In an amazing show of power, a privately owned Bentley Continental GT has beaten the world record for speed on ice. Driven by four-times World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen, the Bentley Continental GT smashed the world ice speed record reaching an average speed of 199.86mph (321.65km/h) on frozen sea off the coast of Finland.
The only modifications were the addition of a rollover cage, snow tires, and minor changes to the aerodynamics. Although the best average speed was 199.86mph (321.65km/h), on different runs the car was timed at 205 and 206 mph one-way!
The previous ice speed record of 184.14mph (296.34km/h) was set by a Bugatti EB110 Supersport at the same place some years ago.
Video of the Bentley cornering at the limit on ice
So if the Bentley Continental GT can do that sort of speed on ice, you can see that it handles well on normal roads. But we have got a video showing just how the Bentley Continental GT, which weighs over two tons, can be thrown around on ice, and kept on the track. Watch
the video
here
What you need to play the video
Later you will see more relaxed looks all round. Very exciting indeed, and you will be able to feel the thrill of that high speed.
Play the Bentley ice driving video here.
Note: You need Macromedia Flash to play the video, and if you use Internet Explorer it may block some parts of the file. You need to allow blocked content, and then click on the box that shows Active X.
If you don't have Flash on your computer, you can get it here:
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi
Then,
Play the Bentley video here.
Full details of the
Bentley Continental GT here.
