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Bentley Continental 6.0 GT
The 6.0-litre Continental GT is the twelve-cylinder grand tourer that put Bentley into volume production. What the specification means and why the running costs, not the purchase, decide ownership.
| Marque | Bentley |
|---|---|
| Model | Continental GT |
| Engine | 6.0-litre twelve-cylinder |
| Transmission | Automatic |
| Drive | Four-wheel drive |
| Emissions standard | Not stated in the address |
| Body | Two-door coupe |
The Continental GT is the car that took Bentley from a few hundred hand-built vehicles a year into series production, sharing much of its hardware with the Volkswagen Group. The 6.0 in the address is the twelve-cylinder engine.
What to check on this specification
History first, condition second
On a car of this kind the service record is the purchase. Used-car buying guides for the Continental GT make the same point repeatedly: a great many cars are advertised as having a full history and do not, and the gap between the two is measured in thousands. Ask for invoices, not stamps.
The specific items that catch buyers out
Reviewers single out carbon-ceramic brakes as a replacement cost far above the norm, so establish which brake specification the car has before anything else. Servicing runs on a twelve-month or fixed-mileage schedule with additional items — brake fluid, coolant, spark plugs — on their own separate intervals, and on a twelve-cylinder engine the plug change alone is a significant job. Insurance sits at the top group, and the aluminium bodywork makes even modest accident damage expensive to put right.
The automatic gearbox
Drive it from cold and then again warm. What you are looking for is a clean pull away in first, a clean engagement of reverse, and shifts that are firm rather than jerky, slurred or accompanied by a thump. Torque-converter and dual-clutch boxes both have scheduled oil and filter changes; those services are frequently skipped because nothing obviously breaks when they are, and the bill when something does break is one of the largest in used-car ownership.
Ownership notes
Fuel consumption is the headline running cost and the published average figure is optimistic against real use. Everything else scales with it: tyres, brakes, and the sheer number of systems that can need attention on a car this complex.
The address does not state an emissions standard, and a car of this age and engine size is unlikely to meet the London ULEZ petrol standard by a comfortable margin — but that is a question to settle with the registration and the official checker, not by assumption.
About this page
The address you are on was part of a used-car dealer site that no longer exists. The individual vehicle it once described was sold years ago; there is no stock here, nothing is for offer, and no enquiry goes anywhere. What has been kept is the specification the address itself encodes, written up as a reference for anyone looking at the same combination of model, engine, transmission and emissions standard on the used market today.
Nothing here is advice about a particular vehicle. Every point above is a thing to check on the car in front of you, and the official services linked below answer against a registration number rather than a model name.