"the sound a car makes contributes more to the feeling of speed than actual power itself" A lot of civic owners can relate to this with their 4inch fart cans, haha
Scratch the surface just a little and... is Matt - possibly - the most articulate automotive video journalist out there? Great piece Matt - keep up the good work.
Great Review Matt...I have always been intrigued by the shape of the Bentley...although not on this car..but the combo of the great music, LA beaches and awsome looking roads make it look like a million bucks. Thanks for the great review.
As a point of note, My grandfather who used to drive a new bentley and jag every year from the 60's up until he died in 1980. He wasn't "allowed" to buy a rolls, because he was considered "new money" and rolls wouldn't sell him a car only bentley and jag would. It was more about class structure back then than just money.
Hey Matt, this V8 sound or the Jag coupe? I know they are not in the same market nor do they have the same target buyer, but strictly on sound which do u prefer?
Emphatic congratulations on a well - put-together review which is fun! Just enough in it about every aspect of the V8 S to entice; especially as prices in the UK are now very much on the slide. Might you, I wonder, get hold of the new Continental GT to give us a comparison when you have a moment? I hope so. Anyway well done!
TheSmokingTire You have to remember the history of the Bentley company, and of Walter Owen Bentley himself. Rolls-Royce took Bentley over in a hostile bid to prevent a merger with Napier, which would have produced a giant equal to R-R itself - and W.O. left at that point, ending up at Lagonda, where, just before WW2 and in very much reduced circumstances, he designed a 4.5 litre (4480cc) all-alloy quad-cam V12 engine which (at a time when most engines were either side-valve or OHV, all-iron and redlined at 3000rpm) went to 5k, and the car it went into is widely hailed as a masterpiece, as a sporting GT. War, unfortunately, put paid to their promising racing careers, and they're tremendously rare - and, shortly after the war, Lagonda was taken over by Aston Martin, which formerly built Bugatti-like lightweight sports cars, mainly for hillclimbing and sprinting, but which did OK at Le Mans. I think that, as with BMW, their first car started life as an Austin Seven. The Tadeusz Marek straight-six which powered all Aston Martins until 1969, when the DBS gained Marek's V8 (although the straight-six could be specified until 1972), was derived from the Bentley V12. Marek's V8, which was also significantly similar in head design, lasted until 2000, when it was superseded by the Ford Duratec V12-engined Vanquish. I think, therefore, that it can be claimed safely that Aston Martin is the true inheritor of the 1920s gentleman racer legacy - one which is evident to this day, with people like Chris Harris racing the modern Vantage at events like the N24.
Why o Why do the paddle shifters stay static? For a GT car it seems counter intuitive... But what do I know. It's not like I have the 200k to have an opinion.
Cool video for sure. Just not sure why it's under the /Tuned show category. I thought that was meant to showcase individual cars that had been uniquely modified. Like that amazing right-hand drive Subaru...
After/Drive and Matt Farah are the only reasons I watch /DRIVE anymore :P Very different from what they used to be, but I know its because of money issues sadly
Matt your awesome but please tell me you never park a car like that unless its a one off or made before 1975 still with its original paint or on a shot and why could they get you to do top gear USA
Sometimes there are some animals that tastes rather different if it is killed some time before it was cooked. Anyway, I've never tried lobster, so I don't know about it. But I do know about crab. To get the best taste usually crab was killed only several minutes before it was cooked.
Much as I love all the Conti GT's, at $230,000.00 that 7 grand sound system should be included, or was the 230K the price with it loaded with extras?? Next big challenge for Bentley would have to be how to take another 500lbs out of the GT range.
Strip it down to around 4,000 pounds and you've got the Bentley GT3 from the Pirelli World Challenge with a detuned V8, because they're only allowed 500hp in the PWC races. Still a fun car for the bucks. I find Corvettes kinda claustrophobic.
The Smoking Tire has clearly become more of a "side project" per say. Matt has done /drive for quite some time now which is clearly more successful then The Smoking Tire. That's why more then likely the review type and more edited version go on /drive. Smoking tire as most can see now consists of one takes with little to no editing to the video itself.
omar mohammed Because we find a balance between the two. Because /DRIVE offers us a real budget to pay our employees (thanks exclusively to the success of /DRIVE+) we can make pretty films. Because TST doesn't make as much money as a free channel, we do more low-rent stuff there.
