Bentley’s Continental GT was the luxury automaker’s first new model released in 2003, after the Volkswagen takeover of the company in 1998. It was also the first of the Bentleys to employ mass production techniques, as opposed to the coach-built nature of earlier Bentleys. The objective was to broaden Bentley’s appeal and accessibility to a wider segment. This has paid off in spades, because the Conti GT is on its third generation and going strong in 2022. Here’s one of the cars from the first generation that started the whole trend, a Florida-based 2004 Bentley Continental GT Coupe W12 with a light 30,722 miles on the odo. The seller reports that most maintenance is current and up to date, and includes 3 keys with the sale.

Exterior and Interior

One word to describe this 2004 Bentley Continental GT Coupe W12 would be ‘Blacked’, as it wears a black paintjob, blacked-out tail lamps and rolls on aftermarket 22-inch Forged wheels in gloss black. The seller reports that the third brake light needs to be changed out. This car will make a statement wherever you drive it, without being ostentatious. The interior is also in black, with red-accented black leather seats sporting the Bentley ‘Flying B’ logo on the head rests. An aftermarket alcantara Starlight headliner has reportedly been installed. Being a Bentley, it cossets four occupants in luxurious comfort and offers the best gamut of tech toys that came in 2004, including dual-zone climate control, powered front seats with memory, cruise control, a relatively large for the time screen for the infotainment system and premium stereo system which the seller reports is functional, but the speakers need replacing. The classy Breitling clock is a centerpiece on every Conti GT and a conversation piece to boot. The seller also says that the TPMS sensor light is illuminated as a result of the aftermarket wheels.

Engine

This 2004 Bentley Continental GT Coupe W12 packs a 6.0L W12 engine that’s equipped with twin turbochargers that puts out 552hp and 479lb-ft to all four wheels via a six-speed ZF Tiptronic automatic transmission and Torsen permanent four-wheel-drive system. That’s enough to send this 5,200-pound living room on wheels from rest to sixty in under five seconds, and top out at 197mph. The seller reports that a recent oil change was undertaken in Feb 2022.