Renton

#14 — Most Bentley owners have great insurance too.

07/05, 11:47 AM

posted by:

Toy Yoda

Well, shoot, trade your BMW for a Porsche Cayenne. They have something like 500hp. Then get that tuned to over 630hp. Then, overtake the bentley.

07/05, 11:50 AM

posted by:

Toy Yoda

I’ve seen a black bentley recently in my neighborhood. The guy put 21″ chrome wheels on it and tinted the windows. Here’s how rice the stock car looks…. the 21″ chrome wheels and the tinted windows really fit the car.

I got nothing against rice, it’s just not my taste. However, Bentley -I thought- are suppose to be classy. I think they failed on this model.

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07/05, 2:38 PM

posted by:

Onur

The official website sais it puts out 795 nm of torque. And the 0-62 time is 4.4 secs.

07/05, 3:17 PM

posted by:

The Stig

This looks more like wild rice to me.

07/05, 3:37 PM

posted by:

BAMF

You people who say these tuned Bentleys, Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Mercedes, etc are rice clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. Rice is defined as something added to make the car LOOK like a fast car without it actually being fast. Read the title of the article: “Tuner builds the WORLDS FASTEST Bentley.” That means that its fast. Really fast. The fastest. Also meaning, NOT RICE. So suck it.

07/05, 3:40 PM

posted by:

BAMF

And also, the fact that in some places, the Continental GTs are common, does not make them any less beautiful/awesome. Grow up. I work in Winter Park, FL, where on a daily basis, I see more than five GTs, a few Flying Spurs, Arnage, Phantoms, Lambos, Ferraris, etc. And I dont think any less of these cars. How could you? You’re clearly just jealous that you dont have one. Imagine for a second you had the money to buy one, and you did. Wouldn’t you be pretty freaking satisfied with owning the world’s fastest Bentley?

07/05, 5:08 PM

posted by:

Renton

I think the number one requirement for a car to be “riced” is that it is Japanese. The Bentley Continental GT is German (yeah I know Bentley is English, but everyone knows this car is 98% VW) Not rice.

Tricking out an expensive car with the dubs is “ghetto fabulous”.
(especially when you leave the little brakes on it)

The aforementioned Continental GT is a “tuner car” and goes like it looks, or faster.

07/05, 5:19 PM

posted by:

BAMF

“The aforementioned Continental GT is a “tuner car” and goes like it looks, or faster.”

I would have to agree with the “faster” part.

07/05, 7:09 PM

posted by:

Eion

The world’s fastest Bentley? I suspect that the Speed 8 is a *lot* faster than this car.

07/05, 9:55 PM

posted by:

Tristan

Sweet. But Not Rad.

07/06, 5:03 AM

posted by:

Guttersludge

Bentley Bentley Bentley

Very nice and all, but that’s where it ends - very nice.

Not spectacular, not exactly sexy, not nearly exclusive enough, not even here in Cape Town, I see one or two every day. Benters’ still haven’t got their ‘image’ right - no fault of VW, I suspect, but still, a little too staid.

Now - what the world REALLY needs is a mad-hatter go-cuck-fast mod for the upcoming Jaguar XKR, if that car is allowed to see less than 4 seconds on a timer, I’ll never, I mean NEVER dream of owning a Ferrari again. Period.

Geez, and people rip it off for looking ‘too like an Aston,’ what bull**** - it looks BETTER.

Aston’s are beautiful, the new XK is just - more so.

So what if I was given the Bentley then? Why, I’d drive it all day with a f***ing ridiculous smile on my mug; but if it was my money - we’ll you guessed it…

07/06, 9:48 AM

posted by:

James

Cool car, but I still don’t get why LLN’s always reports on these “tuner” jobs. It must be their aren’t any hot rod shops on that side of the pond. In the US you can drive into your average hotrod/speed shop and you will see a handfull of 400-1000+ HP cars kicking around the parking lot and in the bays. Very weird guys

07/08, 6:23 AM

posted by:

eric

Get it right all of u !
RICE is the term given to adding stupid exterior modifications like an un-neccesarily large wing to a car that will never reach speeds to make use of it, or putting cheapo bodykits that aren’t bolted properly and only weigh down the car.
Usually done to JDMs (Nissan, Honda/Acura, Mitsubishi, Subaru). For Hammann and like u can say they are ’stylists’ not a ricers.

Just to get it right:

TUNERS MAKE CARS FASTER. RICERS MAKE THEM SLOWER

so the nxt time u use the word RICE, know the the meaning before using the word.

07/08, 6:25 AM

posted by:

eric

Get it right all of u cept 23 & 24 are right!
RICE is the term given to adding stupid exterior modifications like an un-neccesarily large wing to a car that will never reach speeds to make use of it, or putting cheapo bodykits that aren’t bolted properly and only weigh down the car.
Usually done to JDMs (Nissan, Honda/Acura, Mitsubishi, Subaru). For Hammann and like u can say they are ’stylists’ not a ricers.

Just to get it right:

TUNERS MAKE CARS FASTER. RICERS MAKE THEM SLOWER

so the nxt time u use the word RICE, know the the meaning before using the word.

07/08, 6:26 AM

posted by:

eric

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