A trip with a total value of 60 million made me re-understand the definition of luxury car.

What is Bentley's impression in everyone's mind? Extremely luxurious Out of reach?

To tell the truth, Bentley, a brand in the top food chain of the automobile industry, is a bit distant and strange even for automobile editors who have read all the best cars in the world, because we don't have many opportunities to try Bentley. ? I'm already the lucky one. In the last six years, the last generation of mainland GT? I didn't miss the opportunity to drive, Tim Yue and Xin Tim Yue. But if I want to sum up what is good about Bentley, I can't seem to answer it at the moment.

In the last month of 2020, at the invitation of Bentley, I came to Sanya to participate in the test drive of all Bentley models. I roughly calculated the total price of all the test cars in this activity, which should exceed 60 million yuan. Running in Sanya for two days with this team with a total value of 60 million, I feel that I have an unprecedented new understanding of Bentley.

As for what we know, let's talk about it at last. At the beginning, I followed the tradition of new car reviews and talked about the test drive experience of several key models this time.

Xintianyue: Almighty Paladin

Last time in Beijing, I took a test drive at the track and cross-country field. At that time, I also made it clear that the track handling performance and off-road ability of this car far exceeded my prediction.

This time on the open road, Xintianyue can be said to show me a better ability, that is, to make you travel long distances easily, safely and comfortably. The chassis stability and quietness of this car can be said to be one of the best SUVs on the planet. Good passability and excellent driving vision, I don't have much psychological pressure to drive this expensive SUV.

I remember a trip when I drove Xintianyue back to my hotel during the late rush hour in downtown Sanya. After more than an hour's journey, I didn't feel tired or angry because of the congested road conditions. Yes, I completed this journey with Xintianyue without feeling. Sanya, a southern city, is actually not the best performance stage for Tim Yue. It is versatile and good at long-distance raids. It is more suitable to accompany you in the vast west or north and enjoy the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland on both sides of the straight road.

In Sanya's coconut wind and sea rhyme, you will like the following car better.

New Europe? GT？ V8？ Convertible version: sunshine handsome boy

Before, Hairstyle Brother tested the brand-new European model W 12 on the track, so this time I will focus on Bentley's latest new European model? GT？ V8？ In the convertible.

Except that we didn't test drive this car, I also understood the simplest truth: in the land of China from June to February in 5438, there may be no city more suitable for driving a convertible than Sanya. Not to mention driving such a handsome and beautiful Bentley convertible?

Shortly after driving out of the hotel with the motorcade in the early morning, I opened the roof. I roughly calculated that the roof of the Continental GT convertible can be completely opened or closed in about 20 seconds. Bathed in the warm sunshine of Hainan, I did not hesitate to open the hood and follow the team to the roundabout expressway.

On the highway, I found a great thing: at the speed of 120km/h, my colleague sitting in the co-pilot can still talk normally. And although I can feel a little turbulence overhead, my hairstyle has not been blown, and my people have not felt a headache because of the wind. Bentley didn't actually tell us what kind of optimization design this convertible has achieved such practical results. I have felt the Excellence of this convertible through practical experience. Bentley gave us the hint that if you drive in a colder place, you can actually turn on the neck heater of this car, so that you can keep out the wind in cold weather.

But then again, the best stage of the Continental GT convertible version is not the highway, but the winding seaside highway, because this car, like the Continental GT hardtop version, has light and agile handling characteristics, which makes people love it more and more. Compared with the previous generation, it is lighter and smaller, which is the most obvious evolution of this generation. Even in a continuous narrow corner, this car can still show a sense of flexibility that is extremely disproportionate to its figure, making you hope that it can accompany you for longer.

Of course, the brand-new 4.0-liter V8 engine is also one of the key points of this Continental GT replacement. This engine is not only full of torque and explosive power, but also has a particularly rich and sweet sound. Open the hood and switch to sport mode. The running sound of V8 and the backfire sound of exhaust will stimulate your adrenaline even more.

Los Angeles? Dorsey What is life is sweet? Different people have different definitions. For us who love driving, driving a Bentley convertible on the beach is La? Dorsey An important part of Vita.

Brand-new flight: land shuttle

Sweet holiday life is beautiful, but each of us is faced with more daily busyness. In most scenes of your life, the four-door car will be a more versatile partner, at least I think so.

