**The Audi vs Bentley Showdown: A Battle of Speed and Style**

In a thrilling display of speed and agility, two of the world's most renowned luxury cars faced off in a battle for supremacy. The Audi R8 and the Bentley Continental GT, both assembled in the UK with German engineering at its core, took to the track in a head-to-head showdown that would leave only one car standing.

The initial quarter-mile drag race was a close call, with both cars crossing the finish line in an astonishing 11.5 seconds. However, it was the Audi's extra power that proved decisive on the line, as it edged out its opponent to take the win. Despite a slower start, the Bentley was able to regain composure and maintain a comfortable lead over its rival.

As the battle between the two cars continued, the driver of the Audi opted for a more conservative approach, kicking down on the accelerator in a bid to conserve tire life. However, this decision proved to be a costly one, as the Bentley was able to take advantage of the Audi's slower pace to increase its lead. The Bentley's driver, meanwhile, seemed to have taken a different approach, eventually hitting his limiter and pulling off a clever move that saw him pass the Audi in the rolling quarter-mile test.

The final showdown, a rolling quarter-mile test with both cars in their comfiest settings, was a nail-biter from start to finish. The Audi driver managed to edge out his opponent early on, but the Bentley's superior acceleration proved too much to overcome. However, just as it seemed that the Audi had won the day, its driver suddenly decided to slow down, hitting a limiter and allowing the Bentley to surge ahead.

The brake test was another story altogether, with the lighter and more agile Audi emerging victorious in a dramatic display of speed and agility. Despite its superior weight, the Audi was able to stop from 70mph in a time that left onlookers agog. The Bentley, meanwhile, struggled to keep pace, eventually crossing the finish line well behind its opponent.

**The Science Behind the Cars' Performance**

So what makes these cars so quick and agile? According to experts, it's all about the balance between power and weight. With their powerful V8 engines and lightweight construction, both the Audi R8 and Bentley Continental GT are able to achieve incredible acceleration figures.

However, as we've seen in this showdown, even with its extra power, the Audi can struggle with speed – particularly when its driver is not fully engaged. The Bentley, meanwhile, seems to have an uncanny ability to extract performance from its engine, despite a slightly heavier weight.

**The Verdict**

In the end, it's clear that both cars are capable of producing incredible performance figures. However, if we're being completely honest, there's something undeniably special about the Bentley Continental GT – perhaps its ability to effortlessly produce speed and agility without ever seeming to break a sweat.

Of course, this article is not meant to be taken as a serious review or analysis of either car – but rather as a light-hearted look at two of the world's most exciting luxury cars. Whether you're a seasoned car enthusiast or just someone who appreciates a good thrill ride, both the Audi R8 and Bentley Continental GT are sure to put on a show.

**The Deal of the Century**

But what if you could get your hands on one of these incredible machines? Well, we've got some great news for you – thanks to CarWow, we're able to offer an amazing deal on a brand-new Bentley Continental GT. With savings of up to £20,000 off the sticker price, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

