New Bentley Continental GTC Speed Review: The DB12 Destroyer?

Rory reviews the new Bentley Continental GTC Speed, which features a new, 792PS hybrid powertrain, making it the most powerful Bentley ever - and serious rival for the Aston Martin DB12 and Ferrari Roma.
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[@grmmjhnsn2]

This video's visuals are unreal. Props to the camera crew and behind the scenes. Just...wow.

shame fps mismatch doesn't make it smooth.

[@Schleberger]

Almost as much a tourism advertisement as a car review. Damn, I love living in Switzerland. The road in the video is the "Sustenpass" for those interested.

[@milerale5286]

@@Schleberger been there few times on my motorbike

[@yama-fanboy]

OMG thank you I was wondering that for the whole video. Just heavenly scenery.

[@justsomeguy1141]

Me too! Switzerland is just amazing 🇨🇭

[@hebertnyathi9007]

I am glad they kept the interior. These touch screens are annoying

[@AISOSAOMOREGIE-g8q]

There is a touchscreen but also physical buttons

[@Stijn5]

Meh. The last real Bentley was the Mulsanne EWB.

[@cdclydesdale]

I love cars but damn the scenery in this video … as beautiful as the Continental GTC!

[@4mithrandir]

I was just about to say the same thing😀.

[@tumbasports254]

that shot at 11:09 is one for the books

[@AMGEVAN]

For the first time, we understand a convertible

[@shallySHALOM]

8:08 that waterfall above is the best thing in this video

[@shallySHALOM]

8:08 that waterfall above is the best thing in this video

[@Jeremy-mc2ut]

Give that cinematographer a raise!

[@darioxxx]

The Cinematics on this vid 🤯 thanks u

[@toushi100]

this is by far the best AutoTrader video you guys made the videography and editing are absolutely amazing i would go to say that this is better than the roma video

[@AutoTraderTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sarrveshlakshman9501]

Mate check aston martin db 12 video of auto trader too

[@shallySHALOM]

8:08 that waterfall above is the best thing in this video

[@johnsim3722]

I'm more impressed with Rory having the roof down when there's snow on the mountains! As for the car, I'd have this over the DB11 MkII or DB11 Vanquish from Aston Martin easily. Against the Roma? That's a harder ask.

[@joeykitty2892]

This has to be the most 'perfect' car review; to date! Color; scenery; road, perfect!

[@ZL1pegasus]

Driving with the roof down, short sleeve shirt with snow and mountains in the background is epic.

[@jovicaantunovic968]

Is it AI generated surrounding? Rory king of reviews, and the Bentley absolutely shines.

[@ethanb4ughan]

It does seem like it.. bro wouldn't be in a hawaian shirt in the snow

[@Schleberger]

Nope, I live 1h from there and this is my summer playground. It really is that stunning

[@brq44]

I’m not a big fan of the headlights but the design overall is actually pretty nice

[@CaptainOinkOink]

I think this looks more like a facelift rather than a fourth generation

[@MrG1969X]

The investment went into the hybrid drive train with a cheeky fresh facelift to keep it going until 2030 then Bentley will be all electric with no combustible engines

[@tsmutylo]

I definitely agree. Not a fan of the fourth generation.

[@LS-de6xc]

I prefer the old headlight

[@DennisJosephin]

Same this doesn't look that good

[@amonycolline4960]

I agree

[@Tomachine1]

Agreed but rear lights look better

[@jasonsmithy6822]

Definitely

[@kobbyyoungbuckz4837]

@@LS-de6xc yes...the circular shape is much better

[@siddharthsingh3108]

3:35 , damnn 😂😂, sperm with it's tail chopped is something that I'll be remembering whenever I see this car in person or any other video

[@loljk233]

The interior remaining mostly unchanged is one of the best things about the new model.

[@SoGood09]

Man Bentley know what the hell they’re doing. They make gorgeous, gorgeous, demonic vehicles. I mean these cars are elegant and very, very angry.

[@panuccio]

The Continental Speed is way more expensive than a DB12… not really comparing apples with apples here…. Maybe compare the “Standard” Continental against DB12

[@gideonmuteti1524]

This one should be cheaper cos it's a hybrid..

[@joaoruxa]

​@@gideonmuteti1524not all countries have the same hybrid tax benefits, in some it'll make almost no difference.

[@jacobchaves8397]

Lost me at v8 hybrid db12 is definitely the best Gt drop top in the game right now

[@nomadspotter4518]

Rory gives the details good and bad with no sugar coating at all! Keep up the good work and keep it coming. Most complete car reviewer on the net today.