***** Nearly all international viewers can't watch /Drive+ on youtube. I watch and pay for it on Vimeo, did you count that to? I highly doubt that anyone from TST will answer your first question. Even if they would like to in the future, why should they bite the hand that feeds them now?
48$ per LB for lobstah? Wow the wife and I are very lucky, whenever we get lobstah here in Boston it's around 10 bux a lb at the local supermarkets. Oh yeah, nice car! -HP
But why the driver's side roof handle?! Blame my OCD, but I couldn't stop looking at it... PS: Are you sure your glasses aren't still on the Bentley's bonnet? :P
I totally agree when Matt who says the sound of the motor is almost as important than the actual horsepower produced. Take for instance the Dodge Viper which to me sounds like a v6 with dual exhaust. In my opinion they need to pull out that V10 and throw the Hellcat v8 in it. But sound definitely plays a big role and in a sports car / muscle car. The only vehicle I think that breaks that mold of sound and horsepower is probably the Nissan GTR which is just insanely quick.
I am comforted that I'm not the only person that feels this way. I beat myself up a bit for buying a Mk4 vw with the vr6 boat anchor instead of the turbo 4, but my ears wouldn't tolerate it. Dodgy timing chains and great exhaust sound vs. better aftermarket, weight savings, and handling at the cost of asthmatic wheeze and sludging issues. Meh, still shouldn't have bought the thing but my ears are happy.
For a car as expensive as this one is, HOW can it not have modern info-tainment systems? No USB?! Slow screen and response?! I'm upset they overlooked what I think to be a deciding factor when getting a car like this... :/
IT's the full on RS7 Drive train in an Bentley . Why in the world didn't you explain it's an Twin Turbo . . . I've driven RS7's there absolutely incredible.
I think Matt and Chris should settle their beef the good ol'fashioned way. A big production consisting of drag races, circuit races, street races, hooing skills, bad weather driving skills, et cetera.
It's still a British design and style, In that event, Lamborghini is a german made too. And Mercedes is half French and half German, because they put some of their diesel car is equiped with Renault's engines, same for Volvo, with some Peugeot's engines. Don't be silly
Hans Dennis It was an example, don't be so agressive and insulting, I love german car more than others world brands, your conclusion was just too hasty. I know that Mercedes isn't owned by noone other one, but, they even make vehicules with some Renault's engines and serveral transporter vehicules on the same basis that Renault's transporter vehicules (Yeah, they'll stop their partnership with VW). So please, I never said that Mercedes was half french, it was an ironic metaphor.
Hans Dennis You can be proud of your country and his cars manufacturers but don't be so chauvinistic, the mecanic parts (engine, gearbox, chassis) are coming from Audi yes, but there is still British spirit on this cars.
Sounds beast. That shape has aged well, so classic Two questions. 1. Matt, are you from New England? You got that lobster boil going. 2. Is it always that damn hazy on the California coast?
TheSmokingTire Haha, I had a professor in college that said our Ohio Valley sunsets were beautiful until you realized that was because of the air pollution.
Matt Farah, the guy only guy who wears a $20 hoodie in a $190k Bentley.
lol, he does look like he just walked off a construction site
it's probably 200
***** nothing. just funny cause most people would dress up.
Not to mention the $10,000 rolex
Euge Lymbers
I have one of those rolex watches too... cost me $10
"the sound a car makes contributes more to the feeling of speed than actual power itself"
A lot of civic owners can relate to this with their 4inch fart cans, haha
Scratch the surface just a little and... is Matt - possibly - the most articulate automotive video journalist out there? Great piece Matt - keep up the good work.
I really enjoyed that review. I really enjoyed Matt's take on the Bentley. Thank you for the good work. I'm looking forward to more reviews.
If not THE BEST, at least in my top three of Matt Farah videos... Very nice work, sir.
Thanks, I put a lot of work into these. We all do.
+J Massey Keep up the good work, then...!
$48/lb of lobster? Come to Atlantic Canada Matt, Ill hook you up with some of the best lobster in the world for $6/lb
Or mid-coast Maine...
hard shell fresh off the boat is ~$5/lb if you know who to ask.
Soft shell is even less in the summer time.
