Bentley Continental GT review – interior and tech
A highlight of this generation of Continental GT. Superb build quality, sumptuous materials and a slick integration of tech make the cabin about as good as they get
If the Continental GT’s regality and statesmanship doesn’t already reinforce its placement in the upper echelons of motoring, the interior will certainly drive that notion home. The cabin is simply magnificent, with a combination of superb build quality, materials, and technology that’s at once contemporary and sumptuous in a balance that’s been finely trodden by Bentley’s designers.
A real highlight is the rotating display, something that some might call a novelty, but the ability to retract the screen when not in use and instead enjoy finely wrought analogue dials and the finely detailed accompanying physical switches is one of modern motoring’s great pleasures.
It can verge on the tacky side depending on the final specification chosen, and peer underneath all of the perfectly finished veneer and waxy leather and you will find an architecture similar to that of the Panamera, but, and it must be stressed, it remains one of, if not the most impressive cabins in any car at any price point.
That aforementioned connection to the Panamera also shows itself in the infotainment, which is no bad thing. The system isn’t quite the most intuitive available, but with exposure is never irritating to use. There are also enough physical controls within the cabin to only need to enter the screen’s lower menus for very specific tasks such as connecting phones or changing the interior ambient lighting.