[@Josanelinda]

Mat Watson and team take note: this is how you film a car review!

[@gideonmuteti1524]

🤭.. The thing I like with Matt tho is he goes into details.. but he does seem like he got bored of reviewing cars and is just trying to get it over with 😅

[@FightersMixHD]

Those guys are more about the views. More drag racing content.

[@Qvatroos]

This is a whole different concept of a review. That low-mid range that Matt does, doesn’t deserve the production that AT reviews do. Plus that experience on top gear does show… no hiding that

[@ariescustom]

Apples and oranges. 😉

[@seniraranasinghe645]

Matt is like a British Doug with a crew.

[@FotosByBen]

0:28 I don’t know who filmed this video but give them a raise!! And then the shots around the bends too?? 🔥

[@davidray3171]

@@FotosByBen special props to the camera team fr

[@DIVEnSOME]

0:20 to 0:30 , is the most gorgeous car shot I’ve ever seen,this video is a work of art .

[@garymcaleer6112]

Bentley's most refined lines I've ever seen. Beautiful machine.

[@itsthepens]

That’s a hell of a colour spec, I normally don’t like the ‘speed’ colour split on the interior but in navy and red with wood veneers it’s pretty spectacular. Also spectacular is this video’s cinematography, absolutely mind blowing.

[@888_Karma]

Personally I prefer the looks of the previous model. I think the front lights and camera on the grille on this new model look terrible! Plus the weight of this thing is so much more too. I'm not a fan of Hybrids. I would take the DB12 over this all day long. Great presentation as always though Rory, you're THE MAN 🤜🏽🤛🏽👍🏽

[@Drinktillyoudrop73]

A convertible? Taken to Switzerland? Snow? Driving in a t-shirt? *Facepalm*

[@motorvatorv888]

I think Aston will be fine. The loss of boot space for a Tourer and some weird (chopped sperm and trying-too-hard tiger references) styling details won’t move customers away from Aston. It’s a fine Continental but doesn’t move the game forward beyond emissions compliance. But what a location for a launch. Stunning.

[@MrG1969X]

Then you look at the sales figures 🤔

[@FANODuma]

Aston really is blowing everything else out the water at the moment...

[@MrG1969X]

@@FANODuma Aston Martin is in trouble financially, they have made a huge investment with little return I do hope they are successful in the future

[@motorvatorv888]

@@MrG1969X yup. Aston have beauty sorted but can’t get out of their sales rut

[@motorvatorv888]

@@FANODuma yup, here’s hoping they finally turn that into real sales success for the core range.

[@katlehopaplo7273]

The visual?! 🤯This is really amazing work. AMAZING REVIEW😮‍💨

[@mcdc82]

So glad I ran into you at Zurich airport Rory! This is another epic video, and I hope you enjoyed your visit to our country.

[@saonedixon5476]

Beautiful upgrade! and i like the two headlights as opposed to the four headlight design of the later years.

[@TheBOOSTEDO]

2:00 Rory looks like he's on Hoth with that backdrop...🥶

[@sajid6027]

DB 12 weighs 1788 kg, Bentley 2,459 kg. Bentley is 671kg more! Power to weight ratio - Bentley 234 bhp/ton,Aston 286. Aston for me.

[@bene989898]

@@sajid6027 the Bentley has AWD and you can fit 4 average size people in the Bentley.

[@sajid6027]

@@bene989898 that's why it's weighs almost 700kg more.

[@bene989898]

@@sajid6027 yes, the hybrid system, the comfort. It is way more suitable for everyday use.

[@sajid6027]

@@bene989898 you mean like going to the supermarket?

[@bene989898]

@@sajid6027 in the winter when there is snow, taking home friends from the club, driving Family around…

[@cbrooks2405]

I love Bentleys. The interior is one of, if not the best, in the game. But the boot is atrocious, and I really do not like the headlights. The quads looked much better to me!

[@ahmegeddon]

Rory is the best motoring journalist at the moment by miles 👌

[@cruisersupsupport4502]

As a loyal and recent Jag owner (2024 F-Type P575), very frustrating that Bentley, Aston, Porsche, etc keep high HP V-8, while Jag deep six the glorious AJ 5.0 supercharged V8 for BEV. Pure insanity

[@ThisiscoolGAMES]

8:09 the BEST shot in the video, hands-down!!! 🔥

[@Orcanislupus]

Great cinematography! And, this bentley really needed you as its hype man. Seems the future will continue to replace Cartiers with Casios.

