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Video: Bentley Continental GT V8 Review

21st May 2021
Seán Ward

Why would you buy the Bentley Continental GT V8? It has less power than the W12 GT, less torque, is slower off the line and has a lower top speed. But, dear reader, the GT V8 has a couple of party tricks up its sleeve…

Aside from being less expensive to buy, there’s that V8 engine. It offers up a very different kind of muted fury to the W12, a deep, guttural bark, and while this might be a slower car on paper it’ll do things no 2,165kg car should. As you’ll see, it’s quite the car…

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