Click here to find out more about this incredible deal and how you can get behind the wheel of one of the world's most desirable cars.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat up everybody this is matt watson here from call wow and i'm sat in an audi s8 and next to me is a bentley flying spa and we're going to have a very posh luxurious uncomfortable drag race so let me tell you about this new audi s8 it has a four liter twin-turbo v8 with 571 horsepower it's also got 800 newton meters of torque and it puts that down to the road by an 8-speed torque converter gearbox and quattro all-wheel drive it's very luxurious this thing and very big as a result it weighs quite a lot 2 230 kilos it also costs quite a lot 97 000 pounds starting price that bentley it has a 6 litre w12 engine with 600 635 horsepower and 900 newton meters of torque it puts that power down to the road once again by an eight-speed automatic gearbox but that one has dual clutches and launch control it's also got four wheel drive of course and it's even more luxurious than this packed full of dead cow bits of metal bits of chopped up tree and all that adds to the weight it weighs 2 437 kilos which is just over 200 kilos more than this car which could affect the results and we're going to find out but before we do please make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you will not miss a single one of our drag races also why don't you follow me on instagram it's at matt watson cars i do lots of photos and behind the scenes stuff and show you a bit about my life things like that casey care anyway let's get on with the race buying a new car head to car wow to get offers from the uk's top dealers car wow dot co dot uk the car buying comparison site let's do a sound check to see what these engines sound like so i've got this car into its sportier settings let's rev it it shouldn't be too loud really should it because it's supposed to be a limousine and indeed it isn't really let's see if that bentley sounds a bit more raucous go on rev your engine mr bentley now i can't hear a thing it could be because that engine is very quiet it could be because this has excellent sound proofing or it could be a mixture of the two anyway let me know which one you think sounded the best in the comments below do you know what i think it'd be a little bit miss of me if i didn't try to warm up the tires before we race not sure if it's going to work but i'm gonna try and do a toner in this essay this is nuts i think that'll do it well my outside tires are very warm and probably a little bit worse for wear now but was not expecting that let's see what the bentley can do go on then bentley go and destroy your tires oh yes oh pity the tires just screeching out i mean dealing with all that power and weight well that's done tires are warm let's do some racing wait a second i just realized i haven't actually concealed my flying bee for better aerodynamics silly me all right then showing off i don't think it's going to make a difference but anyway let's get on with it oh quite close off the line this is closer than i thought it would be oh my gosh come on now dude this could be so close oh come on that was bizarre it's a bit like racing two stately homes a british one and a german one so before you say yes i know that's quite german underneath the skin because it shares its platform with this car but it's still assembled in the uk all right good start for you then bedley yeah that was very good indeed and it's just weird satin such a quiet thing back into your seat i think i got off the line a bit better than you but you just came past me didn't you i think i did just clinch it at the end but in the middle of that race it was very very close and it was really really exciting well there we go sometimes it can be fun being a chauffeur so then what exactly happened well the audi and the bentley both completed the standing quarter mile in 11.5 seconds but the bentley's extra power just took it on the line despite a better start from the audi now we're gonna have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour with the cars in their comfiest settings which is how they're going to be driven let's be honest here we go i'll count it in three two one go kick down kick down what the heck that took forever the bentley's gone really good i wonder how fast this will go the bentley is increasing its lead i don't know what's happening to him now he's like backing off or something or he's got loads of drag but i'm coming past 163 64. oh that's enough what happened bentley did you like back off the accelerator a large message on my dashboard saying i was going too quickly for my tire pressures absolutely i got a bit scared then they do that with the tires it's really odd you have different tyre settings depending on what speed you're going to go this code on tuning well past 160. well i think it's clear that if he hadn't bottled it the bentley would have stayed ahead this kicked down quite a bit slower than his car and until he backed off i was behind him oh well now we're gonna do a rolling race again this time with the cars in their sportiest setting and locked in third gear i'm gonna count this in three two one go this picked up sweet ass come on it auto shifts as well even when you got it in manual and that bend is just easing ahead now this picked up slightly quicker though i must say he's increasing his lead and he's clearly not bottling it about his star pressures i think i've reached a limiter i can't go any faster than an indicated 164. well uh well we're not breaking hard this is all over the show that was weird when i was breaking from that high speed this was weaving about a bit sketchy actually you happy with that bentley i bet you smug bugger yeah i ignored the message at that time and carried on uh the health and safety people aren't looking at this video right now we're gonna have a break test from 70 miles now full emergency stop when we hit the line let's go do it here comes the line i think that's a clear win for the audi that's the difference that your 200 kilos