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"   Forgive me for quoting directly from the press kit, but when it comes to describing the new , W.O. Bentley&amp;#039;s mission statement cuts cleanly through the PR puffery and rings as true today as it did 83 years ago: &amp;quot;While it would offer great comfort and unquestioned luxury as it went about its daily business, so also it would possess a thinly veiled ability to turn into something special at any moment.&amp;quot;   That&amp;#039;s wholly evident as you twist the GT&amp;#039;s key (on the left, like a &amp;#039;s) and its 552-bhp 6.0-liter W-12 engine gently murmurs to life. But not before you open this coupe&amp;#039;s door (it has the heft of a bridge girder) and your senses are pleasantly assaulted \u2014 the rich aroma of an English riding saddle tannery, the look of a cozy men&amp;#039;s club, with polished walnut veneer paneling a dual-binnacle dash, elegant rings of chrome around just-so gauges, a jewel-like Breitling clock, tasteful touches of satin-finish aluminum and Bentley&amp;#039;s trademark metal &amp;quot;eyeball&amp;quot; vents with their push-pull organ-stop controls. Yards of stitched seams, perfectly hand-aligned. It makes me want a fine cigar, and I don&amp;#039;t even smoke.   And just when you&amp;#039;re content to sit in here and wonder what the serfs are doing today, you realize that this 5350-lb. rolling penthouse is capable of pounding out a 4.4-second 0-60 run, and charges through our quarter-mile trap in 12.9 sec. \u2014 supercar numbers that will humble a and come within a sneeze of the . With its all-wheel drive and air suspension, the leaves the line with virtually no squat and accelerates with the constant-g linearity of a 747 jumbo jet on takeoff roll. Even more impressive is how the engine always feels as if it&amp;#039;s understressed, even when rudely pushing the air aside as you forge deep into triple-digit speeds. The more you crack open the twin throttle bodies and unleash a peak 10.1 psi of boost from a duo of low-inertia KKK turbochargers, the better the sound gets. &amp;quot;A rhythmic, throaty drone that resonates like an RAF Mosquito&amp;#039;s twin Merlins,&amp;quot; said Associate Art Director Bert Swift.   Yes, a special sound from a special engine, which is essentially two 15-degree V-6s joined by a common crankshaft. As Bentley is now owned by -, you correctly surmise that some component-sharing is going on, and the basic &amp;quot;W&amp;quot; block in normally aspirated form is found under the hoods of both the VW Phaeton and L 6.0. Bentley takes it from there, adding its own cylinder heads with a specific combustion-chamber shape, the twin turbos and intercoolers, and all associated plumbing and ECU software, all amazingly shrink-wrapped into the GT&amp;#039;s short-overhang nose. All engine assembly is done at the Crewe factory, with the responsible technician signing his work on completion. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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