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text: Ronson wrote "Back to Black" the night after he met Winehouse, explaining in a 2010 "Mojo" interview: "I just thought, 'Let's talk about music, see what she likes.' She said she liked to go out to bars and clubs and play snooker with her boyfriend and listen to the Shangri-Las. So she played me some of those records ... I told her that I had nothing to play her right now but if she [lets] me work on something overnight she could come back tomorrow. So I came up with this little piano riff, which became the verse chords to 'Back to Black.' Behind it I just put a kick drum and a tambourine and tons of reverb."


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text: "Amy was so serious about her words. Working on “Back to Black,” when she first sang the chorus, she said, We only said goodbye in words/ I died a hundred times. My producer instinct went off and I said, “Hey, sorry, it’s got to rhyme. That’s weird. Can you fix that?” And she just looked at me like I was crazy, like, “Why would I fix that? That’s what came out.” They’re some of the most unlikely lyrics you could ever imagine on a massive pop single."


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text: Winehouse's father later recalled the formulation of "Rehab" in his memoir: "One day [Ronson and Winehouse] decided to take a quick stroll around the neighborhood because Amy wanted to buy [her then-boyfriend] Alex Clare a present ... on the way back Amy began telling Mark about being with Blake [Fielder-Civil, her ex], then not being with Blake and being with Alex instead. She told him about the time at my house after she'd been in hospital when everyone had been going on at her about her drinking: 'You know they tried to make me go to rehab, and I told them, no, no, no.' 'That's quite gimmicky,' Mark replied. 'It sounds hooky. You should go back to the studio and we should turn that into a song.'" The majority of the songs produced by Ronson were completed at Daptone Records—along with the instrumental help of The Dap-Kings—in Brooklyn, New York. Three of the horn players from the group played a baritone saxophone, a tenor saxophone, and a trumpet. Ronson recorded the trio to create the "'60s-sounding metallics" on the album. The drums, piano, guitar, and bass were all done together in one room, with the drums being recorded with one microphone. There was also much spill between the instruments. Additional production of the album was located at Chung King and Allido Studios in New York City, and at Metropolis Records in London. In the Allido studio, Ronson used synthesisers and vintage keyboards to display the sound landscape for the album, including the Wurlitzer electric piano. In May of that year, Winehouse's demo tracks such as "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" appeared on Mark Ronson's New York radio show on East Village Radio. These were some of the first new songs played on the radio after the release of "Pumps" and both were slated to appear on her second album. The 11-track album, completed in five months, was produced entirely by Remi and Ronson, with the production credits being split between them.


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text: Tom Elmhirst, who mixed the single "You Know I'm No Good", was enlisted to help with the mixing of the album at Metropolis Records. He first received Ronson's original mix, which he described as being "radical in terms of panning, kind of Beatlesque". He continued, "The drums, for instance, were all panned to one side". He attempted to mix "Love Is a Losing Game" in the same manner he did with "Rehab", but felt it was not right to do so. Elmhirst mixed "Rehab", but when he first received the multitrack of the song, the track amount was minimal. Therefore, Ronson went to London to record strings, brass and percussion in one of Metropolis' tracking rooms.


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text: After these instruments were added, the song had garnered a "retro, '60s soul, R&B" feel to it. Elmhirst added a contemporary sound to the song as well, while Ronson wanted to keep the mix sparse and not overproduced. The album was mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis.


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text: "Back to Black" has been cited to have musical stylings of contemporary R&B, neo soul, reggae, classic R&B, and 1960s "pop and soul". According to AllMusic's John Bush, "Back to Black" finds Winehouse "deserting jazz and wholly embracing contemporary R&B". David Mead of "Paste" also viewed it as a departure from "Frank" and said that it sets her singing to Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson's "synthetic Motown-style backdrop". Meanwhile, Ann Powers from NPR Music characterised "Back to Black" as "a full embrace of classic rhythm and blues." Music journalist Chuck Eddy credits Ronson and Remi's production for resembling Phil Spector's Wall of Sound technique and surrounding Winehouse with brass and string sections, harp, and the Wurlitzer. "PopMatters" writer Christian John Wikane said that its "sensibilities of 1960s pop and soul" are contradicted by Winehouse's "blunt" lyrics and felt that "this particular marriage of words and music mirrors the bittersweet dichotomy that sometimes frames real relationships". The staff of "The A.V. Club" emphasized on "the record's status as the pinnacle of the Brit neo-soul wave it ushered in".


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text: The album's first song and single, "Rehab", is an upbeat, contemporary, and autobiographical song about Winehouse's past refusal to attend an alcohol rehabilitation centre after a conversation she had with her father, Mitch Winehouse. Previously, her management team prodded her to go to one.


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text: The song also contains "spring reverbs" on the lead vocals and drums to obtain a "retro feel", live "handclaps", timpanis, bells, and "slight vintage effects" on the piano and bass. Winehouse mentions "Ray" and "Mr. Hathaway", in reference to Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway. However, for some time during live performances, she replaced "Ray" with "Blake", referring to her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who served time in prison for charges relating to grievous bodily harm.


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text: "You Know I'm No Good" is an uptempo song about Winehouse cheating on a "good man that loves her", and therefore cheating herself out of a healthy relationship. The lyrics also entail Winehouse as being "helpless" while trying to understand and resist her own self-destructive compulsions.


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text: In the jazz and reggae-influenced "Me and Mr Jones" song, Winehouse sings about accepting that she never made it to a Slick Rick concert, but yet refuses to skip a Nas show as they were both close friends (Nas' last name is Jones). The song's title plays off the 1972 "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul. In a 2011 "XXL" interview, Nas recollects: "I don't really remember if Salaam, who was really close to her [Winehouse], who introduced us, if he told me about it ["Mr Jones" being based on Nas] or not [...] But, I heard a lot about it before I even heard the song." Winehouse cursed about the relationship between her and Nas in the song's first chorus ("What kind of fuckery is this?" / "You made me miss the Slick Rick gig") and in later ones as well. In a "Genius" commentary, Island Records president Darcus Beese added that the original track was titled "Fuckery" from both Remi and Winehouse. He then continues, "I remember saying to Amy and Salaam, "You can't call this song 'Fuckery' [...] Salaam was more of the grown up of the two but Amy was like, 'Well, why can't I?' [...] That's why I always say, you have to give everything you're thinking and give people something that's exciting."


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text: The fourth song on the album, "Just Friends", is about "[a woman] trying to pull away from an illicit affair", with lyrics indicating, "The guilt will kill you if she don't first". It is a "ska-soul" song with a "pulsing reggae groove" throughout the track. Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" elaborates that Winehouse makes songs such as "Just Friends" into "games of tone and phrasing [...] withholding a line and then breezing through it, stretching out a note over [her backing band]'s steady beat".


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text: The title track "Back to Black" explores elements of old-school soul music. The song's sound and beat have been described as similar to vintage girl groups from the 1960s. Its production was noted for its Wall of Sound. Winehouse expresses feelings of hurt and bitterness for a boyfriend who has left her; however, throughout the lyrics she "remains strong" exemplified in the opening lines, "He left no time to regret, Kept his wet, With his same old safe bet, Me and my head high, And my tears dry, Get on without my guy". The song was inspired by her relationship with Fielder-Civil, who had left Winehouse for an ex-girlfriend. The breakup left her going to "black", which to the listener may appear to refer to drinking and depression. "Black" has sometimes been considered as a reference to heroin, but this is inaccurate as Winehouse's heroin use did not begin until after her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil (mid 2007), as confirmed in the Asif Kapadia documentary. The song's lyrical content consists of a sad goodbye to a relationship with the lyrics being frank. John Murphy of "musicOMH" compared the song's introduction to the Martha and the Vandellas song "Jimmy Mack", adding that it continues to a "much darker place".


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text: "Love Is a Losing Game" is a sentimental ballad that invokes Winehouse's chosen metaphor as a pastime that could be "addictive and destructive". Alexis Petridis of "The Guardian" further explains, "Over a solitary electric guitar and subtle drums, [Winehouse's] voice takes centre stage to [set] out her resigned viewpoint that, as with gambling, you can only love for so long before ending up the loser".


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text: The song "Tears Dry on Their Own" samples the main chord progression from Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 song "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". Remi stated that he thought the album needed something "up-tempo" and suggested to Winehouse that she procure a "slower, sadder conception" of the song. Laura Barton of "The Guardian" explicated the track as Winehouse giving herself a stern "talking-to" with lyrics such as, "I cannot play myself again, I should be my own best friend" and "Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men".


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text: The "HelloBeautiful" staff views "Wake Up Alone", written by Winehouse and Paul O'Duffy, as another sentimental ballad that "chronicles [the] time right after a breakup [and] when you're trying not to think of the person by keeping busy." They add, "[B]ut when night time comes, so do [the] thoughts of said person." Winehouse spent a month in O'Duffy's North London studio working on tracks of the album, and "Wake Up Alone" was the first song recorded during the sessions and the only tune that made it onto the album. A "one-take" demo of the song recorded in March 2006 by O'Duffy later appeared on Winehouse's posthumous album, "".


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text: Nick Shymansky, Winehouse's first manager, revealed that the inspiration of "Some Unholy War", a mid-tempo soul song, came into fruition after Winehouse heard a radio broadcast on the War in Afghanistan. As she heard the term "holy war", a war being primarily caused or justified by differences in religion, Winehouse immediately thought of an idea to spin the religious conflict into her own personal issues with Fielder-Civil. The idea is further bolstered with the song's opening lines, "If my man was fighting some unholy war, I would be behind him". Usually in live performances, she would start with the slower version of the song before proceeding into a more uptempo version.


