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Updated · Car and Driver · Aug 31
Bentley Unveils 657-HP 2027 Supersports, Capping Production at 500 Cars
Updated
Updated · Car and Driver · Aug 31

Bentley Unveils 657-HP 2027 Supersports, Capping Production at 500 Cars

3 articles · Updated · Car and Driver · Aug 31

Summary

  • Bentley’s new 2027 Supersports starts at $490,350 and is already sold out, with only about a third of the 500-car run allocated to the U.S.
  • The coupe is Bentley’s most driver-focused road car yet, swapping the Continental range’s all-wheel-drive hybrid setup for rear-wheel drive and a non-hybrid 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 producing 657 hp and 590 lb-ft.
  • Bentley says that layout change cuts roughly half a ton, bringing estimated curb weight to about 4,500 pounds; the car is expected to reach 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and top out at 193 mph.
  • Track hardware includes a wider rear track, revised e-diff and stability control, carbon-ceramic brakes, and carbon-fiber aero parts that add more than 660 pounds of downforce versus regular Continentals.
  • The two-seat model drops the Continental name and signals a broader performance push at Bentley, with executives indicating the Supersports is the first product of a new approach rather than a one-off.

Insights

Why did Bentley abandon its new hybrid technology to build its lightest, most extreme gas-powered track car in decades?
With all 500 units sold out, will this radical rear-wheel-drive anomaly become Bentley’s most valuable modern collector's item?