[@Connor-ml1zd]

I really want Aston to add that rotating clock and screen into the Aston Martin db line, it would be incredible

[@wrends]

what a spec, the color, the weels, interior...gosh...i would put white oak wood veneer though....

[@Levente20]

those headlight shapes look actually like a frying pan

[@SweetTorment-007]

A beach shirt in the snow ? Unsettling !

[@BiteSizedEdits]

Video quality, Camara movement, Edit (including sound) they are ... There are no words to explain..

[@depemode3751]

I don’t think this car is as classy or sexy as the Aston Martin DB 12

[@TIMSANDYSURF]

The DB12 is a V8 Rory not a V12. I’d take the Aston over the Bentley now that it has the new dash. I think Aston has up’ed its game and now has a better (perhaps younger) image. The Roma interior doesn’t cut it in this company.

[@Buran01]

And dont forgrt the Vanquish.

[@TIMSANDYSURF]

@@Buran01 definitely a contender and what a stunning car. However, I was only considering 2+2 and the vanquish had no rear seats.

[@Buran01]

@@TIMSANDYSURF Right, but the rear seats of the Bentley, while functional, aren't as spacious as in a RR Spectre and GTs are more likely to been enjoyed for a single or a couple than in family (and is not like people are having lots of children lately, anyway).

[@josephchona1825]

The scenery...the SCENERY!!!!

[@vinayhulikere1734]

The interiors are so timeless and utilitarian. I don’t think it requires any sort of redesign. Especially in today’s time where almost ever car market in Europe is moving to those horrific screens for each and everything.

[@DedeChuks]

One of the best videos ever This is like a blockbuster movie

[@samuelfitzpatrick9739]

Great video bruv. Nobody does these better than you

[@BMH1965]

'cross-plane crank'! Do you have any idea what you mean by this? For context: the EV-only output is about the same as a good 2.0L diesel but it has to move about 75% more mass - don't expect expect hot hatch performance!

[@Blissfulanon]

Yall tripping, those head lights LOOK LIKE SPEED! Almost shooting star-ish.

[@mykchancy]

As a GT the boot space is seriously compromised. It would have been better had bentley kept the w12 and have a smaller battery pack to compensate for the EV credentials. A Gt without reasonable boot space isnt really a GT

[@HenfreyMunene]

Excellent cinematography.

[@Account1746]

That’s a beautiful colour combo

[@AnthonyKellett]

Even the Coupe has been ruined, as a GT car. As I understand it, boot space has gone from about 360 litres (already tight), to 260 litres...about the same as a DB12. One is used to shipping luggage with mid-engined Ferraris and the like...but to do so with a Bentley... Seriously? Even the Portofino has about 290 litres, I think (with the roof up)! It's just depressing. P. S. The new Ferrari 12-Cilindri has 270 litres. Bentley has destroyed a huge USP, for me.

[@TheJoStephan]

The scenery is so good it looks like a James Bond green screen. Love AutoTrader videos!!!

[@supremeetnel7707]

the scenery looks spectacular and compliments the *sky blue* paint

[@livinagoodlife]

Sky blue? That’s baby blue and it looks as bad as it does on the BMWs

[@supremeetnel7707]

@@livinagoodlife Bentley doesn’t call it baby blue

[@stevedavis2541]

Thank God it's not another ev or hybrid car review showcasing all the new software. Get that engine roaring and feel the response. Combustion engines rule

[@malekzin4788]

Seeing alpine scenery. Then the Bentley roof is down. And Rory in Hawaiian shirt. This review is wild.

[@Bruce4lmighty]

3:37 I agree the headlight design looks very feminine. The opposite we’ve come to expect from a performance Bentley…

[@jabariphillips8855]

The last generations overly jeweled headlights didn’t look masculine though either

[@choppermarc2342]

I love my W12. RR has a V12. I would like to see BENTLEY create a V12 with Cosworth no turbos no superchargers, Keep it British .

[@brandonwilliam5475]

What in the Adam Sandler is this guy wearing?!!

[@AsimSheikh]

Rory, you not cold?

[@jmfangio286]

Lovely roads, but no serious car enthusiast would buy a hybrid drivetrain ahead of an Aston Martin DB12, which is 100% ICE, not to mention the 660bhp Vantage, or for those with deep pockets, the new V12 Vanquish. The old W12 Speed model maybe.