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text: "He Can Only Hold Her" interpolates "(My Girl) She's a Fox" by brothers Robert and Richard Poindexter. Joshua Klein of "Pitchfork" describes Winehouse in the song as "an objective observer, [and] able to see her personal issues for what they are". The chorus goes, "So he tries to pacify her, 'cause what's inside her never dies". Klein assumes that from "this new vantage [,] Winehouse has moved on". John Harrison, the original demo producer of "He Can Only Hold Her", explained at a BIMM London masterclass that he was "introduced to '(My Girl) She's a Fox' by his sister". He then played the song for Winehouse and, when she expressed interest, made a backing track for her. Harrison was not originally given a writing credit on "Back to Black", so he sued Winehouse for copyright infringement. They had a settlement over the song, and eventually, his name was added to the track. The initial "Back to Black" liner notes only said: "Original demo produced by P*Nut [John Harrison's nickname]."


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text: "Addicted", a bonus track included on the expanded versions of "Back to Black", pertains to Winehouse's experiences with marijuana. "I used to smoke a lot of weed", the singer told "Rolling Stone" in 2007. "I suppose if you have an addictive personality [,] then you go from one poison to the other."


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text: "Back to Black" was released on 27 October 2006. A deluxe edition of "Back to Black" was released in mainland Europe in November 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2007. The reissue features the original studio album remastered as well as a bonus disc containing various B-sides and live tracks, including Winehouse's solo rendition of the single "Valerie" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge; the song was originally available in studio form on Ronson's "Version" album. Winehouse's debut DVD "" was released in the UK on 5 November and in the US on 13 November. It includes a live set recorded at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire and a 50-minute documentary chronicling the singer's career over the previous four years.


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text: The first single released from the album on 23 October 2006 was "Rehab". On 22 October 2006, based solely on download sales, it entered the UK Singles Chart at number 19, and when the physical single was released the following week, it climbed to number seven. Following a performance of "Rehab" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards on 3 June 2007, the song rose to number 10 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for the week of 23 June, peaking at number nine the following week.


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text: "You Know I'm No Good" was released on 8 January 2007 as the album's second single, reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. "Back to Black" was released in the United States in March 2007, with a remix of "You Know I'm No Good" featuring rap vocals by Ghostface Killah as its lead single. A third UK single, "Back to Black", was released on 30 April 2007. Having previously peaked at number 25 on the UK chart, the track climbed to number eight in late July 2011, following Winehouse's death. Two further singles were released from the album: "Tears Dry on Their Own" was released on 13 August 2007, and peaked at number 16 in the UK, while "Love Is a Losing Game", released on 10 December 2007, reached number 33.


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text: Winehouse promoted the release of "Back to Black" with headline performances in late 2006, including a Little Noise Sessions charity concert at the Union Chapel in Islington, London. On 31 December 2006, Winehouse appeared on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny and performed a cover of Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" along with Paul Weller and Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. She also performed Toots and the Maytals' "Monkey Man". At his request, actor Bruce Willis introduced Winehouse before her performance of "Rehab" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California, on 3 June 2007. During the summer of 2007, she performed at various festivals, including Glastonbury Festival, Lollapalooza in Chicago, Belgium's Rock Werchter, and Virgin Festival in Baltimore.


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text: In November 2007, the opening night of a 17-date tour was marred by booing and walkouts at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. A critic for the "Birmingham Mail" said it was "one of the saddest nights of my life [...] I saw a supremely talented artist reduced to tears, stumbling around the stage and, unforgivably, swearing at the audience." Other concerts ended similarly, with, for example, fans at her Hammersmith Apollo performance saying that she "looked highly intoxicated throughout", until she announced on 27 November 2007 that her performances and public appearances were cancelled for the remainder of the year, citing her doctor's advice to take a complete rest. A statement issued by concert promoter Live Nation blamed "the rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks" for the decision. Mitch Winehouse wrote about her nervousness before public performances in his 2012 book, "Amy, My Daughter".


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text: "Back to Black" received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81, based on 26 reviews. AllMusic writer John Bush lauded Winehouse's musical transition from her debut record: "All the best parts of her musical character emerge intact, and actually, are all the better for the transformation from jazz vocalist to soul siren." Dorian Lynskey of "The Guardian" called "Back to Black" "a 21st-century soul classic". Sal Cinquemani of "Slant Magazine" said that Winehouse and her producers are "expert mood-setters or crafty reconstructionists". "The New Yorker"s Sasha Frere-Jones praised Winehouse's "mush-mouthed approach [on the album]". Nathan Rabin, writing in "The A.V. Club", was impressed by "the incongruity between Winehouse's trifling lyrical concerns and "Back To Black"s wall-of-sound richness". "Entertainment Weekly"s Will Hermes felt that her "smartass" lyrics "raise [the album] into the realm of true, of-the-minute originality". Douglas Wolk, writing for "Blender", said that the album "sounds fantastic—partly because the production nails sample-ready '60s soul right down to the drum sound [...] Winehouse is one hell of an impressive singer, especially when she's not copping other people's phrasing".


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text: Some reviewers were more critical of the album. In a mixed review, "Rolling Stone"s Christian Hoard stated: "The tunes don't always hold up. But the best ones are impossible to dislike." Robert Christgau gave it an "honorable mention" in his consumer guide for "MSN Music", citing "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" as highlights and writing, "Pray her marriage lasts—she's observant, and it would broaden her perspective". "Pitchfork" critic Joshua Klein criticised Winehouse's "defensive", subjective lyrics concerning relationships, but added that "Winehouse has been blessed by a brassy voice that can transform even mundane sentiments into powerful statements".


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text: "Back to Black" was named one of the 10 best albums of 2006 and 2007 by several publications on their year-end albums lists, including "Time" (number one), "Entertainment Weekly" (number two), "Billboard" (number three), "The New York Times" (number three), "The Austin Chronicle" (number four), "Slant Magazine" (number four), and "Blender" (number eight). The album was placed at number 40 on "Rolling Stone"s list of The Top 50 Albums of 2007. "Entertainment Weekly" critic Chris Willman named "Back to Black" the second best album of 2007, commenting that ""Black" will hold up as one of the great breakthrough CDs of our time." He adds, "In the end, the singer's real-life heartache over her incarcerated spouse proves what's obvious from the grooves: When this lady sings about love, she means every word." "Rolling Stone"s list of the 100 Best Albums of the 2000s ranked the album number 20.


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text: At the 2007 Brit Awards, Winehouse won British Female Solo Artist, and "Back to Black" was nominated for MasterCard British Album. In July 2007, the album was shortlisted for the 2007 Mercury Prize, but lost out to Klaxons' "Myths of the Near Future". This was the second time that Winehouse was nominated for the Mercury Prize; her debut album "Frank" was shortlisted in 2004. "Back to Black" won numerous awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on 10 February 2008, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Rehab"; while the album received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning the latter. Winehouse herself, for the album, was presented the Grammy for Best New Artist, while Ronson earned the 2008 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.


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text: "Back to Black" debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart on 5 November 2006 with first-week sales of 43,021 copies. The album reached number one for the first time during the week ending 20 January 2007, its 11th week on the chart, selling over 35,500 copies. The following week, it remained at number one with nearly 48,000 copies sold. Five weeks later, it returned for a third week atop the UK chart, selling 47,000 copies. "Back to Black" was the best-selling album of 2007 in the UK, having sold 1.85 million copies. The BPI certified the album 13-times Platinum on 30 March 2018, and by October 2018, it had sold 3.93 million copies, making it the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st century so far, as well as the 12th best-selling album in the UK of all time.


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text: "Back to Black" debuted at number seven on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States with first-week sales of 51,000 copies, becoming the highest debut entry for an album by a British female solo artist at the time—a record that would be broken by Joss Stone's "Introducing Joss Stone", which debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200 the following week. Following Winehouse's multiple wins at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, the album jumped from number 24 to a new peak of number two on the "Billboard" 200 chart issue dated 1 March 2008 with sales of 115,000 copies. The album was certified double-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on 12 March 2008, and has since sold nearly three million copies in the US.


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text: "Back to Black" topped the European Top 100 Albums chart for 13 non-consecutive weeks, while reaching number one in several European countries such as Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Ireland, and Switzerland. The album was certified eight-times Platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in late 2011, denoting sales of eight million copies across Europe. By September 2018, the album had sold over 16 million copies worldwide.


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text: Following Winehouse's death on 23 July 2011, sales of "Back to Black" drastically increased across the world. The album rose to number one on several iTunes charts worldwide. On 24 July 2011, with fewer than seven hours sales after the announcement of her death counting towards the respective week's chart figures, the album re-entered the UK Albums Chart at number 49 with 2,446 copies sold. The following week, it soared back to number one, marking the fourth time the album had reached the top of the chart. "Back to Black" held the top spot for two additional weeks. On 26 July 2011, "Billboard" reported that the album had re-entered the "Billboard" 200 chart dated 6 August 2011 at number nine with sales of 37,000 copies, although that week's chart only tracked the first 36 hours of sales after her death was announced. The following week, it climbed to number seven with 38,000 copies sold after a full week's worth of sales. In Canada, the album re-entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number 13 on sales of 2,500 copies. It rose to number six the following week, selling an additional 5,000 copies. In continental Europe, "Back to Black" returned to the number-one spot in Austria, Croatia, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland, while reaching number one for the first time in Italy.


