Bentley doesn’t do low-key. And when the company wants to introduce a 666-horsepower, rear-wheel-drive monster called Supersports, it doesn’t roll it out in a quiet studio or at a polite press conference. It lights up the Burj Al Arab in Bentley green, invites 400 VIPs to a former royal palace, and has Travis Pastrana drift the thing across the company’s own factory like it’s auditioning for a Gymkhana sequel.

Yes, this is a real car launch—and yes, it happened in Dubai.

The Supersports made its EMEA debut at a Bentley-hosted spectacle that was equal parts Hollywood premiere and motorsports fever dream. The evening opened with a dramatic reveal of a launch car in Jetstream Matte with Arctica and Portofino livery, dubbed Daybreak, because when you’re Bentley, even your paint schemes have origin stories. Then, right on cue at 9:00 p.m., Bentley dropped its new stunt film, Supersports: FULL SEND, onto a 12-meter-wide screen and across the internet simultaneously.

Moments later, Pastrana himself rolled in behind the wheel of the same heavily modified Supersports he’d just used to turn Bentley’s historic Crewe factory into a tire-smoking playground. Subtle? Not remotely. Effective? Absolutely.

Pymkhana: Bentley’s Factory, Pastrana’s Playground

Shot at Bentley’s Pyms Lane headquarters—first opened in 1938—FULL SEND is essentially a luxury-brand remix of a Gymkhana video. Bentley calls it “Pymkhana,” which might be the most on-brand portmanteau ever invented.

Pastrana threads the Supersports through production halls, around buildings, and across the Dream Factory campus, turning a place known for hand-stitched leather and polished wood into a high-speed obstacle course. The message is clear: this isn’t your grandfather’s Bentley.

Underneath the spectacle sits a seriously aggressive machine. With 666 PS, rear-wheel drive, and a heavily reworked chassis and aero package, the new Supersports is aimed squarely at proving Bentley can build something that isn’t just fast in a straight line, but genuinely athletic. Think less gentleman’s express, more luxury-wrapped sledgehammer.

A New Bentley, in Every Sense

Bentley says the Dubai event was about more than just a car—it was about a new brand strategy. Christophe Georges, Bentley’s Board Member for Sales and Marketing, framed the evening as a blend of “authenticity, new ambassadors, extraordinary customers, and unexpected product stories.” Translation: Bentley is leaning harder into spectacle, personality, and performance than it ever has before.

The guest list reflected that shift. Nearly 100 Supersports customers were in attendance, rubbing shoulders with Pastrana, actor and Bentley ambassador Lucien Laviscount, and Bentley CEO Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser. And all of it unfolded in the gardens of a former royal palace, with one of the world’s most recognizable hotels glowing green in the background.

If Bentley wanted to signal that Supersports is something special, it did so with a megaphone.

When Can You Get One?

Order books for the Supersports open in March, with production scheduled to begin in Q4 2026 and first deliveries arriving in early 2027. It’ll be sold in key markets across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and parts of Asia-Pacific—basically anywhere Bentley’s most committed customers live and breathe horsepower.

Bentley’s Supersports isn’t just a new model—it’s a statement. A 666-horsepower, rear-drive, tire-shredding statement, delivered via a stunt film shot in a factory and premiered at a palace in Dubai. That’s not just a car launch; that’s Bentley telling the world it’s done playing it safe.

And if Travis Pastrana sideways-sliding a Bentley through its own production halls doesn’t convince you that this brand has entered a new era, nothing will.

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A century after the very first Bentley “Super Sports” broke the 100-mph barrier, Bentley has resurrected its most fearsome badge — and delivered the most driver-focused Continental ever to wear it. The new 2027 Bentley Supersports is a rare moment of rebellion from Crewe: rear-wheel drive, two seats only, weighing under two tonnes, and powered by a roaring twin-turbo V-8 with no hybrid help whatsoever. This isn’t the genteel grand tourer you remember. This is Bentley gone feral.

The Most Focused Continental in History

At the heart of the new Supersports is a thoroughly reworked 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8, now strengthened, boosted, and sharpened to deliver 666 PS (657 hp) and 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) exclusively to the rear wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission. Bentley claims a 0–62 mph time of 3.7 seconds and a top speed of around 192 mph, but the raw numbers are almost beside the point. What matters is engagement.