Why wouldn't you buy space on a freezer ship and get them to Australia, usually $60 a for 2lb or $80 for 1lb at christmas time
Aaron Barker Yes, Maine! I used to eat lobster every day while on vacation in Ogunquit, Maine and I'm nowhere near wealthy.
UOTCbassist yeah, those lobsters were a ripoff. But when you can expense them to JF....
TheSmokingTire Haha true! Money bags Musial.
Great Review Matt...I have always been intrigued by the shape of the Bentley...although not on this car..but the combo of the great music, LA beaches and awsome looking roads make it look like a million bucks. Thanks for the great review.
Come on drive thats just embarrasing giving it a title like this
On point with the quality of production here. Really enjoyed the video.
As a point of note, My grandfather who used to drive a new bentley and jag every year from the 60's up until he died in 1980. He wasn't "allowed" to buy a rolls, because he was considered "new money" and rolls wouldn't sell him a car only bentley and jag would. It was more about class structure back then than just money.
Hey Matt, this V8 sound or the Jag coupe?
I know they are not in the same market nor do they have the same target buyer, but strictly on sound which do u prefer?
Emphatic congratulations on a well - put-together review which is fun! Just enough in it about every aspect of the V8 S to entice; especially as prices in the UK are now very much on the slide. Might you, I wonder, get hold of the new Continental GT to give us a comparison when you have a moment? I hope so. Anyway well done!
First serious video from Matt.!!
Good job dude
Thanks for the review, Matt! & damn!, California looks sooo nice! (compared to Toronto [this time of the year])
I honestly would quite like Matt doing a cooking and car review show
TheSmokingTire You have to remember the history of the Bentley company, and of Walter Owen Bentley himself. Rolls-Royce took Bentley over in a hostile bid to prevent a merger with Napier, which would have produced a giant equal to R-R itself - and W.O. left at that point, ending up at Lagonda, where, just before WW2 and in very much reduced circumstances, he designed a 4.5 litre (4480cc) all-alloy quad-cam V12 engine which (at a time when most engines were either side-valve or OHV, all-iron and redlined at 3000rpm) went to 5k, and the car it went into is widely hailed as a masterpiece, as a sporting GT. War, unfortunately, put paid to their promising racing careers, and they're tremendously rare - and, shortly after the war, Lagonda was taken over by Aston Martin, which formerly built Bugatti-like lightweight sports cars, mainly for hillclimbing and sprinting, but which did OK at Le Mans. I think that, as with BMW, their first car started life as an Austin Seven. The Tadeusz Marek straight-six which powered all Aston Martins until 1969, when the DBS gained Marek's V8 (although the straight-six could be specified until 1972), was derived from the Bentley V12. Marek's V8, which was also significantly similar in head design, lasted until 2000, when it was superseded by the Ford Duratec V12-engined Vanquish. I think, therefore, that it can be claimed safely that Aston Martin is the true inheritor of the 1920s gentleman racer legacy - one which is evident to this day, with people like Chris Harris racing the modern Vantage at events like the N24.
i always dig the acoustic intros and endings on some of Faras vids
Loving the classical soundtrack, nice touch!
i never get tired of your philosophy matt.
absolutely spot on.
That paint job is gorgeous.
what area of cali is this? i want to move there :D
Clarkson summed it up perfectly "I hate the Bentley Continental, I hate the Bentley Continental, I love the Bentley Continental"
Is that a stock exhaust that is in the video?
does anyone know what the bentley's colour is called?
Why o Why do the paddle shifters stay static? For a GT car it seems counter intuitive... But what do I know. It's not like I have the 200k to have an opinion.
love that colour/wheel combo
great video matt, as usual
I like Matt. Helps me a lot to decide for cars. Cheers
Can anyone tell me the names of any of the songs played? :)
whats the second track called? Makes me feel fancy
The description is incorrect. You say V12 when it should be W12.
In the description - v12 or W12 ?
Superb review!
Very nice video, welcome back drive!
"slash tuned"
/DRIVE you mean the W12 and not the V12 in the description, right?
Great video!
What a great review!!
V12? you mean W12???
What's the name of that color...love it
Matt luv the show bro
Why would you need a USB slot, when this car has bluetooth?
This or an s65 coupe?
Wow Matt’s review is excellent!!!
Cool video for sure. Just not sure why it's under the /Tuned show category. I thought that was meant to showcase individual cars that had been uniquely modified. Like that amazing right-hand drive Subaru...
