Prestige has forever been Bentley’s well-deserved name for building cars with unmatched creature comforts and exquisite style. Even with a change of ownership and outstanding design changes, Bentley’s style and comfort departments remain loyal. But you could need slow-mo to see those attributes found in Bentley’s Continental GT. This sports coupe-with its W 12, 6-liter turbocharged, five hundred hp Engine-is no mere GT poser. It’s the real deal.

Bentley’s four-door sedans outwardly have enough cabin space to comfortably accommodate a classical quartet; but this two-door sports coupe, by comparison, is sleek and trim. The GT’s creature comforts are nevertheless copious as the Continental’s interior comes in nine, exotic, natural-wood trims. Although you will need to leave the quartet at home, the strong entertainment center comes standard with a six-disc CD changer, GPS navigational help, phone pre-wiring, and voice-activated controls for the telephone. The seats are luxurious with pliant leather, offering 14 separate adjustments, including lumbar support and power memory.

In balancing its swiftness, the Continental GT rides on five-spoke, 19-inch, painted alloy wheels. The glide in the ride stems from an adaptive-variable suspension with automated load leveling, a front independent, double-wishbone suspension with air springs and a rear stabilizer bar.

Yes, the Continental GT is unquestionably a ramped-up rider compared to Bentley’s respected, classic four-door sedans. Distinctively it keeps the lavish qualities anticipated of a Bentley, but you will have to focus quicker to take it all in.

The Brit are not coming! They are already back and riding high with the Aston Martin DB9 in its royal fleet. The DB9 is a lightweight only on the scale, weighing in nearly 1,500 pounds lighter than the formidable Bentley Continental GT. However, when it comes to the important performance/decadence proportion demands of drivers in this GT fraternity, the DB9 metes out numbers that merit its champion-level standing. The overseer of the 911 Turbo, Dr. Ulhrich Bev, Aston Martin’s CEO, delivers terrifically with a bunch of amenities that make the DB9 menacingly delicious.

The DB9′s frame is a revolutionary VH(vertical/horizontal) aluminum-bonded platform, which supplies maximum rigidity, minimal weight and an ideal 50/50 weight balance. Mix that with a double-wishbone suspension and a 450 horsepower,6.0-liter V 12 engine, it is no problem with the DB9 going from nil to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds. This roadster ramps out at top speed of 186 mph shortly thereafter. The six-speed, auto-manual transmission operates smoothly with magnesium paddle shifters that infuse the fluid feel of a real manual transmission. And the low-RPM responsiveness is just superb.

Amenities come in mobs on this tabula rasa, as patrons are encouraged to make use ofAston Martin’s personalization program. Exterior paint options are limitless. The inside includes hand made, stitched leather seats, and the doorway and interior trim come in exotic walnut, mahogany or bamboo. There is also a Linn 950-watt, Dolby Pro Logic II audio-system option to boot.

What is even better is that Dr. Bev guarantees that this is only the start of what promises to be the new British invasion!.

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