Popular broadcaster and Co-presenter of Primetime Entertainment Africa, Dayo Adeneye, popularly known as D1, is one celebrity that has earned a name in the entertainment industry in Nigeria. He is believed to be one of those who pioneered the revival of the entertainment industry in Nigeria.
In 2013, he acquired a Bentley Continental GT premium with customised plate number DEE 1, which also launched him into the clique of users of the powerful machine in the country. He was said to have bought the car for N25m.
The Bentley Continental GT is a premium two-door coupe that offers a variety of styles among the most luxury cars around. The Continental GT is quick in any weather, featuring all-wheel drive and sufficient power.
The Bentley’s V8 engine is astonishing, not just for what it does but also for the way it does it. It is equipped with a 4.0 litre engine, which produces a 500 horse power indicating that the V8 is an advanced high performance engine. It is a continuous All Wheel Drive with 8-speed automatic transmission that transmits its power to the road with unshakeable precision. and with the capacity to accelerate from 0 – 60mph in 4.6 seconds and 0 – 100km/h in 4.8 seconds and fuel tank capacity of 90 litres or 20.0 gallons.
The 8-speed transmission delivers faster, smoother gear changes and accounts for six per cent of the total 40 per cent efficiency gain achieved by the V8 which also ensures that the engine is always working at its most efficient gearing.
Interior
The Continental GT comes with an eight channel, eight-speaker system, with 15GB of storage for music. Music can be played via an iPod, MP3 player, the car’s own six-disc CD changer or even an SD card. The effortless touch-screen navigation system includes online access for point of interest searches, a 30GB hard disc drive offering rapid access to a continent-full of mapping and even the option of satellite landscape imagery. It also provides real time monitoring of tyre pressures, access to phone contacts, either via Bluetooth or by inserting SIM card into a port provided, and the opportunity to zoom in or out of mapping at the slightest touch of a finger.
The Bentley Continental GT also comes loaded with other features such as 20-inch wheels with 13 dual spokes, parking sensors, four-zone climate control, xenon headlights, adjustable suspension damping, 10-way power front seats, a navigation system, diamond-stitch leather upholstery, three-spoke steering wheel, adaptive cruise control, LED lights, a rear-view camera, carbon-ceramic brake rotors, ventilated front seats with massage functions, a wood-trimmed steering wheel, and other upgraded interior trim.
To own this car, the price for the gas engine is about N28.1m ($174,000) and the Flex-Fuel (FFV) engine is N31.3m ($193,250).
Safety
The 2013 Bentley Continental GT comes standard with stability control, traction control, anti-lock brakes with brake assist, side air bags for all seats and driver knee air bags. In Edmunds brake testing, a GT came to a stop from 60 mph in 108 feet, which is a short distance for a car of this size with summer tires. It has an excellent front-seat comfort and impressive rear-seat for adult passengers with an increase in legroom and space.
The Bentley Continental GT is the first car released under Volkswagen management and the first ever Bentley to employ ‘mass production’ manufacturing techniques, sharing a platform with the VW Phaeton, resulting in a much more affordable car. The Continental GT has transformed the company into a major global brand.
The good– The Bentley Continental GT offers effortless pace and provides all the prestigious image any buyer could wish for. It manages to improve fuel economy by a generous 30 per cent and its performance is livelier than that of most of its competitors.
The bad – It doesn’t come cheap, either to buy or to run. It might be fast, but the GT is by no means a raw sports car; it’s too big and heavy for that and the big tyres do generate some road noise over grainy surfaces.
The Bentley V8 is an exquisitely crafted automobile for daily drive or weekend road trips, designed to make driving effortless, involving and to be enjoyed on a long and rewarding drive
Source: bentleymotors.com
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