Ukubuyekezwa kwemoto ye-Bentley Continental GTC Speed

Injini ye-V-12 ifile. Phila isikhathi eside i-V-12.

Eminyakeni ezayo, izinkampani zezimoto ezinkulu ezifana ne-Lamborghini, i-Bentley ne-Rolls-Royce zonke sezimemezele ukukhishwa kwezinjini zazo ze-V-12 njengoba zingena eminyakeni yezimoto ezixubile nezikagesi. Okwamanje, bethula imisebenzi yobuciko engamasilinda ayi-12 njengama-odes afinyelela emandleni kaphethiloli – futhi amakhasimende acebile ayawathwebula erekhodini.

Ngamanye amazwi, phezulu emakethe yezimoto, i-12-cylinder iyafa, futhi isidingo asikaze sibe namandla.

Njengoba inkosi yomlilo ifika ekugcineni komgwaqo wayo, iBentley yethule i-Continental GTC Speed. Kuyi-“W-12” yokushisa yomgwaqo, lapho amabhange amathathu amasilinda amane ahlelwe ngohlobo lokucushwa kwe- “W”. Amandla ayo aluhlaza afaniswa kuphela nengaphakathi elicwengisisiwe.

Naphezu kwethegi yentengo esondela ku-$ 400,000, isivinini se-GTC sithengisa ngokushesha. Isikhulu se-Bentley u-Adrian Hallmar, uthe “zimbalwa kakhulu ezitholakalayo” ngaphambi kokuthi i-Bentley ikhiphe okokugcina kwezinjini zayo ezingamasilinda ayi-12 emzileni ngo-Ephreli 2024.

“Lawa mamodeli asevele aphela,” kusho uHallmark etshela i-CNBC. “Ukuphela kwenkathi enkulu.”

Ngakho-ke nge-Continental GTC Speed, i-Bentley inqume ukwenza iphathi sengathi ingo-1999.

Imodeli engangiyishayela yayinenani lika-$384,000. Umbala wayo ubizwa ngokuthi “I-Kingfisher,” i-luminescent, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ecwebezelayo, njengenyoni ye-namesake, yazalwa ukuze indize. Ilayishwe ezinye zezinketho ezidume kakhulu ze-Bentley, okuhlanganisa “Amasondo Ejubane” anopende omnyama angu-22″, iphakheji yokuvakasha yokunethezeka okwengeziwe nokusiza ngokuphana kwe-carbon fiber.

Ngaphakathi, i-GTC Speed ​​ibiconsa izengezo zikanokusho, kusukela ekuthungeni okuhlukile ezihlalweni (ezinemicu enemibala ethi “Kingfisher” kanye “ne-“Beluga”) kuya kusistimu yomsindo we-Bang ne-Olufsen, i-quilting yedayimane enembile kanye nama-overmats ajulile. wanezela unyawo ukunethezeka.

Izinketho engizikhonzile, futhi ezidume kakhulu, “isibonisi esizungezayo,” lapho ingxenye yedeshibhodi ye-carbon-fiber iphenduka lapho imoto iqala ukuveza isibonisi sayo sedijithali, okufana nenguqulo ye-supercar yodonga oluyimfihlo ngaphakathi. umtapo wolwazi. Kubiza u-$6,600 owengeziwe — kodwa hey, uma usebenzisa u-$380,000 wemoto, yini enye enkulu eyisithupha? (Cishe ama-70% abanikazi be-Bentley bayayifaka.)

Ingxenye enhle kakhulu ye-Continental GTC Speed ​​drive. Njengoba kufanele imoto enabantu abaningi, Ijubane le-GTC linezindlela ezintathu zokushayela: ukunethezeka, inkambiso, iBentley kanye nezemidlalo ezithuthukisiwe. Ukushayela ngendlela enethezekile kufana nokuntanta phezu kwefu, ngisho nasemigwaqweni egcwele imigodi yaseNew York naseNew Jersey. Imodi ye-Bentley inikeza ibhalansi phakathi kokunethezeka nezemidlalo.

Ungacabanga kalula imodi yokunethezeka ihambisa umshayeli wayo onezithende ezinhle ukuya kumakilabhu ezwe e-Southern California nase-Southern Florida, izimakethe ezimbili ezinkulu ze-Bentley. Isiteringi esinamasondo onke siyasiza kulezo zikhathi ezingandile lapho kufanele upake imoto ngokwakho esikhundleni sokuba ne-valet.

Shintshela kumodi yezemidlalo, nokho, futhi i-W-12 ibhonga njengodrako ovukwe ebuthongweni. I-suspension iqina ibe yi-crouch futhi i-GTC iya ku-0-60 ngemizuzwana engu-3.6. Ikwazi ukushaya isivinini esiphezulu esingu-208 mph.

Ngisho nesisindo esingalayishiwe esingaphezu kwamakhilogremu angu-5,300, i-Continental GTC Speed ​​ithatha amakhona, ima futhi isheshise njengemoto enkulu eyi-nimbler. I-windscreen yayo eyisipesheli kanye ne-aerodynamics ivumela ukushayela phezulu phansi ngisho nangesivinini esiphezulu ngaphandle koboya endaweni.

Impela, kunezimoto zemidlalo ezihlanzekile ezingcono kanye nokugibela okunethezeka okunethezeka okungcono. Kodwa ngokuphikiswayo ayikho imoto ehlanganisa lezi zombili – ngengoma ye-swan ememezayo ye-W-12 – njenge-Continental GTC Speed.