Interior
The cabin of the Continental GT are expanses of top quality hide and fine wood veneers. The symmetrical nature of the facia with a centre console rising up and curving left and right in front of the passenger and driver in a shape that intentionally reflects the design of the famed Bentley wings. It also has the effect of creating the same atmosphere on either side of the car so that the passenger feels almost as much part of the action as the driver.

An ideal driving position is easily achieved - Bentley's interior designers have been as far as to measure New York basketball players to make sure all shapes and sizes can be accommodated.

The particular challenge with the Continental GT was to offer a sublimely comfortable seat complete with considerable front and rear travel, a multitude of electric adjustments and integral seat-belts. Seat-belt performance is naturally one of the most important safety aspects of any car, and those in the front usually have their upper anchorages in the B-pillar. With a pillarless design like that of the Continental GT, however, this has not been possible and Bentley's designers are pleased not only to have met all the safety targets of the integral seat and belt, but to reach them without compromising the interior style of the car.

The rear seats have been designed with the same care and attention as those in the front. Back seat passengers sit well apart with deeply scalloped recesses for their elbows, allowing adults ample personal space.

The toughest task facing designers of all luxury car cabins these days is to present the controls and information interfaces in a way that is both uncluttered yet easy to use. At one theoretical extreme is the car where every function or display has a control of its own, at the other is the car with one control and a single display for all the car's operations. Bentley's solution is to use common sense and ergonomic know-how to pick the best elements from both extremes, and combine them in a cabin that is both effective and attractive.

Most routine operations used frequently when the car is in motion - such as the cruise and basic music controls - can be operated direct from the steering wheel. Other functions such as the air-conditioning, navigation, computer information and more advanced entertainment features are individually controlled, but displayed on the same screen sited in the middle of the centre console.

Instrumentation is provided by classically styled dials that live in deep recesses ahead of the steering wheel, while a small screen directly in the driver's sight-line monitors all relevant in-car systems.

The classic bullseye ventilation outlets with their organ stop controls is a feature no Bentley has been without for a generation. Then there are the aluminium pedals, chrome instrument surrounds, knurled finishes to many of the ancillary controls, and the centrally mounted analogue clock.

Wood and leather remain as integral and essential a part of the Bentley furniture as ever, but they have been tailored to suit the Continental GT.

By choosing the basic architecture of the W12 powerplant used elsewhere in the VW Group, Bentley's engineers were able to exploit its packaging attributes. This is a short engine for its considerable capacity, and frees up space that can be reapportioned to the car's interior

The so-called 'H' point - the position in which the driver and front passenger hips naturally sit, has been designed so the driver and passenger's hip to heel angle is as close to anatomical perfection as is possible. A high and upright driving position liberates vital room in the back for rear seat passengers.

Another less obvious but no less important benefit of the Continental GT's design is the omission of a B-pillar. There are many aesthetic reasons for adopting the pillarless look, but for those inside looking out and particularly those in the back, the unbroken expanse of glass from the front to the rear of the cabin provides a feeling of space and airiness. In the GT coupe, the pillarless feature and other design touches such as slimmed down front headrests mean an unparalleled view from the rear seat for this type of car.

The 355 litre luggage capacity has been achieved through the placement of the GT's fuel tank, under the floor of the car. The 90 litre tank straddles the transmission tunnel, freeing up enough boot space to swallow luggage for a family fortnight away and will take four sets of skis inside the car or two pairs of skis and a couple of snow boards, without having to resort to an unsightly and insecure roof rack.

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