Bentley is celebrating the anniversary with a one-off car to match first car built two decades ago.
The Bentley Continental GT, the car that symbolizes the brand's 21st century revival, is now 20 years old.
Unveiled in 2003, the Continental GT was the first new Bentley created under the Volkswagen Group's ownership. Before the VW Group takeover, Bentley had mostly languished under Rolls-Royce ownership, selling rebadged versions of Rolls models, which themselves were looking increasingly anachronistic at the turn of the century.
With Rolls-Royce going to BMW under an agreement between the two German automakers, VW had to come up with a new platform for future Bentley models. The automaker's choice for its first car under VW ownership was an all-wheel-drive coupe powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W-12 engine, with a name and styling referencing the classic 1952 Bentley R Type Continental.
. Coupe and convertible versions remain, along with the Flying Spur, which is still based on the Continental GT but has been further distanced from it as a separate model.
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