The Bentley Continental GT Is Now Pikes Peak's Fastest Production Car

It may weigh over two tonnes and be crammed full of posh wood and leather, but the Bentley Continental GT is a handy thing in the dynamics department. Want some evidence? It just ran the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 10:18.488, a new production car record.

Bentley fielded Rhys Millen for the effort, who was able to smash the former production record of 10:26.9, set by David Donner in a Porsche 911 Turbo S in 2015.

The Continental GT in question was in factory spec, save for a roll cage, a fire extinguisher system and a race seat with a six-point harness. The W12-powered waft machine ran as #100 in reference to 2019 being Bentley’s centenary.

It’s not Crewe’s first headline-grabbing assault on the hill climb - which involves 156 corners and a climb of 5000 feet. Last year, it sent Millen drove a Bentayga at the ‘Race to the Clouds’, nabbing the production SUV record after completing the course in 10:49.9 - two minutes faster than the previous holder.