| Bentley, Volkswagen Group's British luxury vehicle | | | | temperature. Kankkunen drove on to the thick ice and |
| brand proved that the Continental GT is really a | | | | his team measured the rally car's speed. After the |
| high-performance grand tourer coupe. The Bentley | | | | record-breaking success, he and his team checked the |
| Continental GT made a record-breaking attempt early | | | | Continental GT and Kankkunen decided to once again |
| this March when it runs on the frozen sea in Finland | | | | attempt to increase his acceleration and make a higher |
| reaching a top speed of about 200 mph, breaking the | | | | recorded speed. He continued attempting to achieve a |
| current world ice speed record set by a Bugatti EB110 | | | | top speed of 206 mph for few days before realizing |
| Supersport, which was also made in the same Finnish | | | | that accelerating that much is impossible because of |
| location. Aboard the Bentley Continental GT is the | | | | terrain factors like rough track, and snow covered |
| popular Finnish rally car driver and four-time World | | | | areas. |
| Rally Champion, Juha Kankkunen. | | | | Before the actual record attempt, Bentley made some |
| Kankkunen was so proud of his achievement and said: | | | | few technical modifications on the Continental GT to |
| "The Bentley performed impeccably. I was amazed | | | | cope up with extreme low temperature in the area |
| how stable and secure it felt at these high speeds, | | | | and for some safety reasons. A roll cage was installed |
| despite the track's rough and icy surface being | | | | on the vehicles along with special snow tires to obtain |
| scattered with powdery snow. I even managed to | | | | maximum grip and traction when driving into the |
| stop the car from its top speed within 600 metres." | | | | slippery and snowy track. Bentley retained the |
| Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, Member of the Board of Bentley | | | | powertrain features but during the record breaking |
| Engineering, also commented: | | | | attempt, the rally car runs on a non-standard fuel to |
| "Juha's record-breaking achievement is just what | | | | suit the low temperature condition at the location. |
| we've come to expect from some of our more | | | | Meanwhile, the Bentley Continental GT grand tourer |
| adventurous owners. It shows that the spirit of the | | | | coupe is equipped with a monstrous 6.0L W12 engine |
| famous Bentley Boys lives on and is still harnessed by | | | | under the hood featuring twin turbochargers. It is |
| drivers with sufficient skill and courage to extract the | | | | coupled with a six speed automatic transmission with |
| full potential of our motor cars in extreme conditions - | | | | steering wheel mounted gearshift paddles powering |
| though, naturally, we would not recommend our other | | | | the all-wheel-drive configuration. The grand tourer |
| owners try to attempt such high speeds on sheet ice!" | | | | coupe also comes with standard quality Bentley parts |
| he added. | | | | from Volkswagen, just like those VW Corrado parts |
| Juha Kankkunen, along with his team went to the | | | | for the VW hatchback model. |
| location and endured the 30 degrees Celsiusof low | | | | |