Bentley has given the GT Coupe its famous 6-liter, 12-cylinder engine but teased out more power than before (567 bhp and 516 lb-ft of torque) and added a new Quickshift transmission that allows double downshifting.
The data-transmission rate will also double (each channel now carries only 64 kilobits a second, which accounts for the jerky pictures that the system produces).
Even under heavy throttle, the upshifts are creamy-smooth, and when the GL350 reaches highway speeds, the transmission slips into a nearly catatonic double overdrive.
Numerous digital data sources are becoming available because of a combination of increasing data storage, data processing and data transmission productivity (effective available bandwidth appears to double approximately every 21 months).