After/Drive and Matt Farah are the only reasons I watch /DRIVE anymore :P Very different from what they used to be, but I know its because of money issues sadly
/Tuned or Cars?
"... real aluminum..."
I love this guy. He is brilliant!
I like how your playing classical music in the video but shade 45 was on the radio lmao little bit different
This Bentley makes me happy, as I'm a loud V8 enthusiast
Matt Farah on cars but @1:00 Tuned? someone wasn't paying attention. nice episode though, Matt is a cool presenter!
Matt your awesome but please tell me you never park a car like that unless its a one off or made before 1975 still with its original paint or on a shot and why could they get you to do top gear USA
You know a car is amazing when you can only complain about a usb and a perfectly fine infotainment system not responding fast enough loool
is that an Omega watch he is wearing. these guys are great!
It's a Rolex Submariner
$48/lbs for lobsters!! The Bentley is only around $38/lbs!!!
I watch these vids and only wonder if they have a team that follows the car and clean it at every pit stop.
lol the "no usb port is annoying" reminds me of slickdeals joke "no hdmi kills the deal". Nice.
$7000 stereo with no USB?
What?
I like this dude
Honest review!
I never understood the practice of cooking lobster live. How could it possibly change the taste that much if you kill it prior to boiling?
Sometimes there are some animals that tastes rather different if it is killed some time before it was cooked. Anyway, I've never tried lobster, so I don't know about it. But I do know about crab. To get the best taste usually crab was killed only several minutes before it was cooked.
cominacatcha I understand freashly killed. If it is killed then eaten days later the fleash starts to die
itastain Ever hear of aging meat?
Wayland C yes
Fresh as it can get. (not that i eat it)
Fresh seafood>>>>>>> frozen or refrigerated seafood.
i was hoping it would have that huge mulsanne coffee can sized piston engine.oh well at least sounds cool and looks fast
Much as I love all the Conti GT's, at $230,000.00 that 7 grand sound system should be included, or was the 230K the price with it loaded with extras?? Next big challenge for Bentley would have to be how to take another 500lbs out of the GT range.
I was on the pch when this was filmed
Strip it down to around 4,000 pounds and you've got the Bentley GT3 from the Pirelli World Challenge with a detuned V8, because they're only allowed 500hp in the PWC races. Still a fun car for the bucks. I find Corvettes kinda claustrophobic.
Nice parking on two spots.
I think that was the joke. Bentley drivers are supposed to be rich and entitled.
Anonymous Hedgehog Exactly
I wish I could drive these Matt. V8 or V12 I think they are both great.
Dude Matt Farah is such a fucking legend
your review really makes me want the v8 s very badly.
Matt, why dont you put this on The Smoking Tire? I'm confused was this a "Drive" sponsored episode?
The Smoking Tire has clearly become more of a "side project" per say. Matt has done /drive for quite some time now which is clearly more successful then The Smoking Tire. That's why more then likely the review type and more edited version go on /drive. Smoking tire as most can see now consists of one takes with little to no editing to the video itself.
omar mohammed Because we find a balance between the two. Because /DRIVE offers us a real budget to pay our employees (thanks exclusively to the success of /DRIVE+) we can make pretty films. Because TST doesn't make as much money as a free channel, we do more low-rent stuff there.
So if TST grew to the point where you could "pay your employees" would you stop doing drive?
*****
Nearly all international viewers can't watch /Drive+ on youtube.
I watch and pay for it on Vimeo, did you count that to?
I highly doubt that anyone from TST will answer your first question. Even if they would like to in the future, why should they bite the hand that feeds them now?
Drive + is bullshit there is better automotive content for free. The way it always was .. the way is should always be
Now, the GT Speed has not just a few more horsepower, but nearly 100 more horsepower. Was the last GT you drove a "standard" GT or a Speed?
God that is a beautiful machine.
Confused because on the video it says tuned... and it is clearly not tuned....
48$ per LB for lobstah? Wow the wife and I are very lucky, whenever we get lobstah here in Boston it's around 10 bux a lb at the local supermarkets.
Oh yeah, nice car!
-HP
But why the driver's side roof handle?! Blame my OCD, but I couldn't stop looking at it...
