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Bentley's Upcoming Continental Supersports Looks Awfully Mean in First Shadowy TeasersThe big question that remains, however, is the powertrain. Past Supersports used souped-up W-12s, but of course, that engine has been taken behind the barn in Crewe and shot in the name of emissions regulations. Current Continental GT models use a plug-in hybrid twin-turbo V-8 arrangement that's very similar to the one in the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, which makes 771 hp in the Continental GT Speed; seeing as how that version's 4.0 eight-pot makes 591 hp alone, and the VW Group already has versions that make up to 641 hp, it seems as though it should be easy to squeeze the PHEV systems' total output to at least 821 hp.

Bentley's Upcoming Continental Supersports Looks Awfully Mean in First Shadowy TeasersThe big question that remains, however, is the powertrain. Past Supersports used souped-up W-12s, but of course, that engine has been taken behind the barn in Crewe and shot in the name of emissions regulations. Current Continental GT models use a plug-in hybrid twin-turbo V-8 arrangement that's very similar to the one in the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid, which makes 771 hp in the Continental GT Speed; seeing as how that version's 4.0 eight-pot makes 591 hp alone, and the VW Group already has versions that make up to 641 hp, it seems as though it should be easy to squeeze the PHEV systems' total output to at least 821 hp.

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 Behold, for the first time in the flesh, the all-new Bentley Continental Supersports. For the record, Bentley has not officially confirmed ...
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