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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

Last week, on the day before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged couple in a Bentley met a fiery end under mysterious circumstances near the U.S.-Canada We know the victims names – Kurt Villani, 53, and his wife, Monica Villani, also 53 – and we know that they were in a Bentley Flying Spur (no jokes about the name, please). But I digress.

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Tesla Model S Plaid reaches 140 MPH during first place run at Pikes Peak Hill Climb

Teslarati

The Model S Plaid topped out at 136 MPH while driving at 14,000 feet above sea level. The fastest time during Wednesday’s session was run in the Time Attack 1 Division by 2021 Bentley Continental GT3 driver Rhys Millen, who ran an unbelievable 2:25.40 second lap.

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1929 Blower Bentley Reborn As 85 Percent Scale EV By The Little Car Company

InsideEVs

Known as Blower Junior, it seats two people and has an expected range of 65 miles with a 45 mph top speed.

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Bentley to Introduce New FlexFuel Supersports Convertible at Geneva Show

Green Car Congress

Bentley will introduce its new FlexFuel capable Supersports Convertible at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The standardization of FlexFuel technology across the 2011 Continental model range reaffirms Bentley’s ongoing commitment to make all its cars bio-fuel compatible by 2012. seconds) and a top speed of 325 km/h (202 mph).

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Tesla Model X Plaid sets record with 2.3-sec 0-60 mph launch, 9.7-sec quarter-mile

Teslarati

SUVs like the Lamborghini Urus and the Bentley Bentayga are fairly large vehicles, but their 0-60 mph times are comparable to those of high-performance sports cars. In stock form, the veteran drag racer was able to achieve a 0-60 mph time of 2.36 sec 0-60 mph launch, 9.7-sec The world of performance SUVs is pretty crazy.

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Bentley's First EV Will Pack Up To 1,400 HP, Do 0-60 In 1.5 Seconds

InsideEVs

If that's too brutal, customers will have the option of a slower 0-60 mph setting of 2.7

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Bentley’s new 616hp 12-cylinder GT Speed convertible with 8-speed and energy recuperation improves fuel economy by 15%

Green Car Congress

Bentley will introduce the new Continental GT Speed Convertible at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this month. The new GT Speed Convertible shares its powertrain specification with its Bentley stablemate, the GT Speed coupé: a 616 bhp (459 kW) twin-turbocharged 6.0 s) and onto a top speed of 202 mph (325 km/h).