PS: Are you sure your glasses aren't still on the Bentley's bonnet? :P
probably designed the same for RHD and LHD applications
You had me at lobster
Perfect scenery. Feel sorry for the little sea people you were boiling though.
I totally agree when Matt who says the sound of the motor is almost as important than the actual horsepower produced. Take for instance the Dodge Viper which to me sounds like a v6 with dual exhaust. In my opinion they need to pull out that V10 and throw the Hellcat v8 in it. But sound definitely plays a big role and in a sports car / muscle car. The only vehicle I think that breaks that mold of sound and horsepower is probably the Nissan GTR which is just insanely quick.
Michael Wilson hellcat engine won't fit in the Viper... too wide; too tall.
TheSmokingTire Too Bad..! Be a better power plant than the V10....My opinion of course....
I am comforted that I'm not the only person that feels this way. I beat myself up a bit for buying a Mk4 vw with the vr6 boat anchor instead of the turbo 4, but my ears wouldn't tolerate it. Dodgy timing chains and great exhaust sound vs. better aftermarket, weight savings, and handling at the cost of asthmatic wheeze and sludging issues.
Meh, still shouldn't have bought the thing but my ears are happy.
So a couple of years ago Matt wrote off the Bentley GT,the darkest day in Bentley's history?
For a car as expensive as this one is, HOW can it not have modern info-tainment systems? No USB?! Slow screen and response?! I'm upset they overlooked what I think to be a deciding factor when getting a car like this... :/
After going in a GT I can't say I'd want to be in any other cars in its class
IT's the full on RS7 Drive train in an Bentley . Why in the world didn't you explain it's an Twin Turbo . . . I've driven RS7's there absolutely incredible.
Why is matt farah wearing his watch on the wrong hand? ×/
How can you wear your watch on the wrong wrist?
Maybe hes left handed
gig2night because I'm left handed. Every left hand person I know wears their watch on the right; it's quite common.
I'm left handed, I wear my watch on the left so we don't all do it - but it's common enough.
I think Matt and Chris should settle their beef the good ol'fashioned way. A big production consisting of drag races, circuit races, street races, hooing skills, bad weather driving skills, et cetera.
Its funny how people still call this a british car while it really is a german made car only under a british name.
It's built in Britain.
You wouldn't call a Morgan a German car just because it has a BMW engine...
It's still a British design and style, In that event, Lamborghini is a german made too. And Mercedes is half French and half German, because they put some of their diesel car is equiped with Renault's engines, same for Volvo, with some Peugeot's engines. Don't be silly
Well Bentley is owned by a german car maker that makes it german, so your point abaut engines is irrelevant. Dont be butthurt abaut it.
Hans Dennis
It was an example, don't be so agressive and insulting, I love german car more than others world brands, your conclusion was just too hasty. I know that Mercedes isn't owned by noone other one, but, they even make vehicules with some Renault's engines and serveral transporter vehicules on the same basis that Renault's transporter vehicules (Yeah, they'll stop their partnership with VW). So please, I never said that Mercedes was half french, it was an ironic metaphor.
Hans Dennis
You can be proud of your country and his cars manufacturers but don't be so chauvinistic, the mecanic parts (engine, gearbox, chassis) are coming from Audi yes, but there is still British spirit on this cars.
Does anyone else agree that the shifter and base trim look like they are from the last gen Hyundai's? Except for the flying B...
Description is wrong. There is no Bentley Continental V12, its a W12...
"MATT FARAH on CARS" LOL
do they do this as a convertible?
Yup
next is RR wraith and steak!
Same deal with the Astons Vantage model, imo.
Sounds good for turbo v8
This or S63 AMG 4MATIC?
This all the way this car just looks exotic man
it looks like if he drives over a bump he will bump his head against the roof xD
Love the V8 in this car, I'd buy a Yellow one
And what the fuck about a lobster?
Nice...
Sounds beast. That shape has aged well, so classic
Two questions.
1. Matt, are you from New England? You got that lobster boil going.
2. Is it always that damn hazy on the California coast?
I grew up in Greenwich, CT, and our smog is what makes for the best sunsets!
TheSmokingTire Haha, I had a professor in college that said our Ohio Valley sunsets were beautiful until you realized that was because of the air pollution.
Driving bad ass cars and eating bugs.Ah,the good life!
California spiny, lobster. Beast lobster ever.