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text: After the release of "Back to Black", record companies sought out more experimental female artists. Other female artists signed to major labels included Adele, Duffy, V V Brown, Florence and the Machine, La Roux and Little Boots. In the years after "Back to Black" was released, Dan Cairns of "The Sunday Times" noted that there was a "notion [by A&R executives, radio playlisters and the public] that women are the driving commercial force in pop". In March 2011, the "New York Daily News" ran an article attributing the continuing wave of British female artists that have been successful in the United States to Winehouse and her absence. "Spin" magazine music editor Charles Aaron was quoted as saying, "Amy Winehouse was the Nirvana moment for all these women [...] They can all be traced back to her in terms of attitude, musical styles or fashion." According to Keith Caulfield, chart manager for "Billboard", "Because of Amy, or the lack thereof, the marketplace was able to get singers like Adele, Estelle and Duffy [...] Now those ladies have brought on the new ones, like Eliza Doolittle, Rumer and Ellie [Goulding]." Linda Barnard of "The Toronto Star" finds Winehouse to be amongst "the British women who claimed chart-topping ownership [...] with powerful voices" and that her "impressive" five Grammy wins for "Back to Black" put her at the "pinnacle of pop music". In 2020, "Rolling Stone" ranked the album at number 33 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In a retrospective review for "Rolling Stone" in 2010, Douglas Wolk gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars and referred to it as "an unlikely marvel, a desperately sad and stirring record whose hooks and production (by Remi and Mark Ronson) are worthy of the soul hall-of-famers she namedrops—'Tears Dry on Their Own' is basically 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' recast as self-recrimination". In a 2019 poll of music writers conducted by "The Guardian", "Back to Black" placed first in a ranking of the best albums of the 21st Century.


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text: In September 2018, a documentary film based on "Back to Black", titled "", was released. It contains new interviews, as well as archival footage. It was made by Eagle Vision, produced by Gil Cang, and released on DVD on 2 November 2018. The film features interviews by producers Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, who worked half and half on the album, along with the Dap-Kings, Remi's music team, Ronettes singer Ronnie Spector, and close friends of Winehouse, including Nick Shymansky, Juliette Ashby, and Dionne Bromfield. The film is accompanied by "An Intimate Evening in London", footage of a show Winehouse gave at Riverside Studios in London in 2008.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Japanese: 田川 洋行, "Tagawa Hiroyuki"; born September 27, 1950) is a Japanese-born American actor, film producer, and martial artist.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Often cast as villains, he is known for his film roles in "The Last Emperor" (1987), the James Bond film "Licence to Kill" (1989), "Showdown in Little Tokyo" (1991), "American Me" (1992), "Rising Sun" (1993), "The Phantom" (1996), "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999), "Pearl Harbor" (2001), "Planet of the Apes" (also 2001), "Memoirs of a Geisha" (2005), "Tekken" (2009), "47 Ronin" (2013), "" (2014), and "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2017). He starred as Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi on the Amazon Prime television series "The Man in the High Castle" (2015–2018) and Hiroki Watanabe on the Netflix series "Lost in Space" (2018–2021).


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Tagawa is known for his role as the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the "Mortal Kombat" franchise: he first played the character in the 1995 film adaptation, and reprised it in 2013 for the television series "" and in 2019 for the video game "Mortal Kombat 11".


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Tagawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Japanese Takarazuka actress Mariko Hata and a Japanese-American father who served in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Fort Hood, Texas. His mother tongues are English and Japanese but he also speaks some Korean and Spanish.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Tagawa was raised in various cities. His family finally settled in Southern California, where he began acting in high school while attending Duarte High School. He attended the University of Southern California and was an exchange student in Japan. He studied kendo and Shotokan karate under Masatoshi Nakayama at the Japan Karate Association.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: His breakthrough as an actor came when he was cast as the Eunuch Chang in "The Last Emperor" (1987). In 1989, he played an undercover agent of the Hong Kong Narcotics Board in the James Bond film "Licence to Kill". In 1991, he starred alongside Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee in the action film "Showdown in Little Tokyo", where he played the role of Yakuza boss Yoshida. He also starred alongside James Hong and Jeff Speakman in the same year in the film "The Perfect Weapon", where he played Kai, an assistant to the Korean mafia families.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: In 1993, he starred as the wayward scion of a Japanese industrialist in "Rising Sun", where Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, and Harvey Keitel played detectives holding various viewpoints about the murder of a young woman that Tagawa's character was being framed for.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: He appeared in the film "Mortal Kombat" (1995) as the sorcerer Shang Tsung; he reprised the role in the web series "" in 2013, and in the video game "Mortal Kombat 11" in 2019. He also appeared as the deadly pirate leader Kabai Sengh in "The Phantom" (1996). Tagawa is among the actors, producers and directors interviewed in the documentary "The Slanted Screen" (2006), directed by Jeff Adachi, about the representation of Asian and Asian-American men in Hollywood.


title: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

text: Tagawa played Heihachi Mishima in "Tekken", the film adaptation of the video game franchise. In 2006, he provided the voice of Brushogun in "". He was in the film "Johnny Tsunami" (1999) and its sequel "" (2007). In between those two films, Tagawa played Attar's mentor Krull in Tim Burton's version of "Planet of the Apes" (2001).


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text: He played Satoshi Takeda in "Revenge", a powerful CEO in Japan and Emily Thorne's former mentor in her quest for revenge. In season 2, Tagawa took over the role from Hiroyuki Sanada, who was unable to continue due to scheduling conflicts.


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text: In 2015, Tagawa was cast as one of the lead characters, Nobusuke Tagomi, the Trade Minister of the Pacific States of America in Amazon's "The Man in the High Castle" based on Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name. Also in November 2015, both he and Taimak ("The Last Dragon") were honorees for the Fists of Legends Legacy Award at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo.


title: Romina Power

text: Romina Francesca Power (born October 2, 1951) is an American actress and singer born in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Hollywood matinée idol Tyrone Power and actress Linda Christian. With then-husband Albano Carrisi, she formed the music duo Al Bano and Romina Power, which gained popularity in many parts of the world during the 1980s.


title: Romina Power

text: Power is the eldest daughter of American screen idol Tyrone Power and his second wife, Mexican actress Linda Christian. She was named after Rome, where her parents had fallen in love; her middle name is in reference to the church of Santa Francesca Romana, the site of their wedding ceremony.


title: Romina Power

text: Initially, she grew up in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. After her parents divorced in 1956, Power and her younger sister Taryn were sent to live with their maternal grandmother in Mexico. They went to live briefly with their mother and her new husband, Edmund Purdom, but were later sent to boarding schools in England, Switzerland, and Italy. Among the schools Power attended was Cobham Hall School in Kent, England. Later, both Power and her mother lived in a penthouse in the Roman "quartiere" of Parioli.


title: Romina Power

text: Power began trying out for film roles at age 12. She made her screen debut at age 14 in the Italian film "Menage all'italiana", starring alongside Ugo Tognazzi and Anna Moffo. Power subsequently appeared in several films, achieving notoriety for acting in roles that highlighted her sex appeal. In December 1966, her role in the film "How I Learned to Love Women" came under attack from the Italian public and government, as well as the Catholic Church. Ludovico Montini, brother of Pope Paul VI, and other Christian Democratic senators charged that Power was forced to rehearse "lewd scenes for the film countless times." The Vatican newspaper, "L'Osservatore Romano", called the film's moral content dubious and opined that minors should have been banned from viewing it. In 1969, her starring role in the film "" resulted in its banning in Italy and in the seizure of all prints.


title: Romina Power

text: In an interview Power gave in 1966, she said that despite her typecasting she did not regard herself as a "Lolita." In a later interview in 1970, Power expressed regret for having let her mother choose sexually suggestive film roles for her.


title: Romina Power

text: In 1983, Power declined the role of Deborah in "Once Upon a Time in America", which had been privately offered to her by the director Sergio Leone.


title: Romina Power

text: Power's interest in music was awakened in her childhood by American musicals from the 1950s, Mexican Mariachi bands, and Italian music from the 1960s. In her early teens, Power discovered The Beatles and Bob Dylan, which inspired her to compose music. After receiving a guitar as a birthday gift, she learned chords and wrote her first songs.


title: Romina Power

text: In 1975, Power and her husband Albano "Al Bano" Carrisi founded the singing duo Al Bano and Romina Power, which became a sensation in Continental Europe and Latin America. They released multiple albums in different languages and achieved 7th place for Italy in both the 1976 and 1985 Eurovision Song Contests. Their biggest hits included "Felicità", "Sharazan", and "Ci sarà". In 1989, after the overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, their song "Libertà" was played on Romanian national radio. Power was considered a sex symbol during the height of her career. Sir Terry Wogan of the BBC confessed that at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, he allocated points to Italy based on Power's sex appeal.


title: Romina Power

text: In 2005, Power was a judge in the Italian TV show "Ballando con le Stelle". Between 2006 and 2007, she organized exhibitions of her paintings, mainly in Milan. At the same time she dedicated herself to directing her film "Upaya".


title: Romina Power

text: In 2007, Power moved back to the United States, buying a house in Sedona, Arizona. According to an interview she gave to the Italian press at the time, she felt to be perceived by the Italian public merely as a performer of "Il ballo del qua-qua" (a song for children), and that she found it difficult to establish herself in Italy as a painter and writer. Power also stated that she was disturbed by the intrusive attention of the local press, which published multiple articles speculating about her private life and the disappearance of her daughter Ylenia.


title: Romina Power

text: Shortly after Power's relocation in 2008, her mother Linda Christian was diagnosed with colon cancer. Power went to live in her mother's house in Palm Springs, where she remained until her mother's death on July 22, 2011. In a November 2009 interview she gave to Italian TV she stated she had considered, at least for some time, a possible return to Italy.


title: Romina Power

text: In the fall of 2012 her album "Da lontano" was released, containing songs written in 1999. In the summer of 2013, Power and Carrisi reunited for a concert performance in Moscow. In 2015 they reunited again for a guest appearance at the Sanremo Festival.


title: Romina Power

text: Stanislas "Stash" Klossowski de Rola, the eldest son of the painter Balthus, proposed marriage to Power when she was 15. She accepted and her mother approved, provided that he wait until Power turned 18 and was allowed to develop artistically first. Klossowski de Rola introduced Power to Paul McCartney, Jane Asher, and Syd Barret, with whom she later became friends. The couple later postponed their wedding indefinitely.


title: Romina Power

text: In 1969, Power announced her engagement to Albano Carrisi. Upon their engagement, Carrisi persuaded Power to refrain from accepting any more risqué film roles and restricted the presence of her mother on set. They married on July 26, 1970.


title: Romina Power

text: Power is a polyglot who speaks five languages: English, Italian, Spanish, French and Dutch. She is a follower of Tibetan Buddhism.


title: William Christopher

text: William Christopher (October 20, 1932 December 31, 2016) was an American actor and comedian, best known for playing Private Lester Hummel on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." from 1965 to 1968 and Father John Mulcahy on the television series "M*A*S*H" from 1972 to 1983 and its spinoff "AfterMASH" from 1983 to 1985.


