Bentley Continental GT Rental in San Diego
The white Bentley Continental GT with the black interior is based in San Diego. It is the coupe, 542 hp from a twin-turbo V8, air springs, all-wheel drive and 4 seats inside a cabin you smell before you see, and it is the car for the arrival that does not need to be loud. Book it for La Jolla, the Rancho Santa Fe dinner or the Torrey Pines golf weekend. It serves San Diego, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
How It Drives
The 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 starts with a low burble and in Comfort it barely announces itself. Turn the collar around the start button to Sport and the same engine opens up, a growl that pops gently when you lift. The mode between the 2 is called Bentley, and the car defaults to it for a reason. 542 hp through an 8-speed dual-clutch to all 4 wheels, 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. You sit low in a seat that adjusts 20 ways and the hood runs out ahead of you. 3-chamber air springs and 48 volt active anti-roll mean it glides over road scars and still turns in flat for a car this heavy. Take Torrey Pines Road past the Gliderport to La Jolla Cove and up to Mount Soledad. Bentley mode, windows up, quiet all the way.
How It Photographs
White over black on black wheels is the resort spec, and it reads cleanest at the coast. In direct sun white blows out and loses the body lines, so shoot it under a marine sky or in the last hour of light, when the chrome grille and 4 round lamps do the drawing. In open shade the white holds its shape and the black wheels anchor it. After dark it takes any light. Take the front three-quarter from low, grille filling the frame, then the profile with the ocean behind. Shoot the knurled organ-stop vents close. These were taken on a coastal overlook above the Pacific. In San Diego, shoot it at the Hotel del Coronado, white car, white hotel.
Why This One
Every other Continental we run is a GTC convertible, and they sit in Palm Springs, Orange County, the Inland Empire and Los Angeles. This is the only coupe and the only Continental based in San Diego, at $895 a day. The fixed roof gives you the quieter cabin, the unbroken line from roof into tail, and 4 seats under cover in any weather. If you want the Bentley in San Diego, or the one without a folding roof, this is the one.
What's On This One
The Continental GT coupe with the V8. Standard on the trim is the 542 hp twin-turbo V8 with cylinder deactivation, the 8-speed dual-clutch, all-wheel drive, 3-chamber air suspension with 48 volt active anti-roll, the drive mode collar around the start button, 20-way seats with heating and ventilation, the organ-stop vents and the knurled metal switchgear. On this car the paint is white, the wheels are gloss black multi-spokes, the grille is chrome and a black accent line runs along the lower sill. Inside it is black leather on all 4 seats, a black dash and headliner, a dark veneer across the dash and the Bentley wings at the center of the wheel. 4 seats, 2 doors, all-wheel drive.
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