Bentley GT Speed Convertible focuses on luxury, performance, not tech
Bentley's new Continental GT Speed Convertible was announced at the last Detroit auto show.
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Bentley’s Continental GT Speed Convertible is so new that pricing has not yet been announced. So I was left to guess how many much money I was putting in peril when Bentley dropped one off in the CNET garage for a short loan. Judging from Bentley’s current line-up, I ballparked it at between two and three. Hundreds of thousands of dollars, that is.
People who buy Bentleys probably don’t ask the first question that came to my mind: what makes this car worth that much money?
Working for a company that recently did a hands-on (eyes-on?) with a $ 25,000 Sony television, my first thought was to consider the GT Speed Convertible’s cabin electronics. The Bentley’s 8 inch LCD was much smaller than the 84 inch Sony, and did not have 4K technology, so I ruled out the screen as the priciest element.
The cabin tech suite–navigation, phone, and digital audio–were familiar to me from having reviewed a number of recent Audi models. Bentley and Audi, both being part of the Volkswagen Group, share electronics, a point in Bentley’s favor, as Audi’s cabin technology is among the best in the business.
