Bentley Brooklands first test drive: Steed, indeed

I've found a nice review for Bentley Brooklands:

Since its global unveiling last year, Bentley's Brooklands coupe had enthusiasts wondering how it will drive. Here is the answer.

For this story right now, it would be too easy to lay on you, first thing, the technical specifications of Bentley's beast coupe. It would be easier still to share the fine old British historical reasoning behind its Brooklands name.

It would be too easy and too cruel, for what you really want to know is just how this mother of all two-doors drives.

The Bentley Brooklands wags a not politically correct finger as it solidifies enormo-coupes' position in the marketplace. Really, now, could there be any more frivolous and, well, ludicrous a car? And listen up: WE LOVE IT! The Bentley Brooklands shouts, "Back, swine! Luxury coming through!" and does it so incredibly well that you cannot fault it.

As for its ability to get up and step away at speed, how could it not with hardware built precisely for a thoroughbred? A 6.75-liter twin-turbocharged V8 produces 530 hp and an amazing 774 lb-ft of torque. In numbers you can share at the barbershop, top speed is 184mph, and the ever necessary passing from 50 to 70 mph takes a scant 2.4 seconds. Talk about torque. And all from a vehicle that tips the scales at 5853 pounds.

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