Hardcore Bentley Continental Supersports brings 657bhp and RWD

Supersports returns as lightest Bentley since 1940; adds swathes of carbonfibre and ditches four-wheel drive

The Bentley Continental Supersports has returned as a 657bhp V8-powered, two-seat, rear-wheel-drive tourer that is said to be the most dynamic car Crewe has produced to date.
The new limited-run flagship will go on sale in March priced at around £400,000, a significant increase from the current range-topping GT Speed’s £237,000 starting point. Bentley will build 500 examples.
Codenamed Project Mildred, after 1929 endurance racer Mildred Mary Petre, the new Supersports also marks the start of a push by Bentley to create “more extreme cars”, said CEO Frank Walliser.
It is based on the current Continental GT but it is “so different” from that car, said Walliser, and has set a number of firsts for road-going Bentleys. 

For example, it is the first rear-wheel-drive Continental, it is fitted with the largest front splitter of any production Bentley in history, and it offers the mo