Bentley’s success in recent years is largely due to the way it combines respect for old-school tradition and British craftsmanship with a competitive eye toward modern luxury trends. That strategy saw the 2025 Continental GT adopt a downsized, hybrid V-8 power train in place of the iconoclastic W12 engine that had burnished Bentley’s reputation as a builder of extravagant and exclusive machines. With cylinder counts settled, Bentley now cements this fourth-generation model’s appeal with the new 2026 Continental GT S coupe and GTC S convertible. Our test Bentley looks right at home in the courtyard of the Ranch, a new luxury resort and spa in Hudson Valley. Its English-style mansion was originally a wedding gift from J.P. Morgan to his daughter—who married the great, great grandson of Alexander Hamilton. Today’s nepo babies and self-made up-and-comers alike might gravitate to the Continental GT’s lordly style and baronial luxury. That’s even more true for the S versions, whose..
