Road Test
Bentley Continental (91-05)
Test date 23 August 1995
Price as tested £199,750
For Unparalleled sense of occasion, cabin ambience, styling, handling, slick gearbox
Against Costs more to run than a castle in Scotland, lumpy low-speed ride, wind noise, fuel consumption
How much ?
- Price as tested £199,750
- Price as tested £187,354
How fast
- 0-30mph no data
- 0-60mph no data
- 0-100mph no data
- 0-150mph no data
- 0-200mph
no data
- 30-70mph
no data
- 0-400m
no data
- 0-1000m
no data
- 30-50mph in 3rd/4th
no data
- 40-60mph in 4th/5th
no data / no data
- 50-70mph in 5th
no data
- 60-0mph
no data
- Top speed
no data
- Noise at 70mph
no data
How thirsty?
- Test average
no data
- Test best/worst
no data / no data
Government figures
- Combined/urban
15.1 / 10.1 mpg
- CO2 emissions
418 g/km
How big?
- Length
5350 mm
- Width
1878 mm
- Height
1462 mm
- Wheelbase
3016 mm
- Weight
2402 kg
- Fuel tank
108.0 litres
Engine
- Layout V8 cyls , 6750 cc
- Max power 400 bhp at 4100 rpm
- Max torque 590 ft at 2150 rpm
- Specific output 59.3 bhp per litre bhp per litre
- Power to weight no data
- Installation F
- Bore/stoke 104/99mm mm
- Compression ratio 8.0:1
- Valve gear no data
- Ignition and fuel no data, Unleaded
Gearbox
- Type U-speed Automatic
- 1st no data
- 2nd no data
- 3rd no data
- 4th no data
- 5th no data
- 6th no data
- Final drive no data
Suspension
- Front Wishbones, coils, electronically controlled dampers, anti-roll bar
- Rear Semi-trailing arms, coils, electronically controlled damping with self-levelling
Steering
- Type Rack and pinion, power assisted
- Lock to lock 3.20
Brakes
- Front 279mm ventilated discs
- Rear 277mm discs
Wheel & tyres
- Size front 7.5x17in in
- Size rear 7.5x17in in
- Made of Cast alloy
- Tyres front 255/55 WR17
- Tyres rear 255/55 WR17
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