[@tomasburian6550]

V8 is perfect for me. I'm taking this one over a W12 any day.

[@urbanstrencan]

Still Bentley Continental as it should be and a proper Grand touring machine, looks like it's V8 hybrid system deserves Speed nameplate. Great video Rory🤟🤟😍

[@Buran01]

Is 250 kg heavier an the trunk way smaller. The old ,V8 is better and the new Vanquish crushes this.

[@idib1739]

Depreciation was already brutal on these, now that they've made it a hybrid, I got good hope of buying one next year for 2K Max.

[@Bmontepeque11]

I love the Bentley Continental GT, it has always captured my heart in a special way. And even when I have fallen in love with the DB12 and the Roma, this still feels like the ultimate GT for some reason (Even with no boot space). And this film? Driving a Continental GT Convertible through Swiss Mountains? This is literally one of my deepest dreams in video form.

[@NoChaserNoChaser504]

To be honest, they should’ve ditched the rear seats to allow more trunk space It’s not like the rear seats are usable anyway

[@jsinclair39]

"The headlights look like sperm with the tail chopped off." I will now have that thought in my head every time I see one! 😅

[@p5rsona]

He didn't just say that 😂

[@staceyismine]

Just love bentley would love to have one for the day

[@ЕленаЧайковская-й8ф]

In love with this beauty. One day....

[@edwinpeterhigginson8448]

Love your reviews, man.

[@mumbachabwe8881]

Fantastic review with stunning scenery that perfectly complements it. I almost thought there was a green screen behind Rory! As always, great insights!

[@WrestleWireHub]

The natural beauty is so breathtaking! ❤❤

[@zamuraiicobalt896]

Is it possible to know the location? Maybe any viewer who recognized which mountain pass this was?

[@longstoryshortless]

Dude, the production of those vids is insane!!! Huge Pp!

[@menaseven9093]

Beautiful and luxurious baby blue Bentley continental.

[@ganeshshenoy1102]

Great location for this review guys❤🎉

[@kaecee1991]

Can’t believe there’s a place like that on earth. Looks like a video game.

[@derrickasunda8842]

the reverse tracking shot at 11.12 🔥👌🏾🤩

[@zadtheinhaler]

Damn right, that was stellar? I wonder if this was filmed at the Stelvio Pass...

[@markmwala2886]

In terms of interior/cabin nothing beats a continental, they didn't need to change it because the cabin looks like you're sitting inside a Rolex watch.👌

[@Stijn5]

Too gaudy.

[@peteranderson7497]

What a really great video; one of the best productions I've seen for a very long time - well done. Nice car in a great colour as well.

[@alianshasi6187]

AMG SL63 e is more powerful and is sub 3 seconds 0-100km/ hr car. The Bentley is more refined and luxurious, but with extra 400 nm torque and 300 kg less weight the SL would eat this for breakfast.

[@Ramu-d8n5t]

Price.....???

[@valueaddedlife890]

You didn’t show it with the roof top on. Most people would like to see that as it is a major part of the car.

[@michaellawrence7570]

Masterpiece as always Mr Rory Reid

[@purplepeoplesparty2368]

Great review. Wow'd by the background roadway too. What a dream.

[@auggysimcity]

it is called marketing....

[@steffieboy19]

How much does it weigh?

[@ykyielding9556]

You don't like the headlights but Rory makes it better button 👇

[@skinwalker_]

Will need a trailer for your luggage! I go touring in a Mercedes E350 Cab and for two of us we struggle for space and the boot is way bigger. Might as well get a 911. Don't get me wrong, its beautiful and I love it and wouldn't say no 🙂

[@Darknamja]

Speeding along with the top-down wearing a short-sleeved shirt and snow on the ground. Rory is a Boss. 😉

[@edgargameros]

Great video gents. Those views are awesome 👏

[@FunfactsSA01]

This is how you review a car❤❤

[@mohammadhoseinoftadeh3312]

It has buttons on the centre console as opposed to a screen used as a remote control; that’s worth £200k alone!

[@ellishaindobo1794]

No wonder rich choose to live and drive their Bentleys there... Beautifully shot video as usual.

[@stupitdog9686]

You didn't mention the heating system - but I guess it's OK when your driving top down in a snow covered envioriment - in a short sleeved shirt !

[@cnxexpat1862]

The DB12 looks so much better

[@Deep_is_always_deep]

Car is good but the mountains and background is super good