The Goodwood Festival of Speed is coming up, and suitably enough, few automakers will be as well represented as Bentley. In fact, the Flying B will have its largest presence ever for the annual run up the hill, including new models and old, racing and road cars.
As part of its program, Bentley has promised to debut a new model at the moving British auto expo. The upscale automaker remains tight-lipped on what it is, saying only that it combines “stunning performance with exquisite luxury in the Bentley tradition.” The organizers, however, list the Continental GT Speed as taking part in the event. They could be referring to the current GT Speed that’s based on the older model, but our money is on the new version based on the recently updated Continental GT (pictured above at last year’s Festival) taking center stage.
Alongside the mystery model, Bentley will be bringing its controversial EXP 9 F sport-ute concept, the Mulsanne limousine in Mulliner Driving Specification, the Continental GT V8, the 2003 Le Mans-winning Speed 8 racer and the 1920s-era 4½-litre supercharged Birkin Blower, fresh from its run in the Mille Miglia.
With all that Crewe craftsmanship on the grid, Goodwood is shaping up to be worthwhile for the Bentleys alone, but there will be plenty else on show there, including the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Vitesse, Infiniti EMERG-e concept, Maserati GranTurismo Sport, Toyota GT-86, Savage Rivale, Vauxhall Astra VXR, Infiniti FX Vettel (driven by Sebastian Vettel himself), GTA Spano, South Korea’s de Macross Epique GT1, the Zagato-bodied AC 378 GT, and the latest Morgan Plus 8.
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