LEW's Big Bang Pushes Bentley Toward Bugatti
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LEW's Big Bang Pushes Bentley Toward Bugatti
LEW Design took a Bentley Continental GT and turned it into a Bugatti Veyron look-alike, at least from the front.
The LEW Big Bang gets more power and an uprated suspension, with bits from Eibach.
Date posted: 12-31-2006
CHEMNITZ, Germany — LEW Design is based in the former East Germany, and still has some decidedly backward-looking notions about automotive styling.
Take its humorously named Big Bang — an odd take on the Bentley Continental GT that's been redesigned to mimic the Bugatti Veyron.
LEW worked with German suspension specialist Eibach to add some handling snap to the big two-door, including the addition of Eibach Pro-Street-S stainless coil-over shocks, performance stabilizer bars and aluminum wheel spacers. Ceramic brakes also are fitted.
Unveiled at the recent Essen Motor Show, the Big Bang boasts the horseshoe grille made famous by Bugatti, as well as a revised rear apron and lightweight carbon-fiber body panels that subtly alter the Bentley's slinky shape.
Under the hood, LEW has nudged an extra 100 horsepower from the Continental's twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12, bumping output to 650 hp and torque to 553 pound-feet. LEW claims the Big Bang will reach a top speed of 205 mph and will rocket from rest to 60 in less than 4.5 seconds.
Want one of your own? Be prepared to spend upwards of $350,000 — and answer a lot of awkward questions from the neighbors.
What this means to you: So why would anyone want to make a Bentley look like a Bugatti?
Soruce: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=119015#2
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