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher was born in Evanston, Illinois, in a family believed to be descendants of Paul Revere. He spent his youth in several of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Winnetka, Illinois, where he attended New Trier High School. Christopher graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, with a B.A. in drama, focusing on Greek literature. While at university, he participated in fencing, soccer, and the glee club, and was initiated as a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher moved to New York and appeared in a variety of regional productions and later a number of off-Broadway productions such as "The Hostage" at One Sheridan Square. His Broadway debut came in "Beyond the Fringe", a British revue, acting alongside Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher left New York City for Hollywood to attempt to gain work in television where he guest-starred in several well-known series, including "The Andy Griffith Show", "Death Valley Days", "The Patty Duke Show" and "The Men from Shiloh". He made several appearances (each time as a different character) on "Hogan's Heroes", and had recurring roles on "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." and "That Girl". Christopher was a student at Harvey Lembeck’s famed L.A. improvisational workshop in the early 1970s during which time he performed improv skits (with two other performers, Carole White and Shelia Bartold, both also Lembeck students) during a January 1972 episode of "The Carol Burnett Show". While the appearance was officially uncredited, he was introduced by Burnett as Bill Christopher.


title: William Christopher

text: In 1972, Christopher gained the role of Father Mulcahy in the television series "M*A*S*H" when the actor who was first cast in the role, George Morgan, was replaced after a single appearance in the pilot episode. Immediately following "M*A*S*H", Christopher continued the role for the two seasons of the short-lived spin-off "AfterMASH".


title: William Christopher

text: In feature films, Christopher performed in "The Fortune Cookie", "The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell", "The Shakiest Gun in the West", "With Six You Get Eggroll", and "Hearts of the West". He had parts in telefilms including "The Movie Maker", "The Perils of Pauline", and "For the Love of It". The comedy film "With Six You Get Eggroll" is notable for fans of "M*A*S*H" because Jamie Farr and Christopher appear in it together, both playing hippies, five years before they co-starred in the series.


title: William Christopher

text: After gaining attention for "M*A*S*H", Christopher appeared in various other television series, including "Good Times" (as the military doctor examining J.J. Evans) and "Murder, She Wrote", and made multiple guest appearances on "The Love Boat". In 1998, he guest-starred as a priest in an episode of "Mad About You". He also remained active in the theater, including a tour of the United States in the mid-1990s with Farr, performing Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple" on stage. In 2008–2009, he toured with "Church Basement Ladies". One of Christopher's last roles was that of a priest (Father Tobias) on the daytime drama "Days of Our Lives".


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher, whose son Ned has autism, devoted much of his spare time to the National Autistic Society, doing public service announcements to bring attention to autism. In 1985, he and his wife Barbara wrote "Mixed Blessings", a book about their experiences in raising Ned.


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher met his future wife Barbara on a blind date. They married in 1957 and the couple adopted two sons, John and Ned. The two appeared together in the "M*A*S*H" season 4 episode "Dear Mildred", where they sang the song "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" in a duet.


title: William Christopher

text: Christopher died at his home in Pasadena, California, on December 31, 2016. According to his son John Christopher, the 84-year-old actor died as the result of small-cell carcinoma (lung cancer).


title: William Christopher

text: He had been diagnosed with cancer about 18 months earlier, according to his New York-based agent Robert Malcolm. His death came exactly one year after that of "M*A*S*H" co-star Wayne Rogers.


The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the United States being a presidential system) they are led by a head of government who is also the head of state. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the President of the United States. There are currently 15 executive departments.


title: United States federal executive departments

text: Each department is headed by a secretary of their respective department, with the exception of the Department of Justice, whose head is known as the attorney general. The heads of the executive departments are appointed by the president and take office after confirmation by the United States Senate, and serve at the pleasure of the president. The heads of departments are members of the Cabinet of the United States, an executive organ that normally acts as an advisory body to the president. In the Opinion Clause (Article II, section 2, clause 1) of the U.S. Constitution, heads of executive departments are referred to as "principal Officer in each of the executive Departments".


text: The heads of executive departments are included in the line of succession to the president, in the event of a vacancy in the presidency, after the vice president, the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental GT is a grand tourer manufactured and marketed by British automaker Bentley Motors since 2003. It was the first car released by Bentley under Volkswagen AG management, after the company's acquisition in 1998, and the first Bentley to employ mass production manufacturing techniques.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In 1994, Rolls-Royce Motors who at that time owned the Bentley brand, previewed a convertible concept car at the Geneva Motor Show – the Concept Java. The car was designed to be a smaller, more affordable Bentley, yet still exclusive in order to maintain the integrity of the brand. It was to appeal to a new range of potential buyers and generate increase sales volume for Rolls-Royce. At the time the current Bentley Continental R was an ultra-exclusive £180,000 in the UK, within reach of a very select market, selling only 200–300 units a year. The Concept Java never went into production in the form seen in 1994, although 13 cars were made for the Sultan of Brunei. However, the Bentley Continental GT realised the concept of the Java as a more affordable Bentley, manufactured in much larger volumes. Whilst external styling is different, the dashboard design was clearly influenced by the Java.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle debuted in 2002 at the Paris Motor Show, followed by Le Mans, the 2003 Goodwood Festival of Speed and the 2003 annual Bentley Drivers Club meeting at Silverstone. The car differed from the previous Continental R & T models in terms of its concept: although much of the car is hand assembled, it is a mass-produced car made in significantly larger numbers. It is not a coach-built car. The price at launch was less than half the price of the Continental R, giving the car a wider customer base.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT is equipped with a 6.0 litre twin-turbocharged W12 engine, which produces a DIN-rated power output of at 6,100 rpm, and torque of at 1,600–6,100 rpm. A Torsen-based permanent four-wheel drive is standard. It can accelerate from in 4.8 seconds, and go on to reach a top speed of .


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Early models include a choice of 6 body colours (Diamond Black, Burnt Oak, Cypress, Neptune, Spruce, and Umbrian Red), 8 hide colours (Beluga, Burnt Oak, Laurel, Nautic, Portland, Saffron, Savannah, Saddle), 5 veneer types (Burr Oak, Burr Walnut, Dark Stained Walnut, Madrona, Piano Black) and 4 carpet and seatbelt colours (Beluga, Burnt Oak, Laurel, Nautic). The dashboard clock was made by Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: American Musician Prince owned a 2006 Continental GT Coupe in Baby Blue. Upon his death, in April 2016, the car was placed on permanent display in the sound stage at his famous Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the Bentley Continental GT for 2005 include voice activation for the in-car telephone in six languages and increased interior trim options with the addition of magnolia hide, as well as carpets and seat belts that can be matched to either the main or secondary hide colour.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Mulliner Driving Specification includes 20-inch 2-piece 7-spoke alloy sports wheels with bespoke Yokohama Advan Sport 275/35 R20 tyres, drilled alloy sports foot pedals and footrest, a gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide, two-tone leather and veneer combinations, diamond quilted hide to facings, doors and rear quarter panels; embroidered 'Bentley' marque emblem to seat facings, indented hide headlining and dark-stained burr walnut or piano black veneer.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The four-door "Flying Spur" saloon was first displayed at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. The Flying Spur utilizes most of the technical underpinnings of the Bentley Continental GT, and was introduced to European and North American markets in the summer of 2005. Together, the Bentley Continental GT and Flying Spur have boosted Bentley's annual production from around 1,000 units in 2003, to 9,200 units in 2006.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Flying Spur has a 6-litre, 12-cylinder engine configured in a W formation. Unlike a conventional 12-cylinder engine with two banks of six (V-12), the W12 6-litre engine is configured in two banks of VR six cylinders each (2x VR6). This shortens the W-12 engine's length considerably, compared to a two-bank configuration. The W-12 produces , accelerates from 0 to in 4.9 seconds, and propels the Flying Spur top speed of .


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: One notable aspect of the Flying Spur is its grille which is made to look like traditional chromed brass mesh but is actually a metal-covered plastic-core. This was fitted as a safety feature; it is designed to break apart upon impact with a pedestrian.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The convertible version of the Continental GT, the Continental GTC, was first presented in September 2005, and was introduced to several world markets in the autumn of 2006. The roof is produced by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The GTC uses identical powertrain detail as the GT, and can accelerate from in 5.1 seconds. With the roof up, it can reach a top speed of , though with the roof down top speed drops to .


