{"id":113913,"date":"2021-10-28T05:33:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T10:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/113902\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T08:32:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:32:47","slug":"bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western\/","title":{"rendered":"Bentley\u2019s extraordinary Sicilian Western"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Dare to be different. Bentley has produced a 3-minute road movie of its Continental GT Speed supercar shot during a closed session in Sicily. With a spectacular result, to be relished with SoBARNES.<\/h4>\n<p>With the first deliveries of the 659\u00a0PS Continental GT Speed under way, Bentley wasn't going to miss the opportunity to draw attention to the agility of its supercar. And the resources deployed for the film, baptised <em>Continental Drift<\/em>, are worthy of a James Bond film, complete with point-of-view drones. Directed by David Hale, considered THE specialist in the genre, the video has a Western feel to it that we rather like. A 1952 Bentley R-Type Continental and its younger counterpart the 2021 Continental GT Speed are both featured in the clip, as well as a Fiat Panda whose Italian nonchalance is soon left in the dust\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bentley Continental GT Speed - Continental Drift | Bentley Motors\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ThEIEBSy5YY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bravo Bentley, which has succeeded in reminding us of the car\u2019s lineage with the original Continental while accentuating the sport capacities and agility of its descendant. For those not familiar with the term, the \u2018drift\u2019 the film is named after is a driving technique that involves putting the rear wheels into a continuous slide in a corner, which is no mean feat in a 2.3-tonne, 12-cylinder 4-wheel drive sports coup\u00e9. Yet the Continental GT Speed is somewhat of a rebel.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-113913 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western\/attachment\/bentley-continental-gt-speed-sobarnes-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-gt-speed-sobarnes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-gt-speed-sobarnes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-gt-speed-sobarnes-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western\/attachment\/bentley-continental-sobarnes-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-sobarnes-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-sobarnes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/bentley-continental-sobarnes-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western\/attachment\/continental-drift-10-copie-2\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Continental-Drift-10-copie-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Continental-Drift-10-copie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Continental-Drift-10-copie-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For the shoot, Bentley converted an abandoned air base built in 1936 in Comiso (Sicily) into an open-air track. Rebuilt in the 80s as a NATO base, it housed up to 112 nuclear warheads before being abandoned at the end of the Cold War. Since then, the former military base has been slowly reclaimed by nature. The ideal set for this silent film, played by actors and extras who are in fact members of the Bentley Communications team! We love it.<\/p>\n<p>So what about the Continental GT Speed itself? It\u2019s the maverick sports car of the range. Capable of reaching \u00a00 to 100 km\/h in 3.6 second (0 to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds) and achieving a top speed of 335 km\/h (208 mph), with a price tag of \u20ac270,000. A true sensation available to configure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentleymotors.com\/en\/misc\/car-configurator.html\/select\/Continental\/continental-gt-speed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:laurent@sobarnes.com\">laurent@sobarnes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>--<\/p>\n<p>Infos : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bentleymotors.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bentleymotors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dare to be different. Bentley has produced a 3-minute road movie of its Continental GT Speed supercar shot during a closed session in Sicily. With a spectacular result, to be relished with SoBARNES. With the first deliveries of the 659\u00a0PS Continental GT Speed under way, Bentley wasn&#8217;t going to miss the opportunity to draw attention to the agility of its supercar. And the resources deployed for the film, baptised Continental Drift, are worthy of a James Bond film, complete with point-of-view drones. Directed by David Hale, considered THE specialist in the genre, the video has a Western feel to it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6568,"featured_media":113905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[554,511],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.4 (Yoast SEO v16.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bentley\u2019s extraordinary Sicilian Western - SoBarnes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/bentleys-extraordinary-sicilian-western\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bentley\u2019s extraordinary Sicilian Western - SoBarnes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dare to be different. 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