I also have a personal opinion: among all the four-door cars I have tested, the brand-new speeding is the best one.

Why is it the best? Because of its design, it not only has the historical heritage of Bentley, but also integrates the latest lighting technology, material technology and stamping manufacturing technology. Standing next to it, you can feel the perfect integration of classical and modern.

Why is it the best? Because of the materials and workmanship of its carriage, it has broken through the ceiling in your imagination. In addition to retaining the traditional strength of Bentley, Feitian now has extremely scientific and reasonable ergonomic design and all kinds of cool electronic equipment, such as the front three-sided reversible central control display screen, the rear detachable LCD control panel and so on. All this makes you feel that you are still at the forefront of the world's science and technology while enjoying luxury materials.

Why is it the best? Because its driving stability is too high, the car is too quiet. Whether in front of it or behind it, you won't feel how fast the car has gone unless you look at the speedometer or turn on the GPS software of your mobile phone. Send you to your destination safely and quickly, flying like a shuttle.

Why is it the best? Because there are many high-tech equipment in its chassis, Feichi can have the best performance under various working conditions. Needless to say, the electronic anti-roll bar will be an all-wheel steering system that we feel strongly every day. In a narrow parking lot, I found that the 5.3-meter-long flying car I was driving had a smaller turning radius and more flexible control than A6L working car in the team. As a veteran Audi player, I felt the dimension reduction blow brought by the realistic and cruel platform gap, which made me depressed for a while.

My only regret this time is that the latest brand-new flying V8 did not appear in the test drive list. The current W 12 is not bad, but the power is too good and the sense of isolation is too strong. Under the domestic road conditions, it is difficult for us to use W 12 power reserve. It's a pity to see the pointer of the tachometer always hovering around 1000 rpm. If it's V8 speed, will it be like Continental GT? The same refreshing and linear power output of the V8 will also give people a stronger sense of driving participation.

So, what is Bentley?

For a long time before, like ordinary people, I thought Bentley was an "old luxury car" with luxurious materials and a large displacement multi-cylinder engine. Generally, rich people in Europe and America buy luxury cars after retirement, which is expensive enough, but also boring enough.

But a brief look at the history of Bentley reveals that two important parallel lines of this brand are "luxury" and "performance". Luxury, we can easily feel it from Bentley's design atmosphere, luxurious materials and exquisite workmanship, but the word performance is rarely equated with Bentley in China.

After two days of in-depth experience, I have been thinking about how Bentley's insistence on performance is reflected: it is different from Lamborghini, Porsche and other brands' pursuit of pure faster corners, faster straight lines and faster laps. Bentley's pursuit of performance is more comprehensive. For example, Bentley still insists on using multi-cylinder engines to ensure that Bentley's straight line is fast enough, which is a tradition that the brand has continued since its inception; In the new era, Bentley uses a lot of new materials, such as aluminum body parts to reduce the weight of the car body, and uses 48V electronic anti-roll bar, all-wheel steering and other technologies to improve the flexibility of vehicle handling; In order to ensure that passengers can enjoy the speed safely, Bentley also has a three-cavity air suspension and ubiquitous sound insulation materials ... Yes, performance is not just sports, but comprehensive enough is the real performance, which is Bentley's interpretation.

In terms of positioning and style, compared with brands such as Maibakh and Rolls-Royce, which are also producing carts and GT, Bentley's products are obviously younger and more energetic. Even a big car like speeding encourages self-driving. This is true from the personality adjustment of the car, and it is also true from the design atmosphere of the car.

Suddenly, we will find that these new cars with brand-new appearance and personality were almost all launched around 20 19, the year of Bentley's centenary birthday. This has proved that at the beginning of their new century, Bentley is not only thinking about how to maintain its traditional essence, but also thinking about how to break through the shackles and win the love of more users. So we also see that Bentley's new car is still luxurious, but it is becoming more and more vivid, interesting and impeccable. When I said "Feel the temperature of Bentley" at the beginning, I actually wanted to say that I not only felt that I had tried several expensive and good cold industrial products, but also felt the enthusiasm of Bentley embracing the new era, new technologies and new users through these new cars with their own personality and attitude.

This century-old brand is younger than many brands with shorter history.

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