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2006 New York International Auto Show, followed by the C. de Salamanca in Seville. The vehicle went on sale in late 2006.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the Continental GT for 2008 include a reduction in kerb weight due primarily to optimisation of suspension and cooling system components and an increased use of aluminium parts in the suspension. Other changes include a revised Servotronic power steering for improved feel and feedback, optional fade-resistant carbon ceramic brakes provide improved brake feel (only available on 20-inch wheels), new, more upright front grille and larger lower air intakes give improved airflow to aid engine cooling; chromed headlamp bezels, two new exterior paint colours (Cumbrian Green and Granite), two new leather hide colours (Newmarket Tan and Cumbrian Green), new low-friction dampers, new 'Sport Traction' mode for the Bosch 8.1 ESP system and a Bentley 'B' brake pedal.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Mulliner Driving Specification includes drilled alloy sport foot-pedals, knurled chrome/hide gear lever, diamond quilted hide to seat facings, doors and rear quarter panels.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Speed is a version of the Continental GT with increased engine power to and of torque. It also includes a lowered ride height, uprated spring/damper settings and uprated anti-roll bars for improved agility and body control; unique 9.5Jx20-inch wheels with bespoke Pirelli P-Zero performance tyres, retuned speed-sensitive Servotronic system, solid-mounted front subframe and stiffer rear bushings; 'Dynamic' mode for the Bosch 8.1 ESP system, front grille and lower air intakes in dark-tinted chrome matrix and wider rifled sports exhaust tail pipes.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Speed was unveiled at Laguna Village Polo in 2007, followed by the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the Continental GTC for 2009 include a new more upright front grille, larger lower air intake, chrome headlamp bezels, retuned Servotronic power steering for improved feedback and feel, new optional Follow-to-stop, radar–based Adaptive Cruise Control, optional carbon ceramic brakes with 420 mm front and 356 mm rear discs and eight-piston callipers (only available with 20 – inch wheels), two new exterior colours (Aquamarine, Blue Crystal) and a new interior colour (Aquamarine).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Mulliner Driving Specification includes a choice of three standard veneers (Burr Walnut, Dark Stained Burr Walnut, Piano Black, drilled alloy sport foot-pedals, gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide, diamond quilted hide to seat facings, doors and rear quarter panels; embroidered Bentley emblem to seat facings, 20-inch two-piece alloy sports wheels (GTC only) or 20-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels in Dark Tint painted finish (GTC Speed only).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GTC Speed is based on the Continental GTC with Mulliner Driving Specification. It is equipped with the engine from the Continental GT Speed as well as radiator and lower air intake grilles with a dark tinted matrix, 9.5Jx20-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels, Bentley-bespoke Pirelli PZero tyres, lowered suspension by 10 mm at the front and 15 mm, wider twin-rifled exhaust tail pipes and a new boot-mounted lip spoiler.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Series 51 models include additional vehicle customisation options for the Continental GT and GTC, such as use of non-indented hide for diamond quilting and contrast piping for the seats and doors as well as bespoke Series 51 treadplates. Other options include Dark and Bright 'Engine Spin' aluminium dashboard and centre console options, Amboyna veneer, colour matched overmats and boot carpets, 20-inch 14-spoke polished Diamond wheel with a dark centre cap, a signature '51' badge on the front wings and an optional two-tone paint job (with one colour running over the bonnet, roof and flowing down to the boot).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicles (including a Continental GTC with Imperial Blue as a main and secondary hide, Linen seat and door inserts and Newmarket Tan as the accent colour) were unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, followed by the Continental GTC model in 2010 at the North American International Auto Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In February 2009, Bentley announced a limited production of the Bentley Continental Supersports. The car was unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, announced by Jay Leno, to be available in autumn 2009 worldwide, followed by FlexFuel-compatible models in North America by summer 2010.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The first Bentley capable of running on both petrol (gasoline) and biofuel (E85 ethanol), its 6.0 litre W12 engine is rated at at 6,000 rpm and at 1,700–5,600 rpm – using either fuel. The car can accelerate from in 3.7 seconds and in 8.9 seconds, with a top speed of . This makes it the fastest and the most powerful production Bentley ever at the time of production. The Supersports is already known as the best handling Bentley. Bentley says the Supersports can deliver 1.29 g forces on a skid pad, as compared to its sibling the Continental GT speed, which can perform up to 0.98 g forces on a skid pad.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: It includes a revised ZF 6HP26A tiptronic automatic with a "Quickshift" system that reduces shift times by 50%, and enables double downshifts. The car uses a Torsen T-3 centre differential for the 40:60 rear-biased torque split for the four-wheel drive system. Other changes include revised Continuous Damping Control (CDC), 20-inch lightweight alloy wheels (with increased offset on rear wheels) with 275/35 ZR20 Pirelli Ultra High Performance tires, advanced Bosch Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) with switchable Dynamic Mode, Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) ceramic disc brakes (claimed to be the largest brakes ever fitted to a production car at the time of production), weight saving over Continental GT Speed and an automatic retractable spoiler (deploys at ).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The US model has an MSRP of approximately US$270,000, with early vehicles not having E85 capability, which would be available in summer of 2010 for the US market.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental Supersports Convertible is a convertible version of the Continental Supersports coupe. It features a revised version of the ZF 6HP26 transmission with "Quickshift," cutting shift times by 50% and enabling double downshifts. The convertible also gets new, lightweight 20-inch alloy wheels that are lighter than the standard wheel.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Ordering of the Continental GT began in October 2010, with deliveries of 2011 Continental GT beginning in the first quarter of 2011.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The GT V8 version of the Continental GT has a twin-turbo V8 engine (developed jointly with Audi) that produces and of torque. The car is capable of reaching a top speed of . It also features cylinder deactivation technology that can deactivate half of the cylinders when they're not needed to improve fuel economy by up to 8%. Other changes, including on-demand steering assistance, weight reduction, better engine heat management, overrun alternator charging and eco-tyres, improve overall fuel consumption by 40% from the W12's 17.1 mpg to the V8's 26.1 mpg.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, followed by the SkyLounge in Munich, the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition and the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, followed by the 2012 Qatar International Motor Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Speed Coupé is a version of the Continental GT W12 with increased engine power to and of torque. It also features a lowered ride height and chassis and uprated suspension. It has a top speed of and can accelerate from in 4.0 seconds.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was first unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2012, followed by the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the 2012 Moscow International Auto Salon, the 2012 Paris Motor Show, 2012 AUTO ZÜRICH, and the 2012 LA Auto Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was first unveiled at the 2012 North American International Auto Show, followed by the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, 2012 New York International Auto Show, 2012 Paris International Auto Salon and the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Speed Convertible includes an ME17 engine management system, self-levelling system set 10 mm lower than the 575 PS Continental GT convertible, Electronic Stability Control with Dynamic Mode, matrix radiator grille and bumper air intakes in dark-tint chrome finish, 21" Speed alloy wheels in silver or an optional dark tint, diamond-quilted hide upholstery, Dark Tint Aluminium 'engine spin' finish (optional fine wood veneers, satin-finish carbon fibre option for fascia and centre console), top speed of .