To that end, Bentley hasn’t just shuffled components — it has rewritten the Continental GT’s genetic code. This is the first rear-drive Continental GT in history (race cars aside), assisted by a newly tuned eLSD, wider rear track, and torque vectoring by brake. ESC modes now include everything from fully supportive to fully unhinged, with a “Dynamic” map allowing controllable, Bentley-polished slip angles.

Rear-wheel steering remains to keep the massive coupe agile, and the chassis receives entirely new calibrations for steering, suspension, and power delivery. The result? Bentley says the Supersports can corner 30 percent quicker than a GT Speed when fitted with the optional Pirelli Trofeo RS rubber, generating up to 1.3 g of lateral force.

More Downforce Than Any Bentley Road Car

If the Continental GT Speed is a velvet fist, the new Supersports is the brass knuckle. Nearly every exterior change serves function first: a new front bumper with the largest splitter ever fitted to a Bentley, stacked carbon-fiber dive planes, new side sills, “B-shaped” fender blades, a full carbon diffuser, and a fixed rear wing.

Combined, these aero additions produce 300 kg more downforce than a GT Speed, while maintaining balanced lift and shifting weight rearward at higher speeds. Carbon fiber trims more weight from the roof, mirrors, and engine cover, while the entire rear cabin — seats, insulation, trim — has been removed and replaced with a carbon-fiber tub. The result: the lightest Bentley in 85 years, dipping below the 2000-kg mark.

Standard brakes are immense 440-mm carbon-ceramic front discs with 10-piston calipers — the largest production car brakes on the planet.

A Cabin Built for Driving, Not Cruising

Open the door and you’ll immediately realize this isn’t a Continental that happens to be sportier — it’s a sports car with Bentley fit and finish. Two heavily bolstered sports seats sit lower in the chassis, wrapped in leather and Dinamica, with carbon-fiber shells peeking around their shoulders.

The rear seating area is gone, replaced by a sculpted carbon-fiber structure trimmed in leather. Carbon fiber veneers are standard, though buyers can spec brushed or engine-turned aluminum. A numbered badge on the center console reminds you — and your passenger — that only 500 examples will exist.

Project Mildred: Bentley’s Secret Skunkworks

Internally, the Supersports began life as Project Mildred, named for Mildred Mary Petre — a record-setting racer and pilot who drove a 4½ Litre Bentley for 24 hours at Montlhéry in 1929. The project started quietly in late 2024 as a back-channel experiment to see what a lightweight, rear-drive Continental could feel like.

One track mule later, the results were convincing enough for Bentley’s new CEO, Dr. Frank-Steffen Walliser, to green-light the full program. Walliser calls the Supersports “a return to Bentley making more extreme cars” — and given the timing, it becomes the first full vehicle developed under his leadership.

A Name With a Violent Pedigree

The Supersports lineage reads like Bentley’s greatest hits:

• 1925 Super Sports: Short-wheelbase 3-Litre, the first Bentley to crack 100 mph; only 18 built.
• 2009 Supersports: Return of the badge; 204 mph; first two-seat Continental.
• 2017 Supersports: 710-hp W12 monster; then the most powerful Bentley ever.

The new model shifts focus from outright top speed to driver involvement — a philosophical reboot for Bentley performance.

Customization: From Nightfall to Daybreak

Mulliner will indulge the usual Bentley buyer fantasies:

• 22 hide colors, 11 secondary hides, 9 accents
• A unique tri-tone interior option
• 24 standard paint colors plus bespoke Mulliner finishes
• Exterior themes with striping, contrasting number graphics, and carbon-fiber accents

Launch cars come in two themes:

• Nightfall, an Anthracite gloss with Camel striping and Beluga/Camel interior
• Daybreak, Jetstream Matte with Arctica/Portofino accents and a Damson/Light Blue/Pillar Box Red cabin

Price and Availability

Bentley hasn’t announced pricing yet, but with only 500 units and a list of standard equipment that reads like a motorsport catalog — Akrapovič titanium exhaust, Manthey Racing forged 22s, carbon-ceramic brakes — expect a number well into the six-figure stratosphere. Order books open in March 2026, production starts in late 2026, and deliveries begin early 2027. Markets include the UK, Europe, U.S., Canada, Australia, the Gulf, and select Asian regions.

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