Last year, Bentley launched the Continental GT's new varsity lineup, the Speed and Mulliner trims. Both took the field with the brand's Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain co-developed with Porsche, pairing a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 and an electric motor to produce 771 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. The Speed variant focuses on the dynamic angle, while the Mulliner's MO is superluxurious touches to continue as the Conti GT's flagship.
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Now, it's time for the junior-varsity lineup, a familiar duo of trims with similar divisions of labor: the core (don't say "base"!) Continental GT takes the entry-level position, and the Continental GT Azure matches the core stats while expanding the luxury component.
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A High Performance Hybrid powertrain, mechanically identical to the Ultra variant in the bigger brothers, has a slightly lower output. Instead of the twin-turbo V-8 making the 591 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of the varsity cars, the engine in the JV duo produces 512 horses and 568 pound-feet. E-assistance comes from the same 188-hp electric motor packaged inside the eight-speed dual-clutch transmission case, hooked up to a 22-kWh battery pack. Total output comes to 671 horsepower and 686 pound-feet of torque. The tradeoff, however, is that the new models gain several hundred pounds of mass over their predecessors, with estimated curb weights coming in around 5400 pounds for the GT and 5800 pounds for the GTC convertible.
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