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Available in a coupe and convertible body, The Continental GT V8 S is a version of the Continental GT V8 with increased engine power to at 6,000 rpm and of torque at 1,700 rpm. The 8-speed ZF automatic transmission's calibration was also enhanced to provide a more responsive drive. The GT V8 S also features increased agility and body control to match the engine's higher output, achieved by revising the damper and spring rates, suspension uprights, anti-roll bars and stability control system as well as lowering the car 10mm. These changes were similar, though not identical to those fitted to GT Speed models of the same year. An aerodynamic front splitter, discrete side sills and rear diffuser in Beluga gloss were also fitted as well as a front radiator matrix also finished in Beluga gloss, new exclusive 20-inch wheels with open-spoke design, red-painted brake calipers, optional sports exhaust, optional duo-tone interiors, choice of interior trim in seventeen hide colours, unique contrast centre stripe for the hide-trimmed roof lining matching the colour of the main hide, knurled chrome detailing to the gearshift lever, Piano Black veneers and 'V8 S' on each sill tread plate as well as on both front fenders. For the first time on a factory GT, dark tint front and rear lights were also made available as an option and proved very popular, so much so that they were standardised on the GT Speed model from the following model year.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, followed by the 2014 North American International Auto Show, 2014 Beijing International Automotive Show and the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the 2014 Continental GT include the debut of seven distinctive equipment packages. Premier Specification includes additional technology and comfort whilst the Interior Style Specification uses the very best of Bentley hand-craftsmanship for the ultimate tailored cabin.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Speed Coupé was unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, followed by the 2014 New York International Auto Show (coupe) and the 2014 Beijing International Automotive Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the new Continental GT Speed included increased engine power to and of torque, sports suspension (uprated anti-rolls bars, air springs, dampers and suspension uprights as well as revised stability control) dark tint front upper and lower grills, Speed branded treadplates, unique design 21" Speed wheels and a chrome 'Speed' badge on both front fenders. Mulliner Drivers Specification was also included as standard and from the 2015 model year the GT Speed came as standard with a body coloured bodykit including front splitter, side skirts and rear diffuser, 21-inch Dark tint Speed design wheels (previously an option), a choice of red or black painted brake calipers and dark tint front & rear lamps. Inside a new unique Speed colour split was made available and a 'Speed' badge was installed on the passenger side fascia plate in a similar design to those fitted on the front fenders. 2015 model year cars also came with an addition 10PS and 10Nm of torque, both helping to increase top speed and reduce acceleration times.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: From the 2016 model year the Speed model gained the range face-lift enhancements of other GT models as well as a new 21" 5 spoke 'directional' alloy wheel design and again more power, this time an increase of 8PS for a total of 642PS. This makes the 2016 model year Speed the most powerful Continental GT yet outside of the flagship Supersports model introduced in 2017 for the final year of GT production for that generation.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the Continental GT for 2015 include a new front bumper with a smaller radiator shell, redesigned fenders with a new vent with a metallic 'B' adornment, new bright chrome fender badges for the V8 S and W12 models, redesigned boot lid, reshaped and widened rear bumper with full-width brightware, a new rear diffuser design for V8 S and GT Speed, new 20 and 21-inch wheels (new 20-inch 6 tri-spoke wheel for GT V8 and GT W12 with painted finish for V8 and bright machined for W12, 21-inch seven-twin-spoke wheel in Graphite grey with bright machined spokes for Mulliner Driving Specification models, addition of 21-inch five-spoke directional sports wheel for V8 S and GT Speed), three new body colours choices: Marlin (a rich metallic blue), Camel (a soft golden tone) and Jetstream (a light, bright metallic blue), new straight-fluting pattern for 4 seats with Mulliner Driving Specification (standard on GT Speed) includes a tightened 'small-diamond' pattern on seat upholstery, redesigned driver controls, optional sports-orientated steering wheel, larger gear-shift paddles incorporating tactile knurled metal embellishers, new dials and graphics at driver's instrument panel, interior illuminated by LEDs, centre console with a new black gear lever surround, a new hidden storage compartment between rear seats capable of accommodating and charging electronic devices including iPads, optional semi-aniline hide for the seat cushions and backrests in the GT W12 and GT Speed, 2 new leather colours choices (Shortbread, Camel), new Alcantara headlining option (colour matched to all 17 of the available interior hide colours) for the GT V8 S, GT W12 and Speed coupe; optional on-board WiFi, increased engine power to and for the GT W12, 6-cylinder deactivation for the GT W12.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, followed by the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show (Continental GT Speed Convertible, GT3). Delivery began in summer of 2015.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Available in coupé and convertible bodies, the Continental Supersports (also available with X Specification) is a version of the Continental GT W12 with increased engine power to at 6,000 rpm and of torque at 2,050–4,500 rpm. It also includes a ZF 8-speed automatic with Quickshift, Block Shifting and wheel-mounted paddleshift, carbon ceramic brakes with enhanced cooling, front and rear carbon silicon carbide brake discs, 21-inch forged alloy wheels, optional titanium exhaust system, updated version of the torque vectoring system from Continental GT3-R, dynamic system brakes, lowered and stiffened dynamic suspension set-up, front and rear bumper designs incorporating a carbon-fibre splitter and diffuser respectively, new side sill extensions and bonnet vents in carbon-fibre, gloss-black front wing vents, rifled exhaust tailpipe in gloss-black, dark-tint headlamps and tail-lamps, black-finished brightware at front grilles, lights, rear bumper, door handles and window surrounds; optional aerodynamically balanced rear spoiler and front splitter combination for coupe, new Supersports badging, 21-inch forged alloy wheels in black and bright-machined finish, optional side decals optional carbon-fibre engine cover in gloss-finish with Supersports branding, multi-layer hood for convertible, neck warmer for convertible, tri-tone interior option, new diamond-quilted design at seats and door side panels with Alcantara upholstery, a choice of 11 veneers and technical finishes (including chequered Supersports carbon-fibre fascia panels), new Supersports emblem stitching, bespoke Supersports steering wheel and unique gearlever with Alcantara accents. 710 Supersports in total will be built.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The X Specification includes eight unique duo-tone paint treatments and carbon-fibre door mirrors and heel plates, titanium exhaust, carbon-fibre finish to the interior side panels and carbon-fibre engine cover, a gloss black finish to the 21-inch forged wheels.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The press release announcing a third-generation Continental GT was made on 29 August 2017. The model made its physical debut when it was unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show where it drew a huge crowd. Production began in 2018 with a base price of . In January 2019, Bentley announced it would celebrate its 100th birthday with a limited-edition car, likely based on the Continental GT, to debut at the Geneva auto show. November 2018 saw the debut of a 2019 Bentley Continental GT Convertible, to go on sale in 2019.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The model shares the Volkswagen-developed MSB platform with the second-generation Porsche Panamera. Compared to previous models, the car features a lighter body (>), an extended wheelbase (), a 48-volt roll-control system and a new 6.0-litre W12 TSI engine, as well as a significant interior overhaul including an industry first rotating display. The Continental GT is the first production car ever to have an entire body side made from the Super Formed process; a precision technique with aluminium which allows more complex, sharply defined body lines. Unlike prior models, the panels are "superformed" with heated aluminum sheets molded by gas instead of a stamp. Manufacturer's figures indicate 0–60 mph takes 3.6 seconds (3.7 seconds 0–100 km/h) and it is capable of reaching a top speed of . The W12 engine – designed, developed, and handbuilt in Crewe – is a further enhanced version of the TSI engine launched in the Bentayga in 2016. Featuring high- and low- pressure direct fuel injection, a variable displacement system, stop-start technology and launch mode, the powertrain produces and of torque.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT V8 has a 4.0L twin-turbocharged V8 that produces and of torque. The car can accelerate from 0- in 3.9 seconds and is capable of reaching a top speed of .


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental GTC V8 is the Convertible variant of the Continental GT V8. It has a top speed of and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to in four seconds.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Mulliner is a luxury version of the Continental GT V8 Which's Interior features have been handcrafted. The car has the Mulliner driving Specification and the Mulliner interior features. This car has a V8 engine identical to the Bentley Continental GT V8 and has the same capabilities. This car also has a Convertible version known as the GTC Mulliner with the same configurations as all the other models have.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental GT speed is a car powered by a W12 engine as the Continental GT which enables it to accelerate from in 3.5 seconds and reach a maximum speed of . It also has a maximum torque of and a maximum power of . The interior features sporty seats and the new Bentley rotating screen. This car also has a convertible edition which has the same capabilities of the GT coupé except the acceleration capability of 0- which takes 3.6 seconds.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Diamond Series is a limited (400 units worldwide) version of the 2007 model year Continental GT Mulliner Driving Specification, commemorating the Crewe factory's 60th anniversary. It includes carbon-silicon carbide brakes (420x40mm cross-drilled front and 356x28mm rear), exclusive 9Jx20-inch 14-spoke alloy wheels, choice of 3 additional exclusive body colours (Moroccan Blue (bright blue), Anthracite (grey black) and Meteor (steel blue grey)), unique insignia to exterior, unique treadplates with the text 'Celebrating 60 years of manufacturing in Crewe', choice of upgraded veneers (Dark Stained Burr Walnut or Piano Black (additional veneers available at extra cost)), drilled alloy sport foot pedals, gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide, diamond quilted hide to seat facings, door and rear quarter panels; embroidered Bentley emblem to seat facings, indented hide headlining and a Mulliner alloy fuel filler cap.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The 80-11 models are limited (80 units per model) versions of the Continental GTC and GTC Speed for the North American market. They feature 20-inch 14-spoke alloy diamond wheels polished with unique black center caps featuring Bentley 'B' emblem (GTC) or 20-inch wheels from Supersports finished in dark tint with red brake calipers (GTC Speed) as well as Union Jack brightware badges on the front fenders, exclusive Midnight body colour option, Dark Grey Metallic soft top and the Mulliner fuel-filler cap as standard, Beluga main leather hide with white (GTC) or Pillar Box Red (GTC Speed) contrast stitching and piping and Bentley emblems, Piano Black veneers, engine-turned aluminum with bright (GTC) or dark (GTC Speed) finish, drilled alloy sport foot pedals, treadplates and a badge on the console with the '80-11 Edition' signature.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was unveiled at the 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and arrived at Bentley dealers in the Autumn of 2010 as 2011 model year vehicles.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Design Series China is a version of the Continental GT for the Chinese market. It features a three-tone interior that blends a main leather hide colour with accent and insert colours as well as a choice of Orange and Magenta accent colours, choice of Orange Flame and Magenta Metallic body colours, Piano Black and dark-stained Burr Walnut veneer (or optional Amboyna), exterior wing badge and a treadplate and name badge positioned on the centre console that says 'Design Series China'.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible ISR (Ice Speed Record) is a limited (100 units) version of the Bentley Continental Supersports convertible, commemorating Bentley's world ice speed record set by Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen. It includes a W12 engine rated at , Quickshift six-speed automatic transmission, 420 mm front and 356 mm rear diameter carbon ceramic brake discs with eight-piston front calipers, three body colours (Beluga, Quartzite, Arctica White) with Dark Grey Metallic soft top in three-ply composite construction, 20-inch 10-spoke Supersports wheels in dark tint. The interior has leather upholstery, diamond-quilted Alcantara to doors and quarter panels and seat facings, 'soft-grip' leather on the steering wheel and gear lever, high-gloss carbon fibre on the dashboard and console and roof panel with unique red weave, Pillar Box red piping to seats and doors, Pillar Box Red contrast stitching to seats, door casings, steering wheel and gearshift paddles; front seats and floor mats with embroidered 'Supersports' legends, and a Breitling dashboard clock with red accent.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT Le Mans Editions are limited (48 units per model) versions of the Continental GT V8 coupe and convertible, GT W12 coupé and convertible, and GT Speed coupé. They are built for the North American market to commemorate Bentley's six victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Each car includes a unique Le Mans Edition numbered badge, Le Mans Edition clock face, embroidered Le Mans badge to each headrest, tread plates with the limited edition name, unique Le Mans Edition wheels and specific interior veneers and exterior colours. The vehicles were made in 6 models, named after the winning drivers:


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT3-R is a limited (300 units, including 99 in US, 4 in Canada) version of the Continental GT V8 S coupe inspired by the Continental GT3 race car. It features weight reduction, increased engine power to at 6,000 rpm and of torque at 1,700 rpm. Other changes include torque vectoring for each of the rear wheels, shorter gearing, recalibrated control software, all-new titanium exhaust with 7 kg weight saving and retuned acoustics, forged 21-inch alloy wheels in gloss black, Pirelli tyres, sport-focused Electronic Stability Control programme, Carbon Silicon Carbide (CSiC) braking system (420 mm front and 356 mm rear brake discs, 8-piston front calipers in green), two-seat cabin with carbon fibre, Alcantara and leather interior upholstery; bespoke sport seats with additional side support through deeper bolsters upholstered in Beluga black leather and diamond-quilted Alcantara, upholstered steering wheel and gear shifter, centre console and fascia panels in carbon fibre, carbon fibre door casings with diamond-quilted Alcantara inner panels, rear cabin with a carbon fibre surround and upholstered in leather and Alcantara, green hide colour on the seats, instrument panel, door panels, contrast stitching throughout the seats and diamond-quilted areas; GT3-R badging on the centre console, passenger-side fascia panel, sill treadplates; GT3-R stitching at seat headrests in with contrast-green stitching, carbon fibre fixed rear wing and boot lid, bonnet with two vents, Glacier White body colour with gloss carbon fibre contrasts, two-tone green graphics tracing two power lines to the side profile of the car (one leading backwards from the front wheel, the other tracing the shape of the Continental GT's rear haunch), headlamp bezels, matrix grille, window surrounds and bumper strips in gloss black. US models also included sequentially numbered GT3-R sill treadplates.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Delivery was set to begin late in 2014. Purchase of the car also included free standard servicing for four years (at the 10,000, 20,000 and 30,000-mile marks). In 2015, journalists made a GT3-R go 0–60 mph in 3.3 seconds.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The US model went on sale for US$337,000, with deliveries to the Americas Region starting at the first quarter of 2015.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The "Monster by Mulliner" Continental GT V8 S is a version of the Continental GT V8 S coupe built by the Mulliner bespoke coach-building division. It features 16 3400-watt Monster speakers tuned by Head Monster Noel Lee, red and black interior colour scheme, Hotspur Continental GT V8 S Beluga hide, 3D laser-etched fascia panel in Piano Black, "Always Lead, Never Follow™" and "Monster by Mulliner" headrest embroidery, Onyx body colour, Hotspur accents including a unique body kit and radiator shell bezel, red brake calipers, a gloss black polished wheel, black bonnet vents, GT Design Seats by Mulliner and 24K gold wireless headphones in a special compartment.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Changes to the Continental GT Speed include an increased top speed to , increased engine power to and of torque at 2,000–5,000 rpm as well as carbon fibre on the fascia, centre and roof consoles.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The GT Speed Black Edition also includes a high gloss black finish to the exterior brightware (including window openings and lamp bezels), all-black 21-inch five-spoke directional wheels, brake calipers in red or black, contrast colours to the front splitter, side skirts and rear diffuser in four different shades (Hallmark, Beluga, St James' Red, Cyber Yellow), optional door mirrors colour-matching, seats and centre console bordered by contrasting leather in Porpoise, Beluga, Pillar Box Red or Cyber Yellow; contrast stitching at seats and centre console matching diamond quilting of the doors and Mulliner GT Design seats.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicles were unveiled in New York City, followed by the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed (GT Speed) and the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance (GT Speed Black Edition).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Pop art Bentley Continental GT V8 S Convertible is a one-off version of the Continental GT V8 S Convertible designed by Sir Peter Blake and Mulliner. It features St Luke's Blue body colour on the rear haunches, doors and boot lid; British Racing Green lower body, Fuchsia pink-coloured radiator shell, black exterior brightware and a black hood, each seat trimmed in a different hide colour (Cumbrian Green, Imperial Blue, Newmarket Tan and Hotspur), steering wheel with a Hotspur outer rim, Newmarket Tan inner rim and Cumbrian Green centre, Imperial Blue stitching; pink leather gear lever, centre console, dashboard and interior door panels veneered in Piano Black; Sir Peter's signature at fascia panel and embroidered on all four seat headrests, unique storage cases with Piano Black veneer outer lining and Continental Yellow and St James Red internal linings, treadplate with text 'No. 1 of 1'.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The vehicle was sold in 2016 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed auction by Bonhams on 2016-06-24, with funds raised to be donated to Care2Save Charitable Trust.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GTZ is a version of the Bentley Continental GT Speed with a custom body produced in association with Italian coachbuilder Zagato, with technical partners Coventry Prototype Panels, DELVIS GmbH and PPG. The project was conceived during a discussion between Bentley Motors Limited CEO Dr. Ing. Franz Josef Paefgen and Dr. Andrea Zagato, President of Zagato at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2006. According to Autoblog, the GTZ was limited to just nine examples.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental Flying Star is a 2-door wagon version of the Bentley Continental built on the basis of the Continental GTC in collaboration with Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. Only 19 units were built.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT3 Concept Racer is a race car concept based on the Continental GT V8. It was unveiled at the 2012 Paris International Auto Salon, followed by the 2012 LA Auto Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The 2012 Continental GTZ is the second Continental GTZ by Zagato and was built on the 2nd generation Continental platform with body panels covering the top of rear wheels.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 is a concept car by Bentley based on the third generation Continental GT launched in 2015 at the Geneva Motor Show. Bentley EXP 10 Speed was on sale between 2018 and 2020 and is available in coupé and roadster versions. It is available in hybrid and fully petrol forms powered by a W12 engine. According to the chairman, Wolfgang Dürheimer it is another Bentley concept car for the future.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley EXP 12 Speed 6e is an all electric Concept car by Bentley Motors unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, 2017. This car's design absorbs much from its successful predecessor EXP 10 Speed Six and the 3rd Generation Continental GT. This car's interior design matches its predecessor's design and is only available in a Convertible version. According to the chairman, Wolfgang Dürheimer, this car was made to gather customer reaction on the electrification of their future models.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley EXP 100 GT is a concept car introduced by Bentley for its 100th anniversary, on 10 July 2019. It is Bentley's vision of a GT car for 2035. The car is a fully electric 2-door coupe, can hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 186 mph.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Designed by Bentley Mulliner, it is a limited (12 units) production roofless two-seater barchetta inspired by Bentley EXP 100 GT concept car. Superficially similar to convertible, it externally only shares door handle with Continental GT, which contains the keyless entry system. It includes a 6.0-litre W12 TSI engine rated , rear track 20 mm wider than Continental GT, bespoke, 22-inch tri-finish wheels, unique front and rear horizontal lights, model emblem ‘hidden’ behind the lacquer of sustainable rice husk paint, optional luggage, dark anodised titanium trim on the main controls, metallic dark bronze on Bulls-eye air vents, semi-gloss Khamun leather and natural wool upholstery, Bentley Rotating Display, unique clock face with individual one-of-12 badging, Riverwood wraparound dashboard veneer, wool overmats from Wilton. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 3.5 seconds and have a top speed of over as the third Generation Continental GT W12.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Bacalar Car Zero, the engineering prototype for the production Bacalar, was under quality tests at a variety of locations around Europe as of 16 December 2020.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: As part of Bentley Mulliner Bacalar launch, Bentley launched design-your-own Bacalar competition via the @BentleyComms Twitter channel. The winner was Eleanor, whom had designed a rainbow-themed concept. The company recreated the theme with the 7 paint colours: Dragon Red II (metallic red), Orange Flame (Citric and Magenta, mixed with Mica pigment and powdered aluminum), Yellow Flame (rice husk ash), Apple Green (green), Jetstream II (blue metallic), Sequin Blue (metallic blue with deep shadow and 'flop'), Azure Purple (dark blue similar to African Violet flower).


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In early 2007, a Bentley Continental GT Speed equipped with Nokian Hakkapeliitta Sport Utility 5 studded winter tyres and driven by four-time World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen, broke the World Speed Record on Ice – on the frozen Baltic Sea near Oulu, Finland. It averaged in both directions on the "flying kilometre", reaching a maximum speed of . The previous record was , achieved with a Bugatti EB110 Supersport. The record-breaking Bentley was largely standard except for a roll-cage, aerodynamic improvements, low-temperature fuel and calibration.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In February 2011, Bentley succeeded in breaking their own land-ice speed record previously set by the Continental GT. They managed to bring a slightly modified Supersports Convertible to 205.48 MPH in Finland, verified by Guinness World Records.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: On 15 February 2011 Kankkunen broke the record again, reaching an average speed of in a convertible Bentley Continental Supersports. Bentley announced that a limited edition of the car would be released to celebrate the achievement. It seems that Bentley provoked the former tyre supplier by attempting a new record with a different brand (using Pirelli Sotto Zero IIs) because, on 6 March 2011, Nokian Tyres test driver, piloting an Audi RS6 with Nokian Hakkapeliitta 7 studded tyres, took the ice speed record in Finland, clocking a top speed of in freezing conditions.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT3 is a rear-wheel-drive race car version of Continental GT V8 coupe, based on the Continental GT3 Concept Racer. It was unveiled at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, followed by the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: It includes a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine rated at , as well as a Xtrac six-speed sequential gearbox with a limited-slip differential in transaxle, racing clutch, steering wheel mounted paddle operated pneumatic gear shift, Drivetrain Carbon fibre propshaft, double wishbone suspension front and rear, four-way adjustable racing dampers; hydraulic power-assisted steering, ventilated iron disc brakes front and rear, Brembo 6/4-piston front/rear calipers, driver-adjustable brake bias, FIA-specification steel roll cage, Sparco six-point FIA safety harness, onboard fire extinguisher, onboard pneumatic jack system, FIA-specification racing fuel cell, race-specification ABS and traction control, lightweight race battery, OZ Racing 18x13-inch rims with 310/710R18 tyres and the removal of the leather and wood interior trim.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The design was completed by a specialist team of engineers from Bentley Motors supported by the Continental GT3 Technical Partner, M-Sport Ltd.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Bentley Motorsport first entered development races with the Continental GT3 before starting full competition in the Blancpain GT Series in 2014 after completing FIA homologation. The first race began at Gulf 12 Hours, held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Team M-Sport Wald International car completed the Gulf 12 Hours race in fourth place. In May 2014, the factory team won the Silverstone round of the Blancpain Endurance Series.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental GT3 won the 2015 Blancpain GT Sprint Series championship with drivers Vincent Abril and Maximilian Buhk. In the 2015 Blancpain GT Endurance Series the Continental GT3 came just 3 points shy of winning the championship, earning second place.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: At the 2016 Bathurst 12 Hour, two Bentley Team M-Sport GT3s completed the race in third and seventh place.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In 2016, Bentley Motorsport planned to enter 90 top-level GT races around the world in 2016, including the Blancpain GT Series, SRO Intercontinental GT Challenge, Blancpain Endurance Series, Pirelli World Challenge, GT Asia, ADAC GT Masters, The British GT Championship and the Nürburgring 24 Hours.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: A Continental GTC W12 and Continental GT V8 were used in Nürburgring 24 Hour Race as official parade cars.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GTC W12, Continental Supersports and Continental GT V8 became the official parade cars for the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hour Race.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: A 2016 Bentley Continental GT Speed driven by John Bowe reached a top speed of at Stuart Highway, Australia.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Bentley Motorsport unveiled the new Continental GT3 based on the third generation Continental GT in November 2017. The rear-wheel drive race car utilises a >550 bhp 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8. It made its race debut at the opening round of the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Bentley Continental GT3 won the 2020 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour with drivers Jules Gounon, Jordan Pepper and Maxime Soulet.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: As of 24 March 2003 (6 months before delivery), Bentley Motors had already accrued over 3200 deposits for its new Continental GT.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The first Bentley Continental GT for the North American market was sold at the 12th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Fundraiser for $400,000 to Alabama native Joe Blount.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Production of the Continental GTC began at the Crewe, Cheshire plant in September 2006, before the ending production of Bentley vehicles in Volkswagen Group manufacturing facility in Dresden, Germany at December 2006.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: As of 14 May 2009, Continental models were certified to have 85% recyclability (or 95% recoverability) of materials.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The production of the Volkswagen Group W12 engines used in Continental GT W12 engine models were relocated to the Crewe plant from the end of 2014 onwards.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT was marketed to new customers with an average age of just under 50 years old, with 75% upper luxury coupé buyer not from existing customer base.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Breitling SA produced a limited edition (1000 units per colour) Breitling for Bentley Supersports chronograph wrist watches (based on Breitling Calibre 26B) inspired by the Bentley Continental Supersports car.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Breitling SA produced a series of 1000-unit Bentley Supersports Light Body wrist watches (based on the Breitling Calibre 27B) to commemorate the Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible's ice speed record. The watch was unveiled at Baselworld in 2011.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The Continental GT3's Motorsport Collection, including race clothing (technical polo shirts, T-shirts, race-wear, Bentley motorsport hoodie, baseball cap, racing overall), race duffle bag, ear plugs, GT3 Lanyard, GT3 Espresso, beach towel, were unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: To commemorate the Continental Supersports launch, Breitling SA produced a limited (500 units) Breitling for Bentley Supersports B55 chronograph.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: As part of the Continental GT Convertible launch, Ettinger of London produced leather goods under the Bentley Collection label to complement the new colour Breeze created for Continental GT Convertible, which included iPhone case and the Blackberry case, leather loop keyring and key case. Model Assemblies produced 50 1:43 Continental GT Convertible model cars in Breeze. A series of 2012 Bentley Collection items were also produced, including 'The Flying B' range a desk paperweight, letter opener and wine bottle stopper; 'Inspired by Our Heritage' four-piece Espresso coffee cup set featuring original racing scenes from the Brooklands and Le Mans racetracks; jackets, polo shirts and soft shell fleeces, Anthony Holt Silversmiths made-to-order Valet boxes, silver 1:12 replica of the Bentley Blower, Bentley Eyewear Collection sunglasses (in fine wood, Asian water buffalo horn, 18ct white, yellow and rose gold). The sunglasses were produced by Estede, with lenses produced by Zeiss.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: As part of the Continental GT V8 launch, Breitling SA created a 250-piece limited edition of its Bentley GMT chronograph (based on the Breitling Calibre 47B) featuring a second time-zone display.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: To demonstrate Bentley Continental GT's cold climate capabilities, Bentley Power on Ice programme returned in February 2013, allowing existing owners, enthusiasts and aspiring drivers the chance to explore the extreme limits of the Continental GT on the frozen lakes of northern Finland.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In 2015 for the 2016 model year GT W12 models gained a new engine design which included variable cylinder management to reduce emissions and at the same time had a power increase to 590PS, helping to reduce the 0–100 km/h time.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: In 2014, for the 2015 Model year GT Speed models gained at additional 10PS (635 in total) and in 2015 for the 2016 model year this was increased again by 8PS (642PS) with both these steps increasing the top speed and reducing the 0–100 km/h time.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: Beginning with the 2011 model year, all Bentley Continental range vehicles support the use of petrol and E85 bioethanol fuel types in all markets, including North America.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: The 6 Speed ZF transmission was only ever offered for 18 months of this generations' production run and was replaced by the ZF 8-speed transmission from the 2013 model year, this transmission first being introduced on the Mulsanne.


title: Bentley Continental GT

text: A modified Bentley Continental GT appeared in Season 4, Episode 2 (A Massive Hunt) of the Amazon Prime Video original series The Grand Tour, and later a cameo reappearance in Clarkson's Farm. It was driven by Jeremy Clarkson, and was modified car with long-travel shock absorbers, armor-plated steel running on the belly of the car from the front to the back, big chunky tires, a snorkel, off-road lights, and also repainted the car from blue to green. The car, nicknamed as 'The MFB (MotherFucking Beast)', is currently on display at the Bentley headquarters.


title: Panzerfaust

text: The Panzerfaust (, "armour fist" or "tank fist", plural: "Panzerfäuste") was a development family of single-shot man-portable anti-tank systems developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. The weapons were the first single-use light anti-tank weapons based on a pre-loaded disposable launch tube, a weapon configuration which is still used today (two modern examples being the AT4 and NLAW).


title: Panzerfaust

text: The "Panzerfaust"-design consisted of a light recoilless launcher tube outfitted with a single pre-loaded high-explosive anti-tank warhead protruding from the muzzle, much like a "fist", hence the name. It was an inexpensive, easy-to-use anti-tank weapon for the common infantry man, being issued as a single unit of ammunition meant to be operated by a single soldier. Firing was done from under the arm at an upward angle as the effective firing range was barely beyond that of hand grenades ( max). After use the launcher was disposed of, much like the safety pin in hand grenades.


title: Panzerfaust

text: Development of the "Panzerfaust" started in 1942. The initial design was dubbed Faustpatrone ( "fist-cartridge") and was smaller than the later designs. Later dubbed "Panzerfaust Klein" ("tank-fist small"), it entered service in 1943, the larger design being named "Panzerfaust Gross" ("tank-fist big") and entering service in mid to late 1944. All types saw service with Germany until the end of the war, with the design continuing to see service outside of Germany for a number of years after the war.


title: Panzerfaust

text: The "Faustpatrone" ( "fist cartridge") was the initial development of what eventually became the "Panzerfaust"-family. The "Faustpatrone"-design was much smaller than the later "Panzerfäuste"-designs.


title: Panzerfaust

text: Development of the "Faustpatrone" started in the summer of 1942 at the German company Hugo Schneider AG (HASAG) with the development of a smaller prototype called "Gretchen" ("little Greta") by a team headed by Dr. Heinrich Langweiler in Leipzig. The basic concept was that of a recoilless gun; in the "Faustpatrone" and the "Panzerfaust" a propellent charge pushed the warhead out the front of the tube while the blast also exited the rear of the tube balancing forces, and therefore there was no recoil force for the operator.


title: Panzerfaust

text: The following weapon, the "Faustpatrone Klein", 30 m ("fist-cartridge small") weighed 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) and a total length of 98.5 cm (38¾ in); its projectile had a length of 36 cm (14¼ in). The diameter of warhead was a shaped charge of of a 50:50 mix of TNT and tri-hexogen. The propellant was of 54 g (1.9 oz, 830 grains) of black powder, the metal launch tube had a length of 80 cm (31½ in) and a diameter of 3.3 cm (1.3 in) (early models reportedly 2.8 cm (1.1 in)). Fitted to the warhead was a wooden shaft with folded stabilizing fins (made of 0.25 mm (0.01 in) thick spring metal). These bent blades straightened into position by themselves as soon as they left the launch tube. The warhead was accelerated to a speed of 28 m/s (92 ft/s), had a range of about 30 m (100 ft) and an armour penetration of up to 140 mm (5½ in) of plain steel.


title: Panzerfaust

text: Soon a crude aiming device similar to the one used by the "Panzerfaust" was added to the design; it was fixed at a range of 30 m (100 ft). Several designations of this weapon were in use, amongst which "Faustpatrone" 1 or "Panzerfaust" 30 "klein"; however, it was common to refer to this weapon simply as the "Faustpatrone". Of the earlier model, 20,000 were ordered and the first 500 "Faustpatronen" were delivered by the manufacturer, HASAG, Werk Schlieben, in August 1943.


title: Panzerfaust

text: Development began in 1942 on a larger version of the "Faustpatrone". The resulting weapon was the "Panzerfaust" 30, also known as "Panzerfaust Gross" ( "tank-fist big") and the like, with a total weight of and total length of . The launch tube was made of low-grade steel in diameter, containing a charge of black powder propellant. Along the side of the tube were a simple folding rear sight and a trigger. The edge of the warhead was used as the front sight. The oversize warhead ( in diameter) was fitted into the front of the tube by an attached wooden tail stem with metal stabilizing fins.


title: Panzerfaust

text: The warhead weighed and contained of a 50:50 mixture of TNT and hexogen explosives, and had armour penetration of . The "Panzerfaust" often had warnings written in large red letters on the upper rear end of the tube, the words usually being ""Achtung. Feuerstrahl."" ("Beware. Fire jet."). This was to warn soldiers to avoid the backblast.


title: Panzerfaust

text: After firing, the tube was discarded, making the "Panzerfaust" the first disposable anti-tank weapon. The weapon, when correctly fired from the crook of the arm, could penetrate the armour of any armoured fighting vehicle of the period.