makes it's just a bit harder to stop the car anyway the acceleration tests are won by the more powerful car the braking by the lighter car that's what i call car wow investigative car journalism i'm joking really that was a lot of fun these cars are so quick and have such good performance yet they're super comfy as well amazing i hope you enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like let me know some other videos you'd like us to do in the comments below now i found an amazing deal on one of these cars through car wow if you click on the pop-out banner up there you'll be able to see which car it is and how much the saving is available on it also before i go please make sure you subscribe to this channel and make sure you hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on so you don't miss a single upload finally if you want to check out my own personal youtube channel it's matt watson cars the link to it is in the description below the video thanks for watching i don't think it says launch control but it does a d and it holds it at like about 3000 rpm that's launch control it doesn't admit to launch control the beta it's like no we don't talk about that but it can do it i see what you mean yeah okay i'm good to go seewhat up everybody this is matt watson here from call wow and i'm sat in an audi s8 and next to me is a bentley flying spa and we're going to have a very posh luxurious uncomfortable drag race so let me tell you about this new audi s8 it has a four liter twin-turbo v8 with 571 horsepower it's also got 800 newton meters of torque and it puts that down to the road by an 8-speed torque converter gearbox and quattro all-wheel drive it's very luxurious this thing and very big as a result it weighs quite a lot 2 230 kilos it also costs quite a lot 97 000 pounds starting price that bentley it has a 6 litre w12 engine with 600 635 horsepower and 900 newton meters of torque it puts that power down to the road once again by an eight-speed automatic gearbox but that one has dual clutches and launch control it's also got four wheel drive of course and it's even more luxurious than this packed full of dead cow bits of metal bits of chopped up tree and all that adds to the weight it weighs 2 437 kilos which is just over 200 kilos more than this car which could affect the results and we're going to find out but before we do please make sure you subscribe to this channel and hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on that way you will not miss a single one of our drag races also why don't you follow me on instagram it's at matt watson cars i do lots of photos and behind the scenes stuff and show you a bit about my life things like that casey care anyway let's get on with the race buying a new car head to car wow to get offers from the uk's top dealers car wow dot co dot uk the car buying comparison site let's do a sound check to see what these engines sound like so i've got this car into its sportier settings let's rev it it shouldn't be too loud really should it because it's supposed to be a limousine and indeed it isn't really let's see if that bentley sounds a bit more raucous go on rev your engine mr bentley now i can't hear a thing it could be because that engine is very quiet it could be because this has excellent sound proofing or it could be a mixture of the two anyway let me know which one you think sounded the best in the comments below do you know what i think it'd be a little bit miss of me if i didn't try to warm up the tires before we race not sure if it's going to work but i'm gonna try and do a toner in this essay this is nuts i think that'll do it well my outside tires are very warm and probably a little bit worse for wear now but was not expecting that let's see what the bentley can do go on then bentley go and destroy your tires oh yes oh pity the tires just screeching out i mean dealing with all that power and weight well that's done tires are warm let's do some racing wait a second i just realized i haven't actually concealed my flying bee for better aerodynamics silly me all right then showing off i don't think it's going to make a difference but anyway let's get on with it oh quite close off the line this is closer than i thought it would be oh my gosh come on now dude this could be so close oh come on that was bizarre it's a bit like racing two stately homes a british one and a german one so before you say yes i know that's quite german underneath the skin because it shares its platform with this car but it's still assembled in the uk all right good start for you then bedley yeah that was very good indeed and it's just weird satin such a quiet thing back into your seat i think i got off the line a bit better than you but you just came past me didn't you i think i did just clinch it at the end but in the middle of that race it was very very close and it was really really exciting well there we go sometimes it can be fun being a chauffeur so then what exactly happened well the audi and the bentley both completed the standing quarter mile in 11.5 seconds but the bentley's extra power just took it on the line despite a better start from the audi now we're gonna have a rolling race from 50 miles an hour with the cars in their comfiest settings which is how they're going to be driven let's be honest here we go i'll count it in three two one go kick down kick down what the heck that took forever the bentley's gone really good i wonder how fast this will go the bentley is increasing its lead i don't know what's happening to him now he's like backing off or something or he's got loads of drag but i'm coming past 163 64. oh that's enough what happened bentley did you like back off the accelerator a large message on my dashboard saying i was going too quickly for my tire pressures absolutely i got a bit scared then they do that with the tires it's really odd you have different tyre settings depending on what speed you're going to go this code on tuning well past 160. well i think it's clear that if he hadn't bottled it the bentley would have stayed ahead this kicked down quite a bit slower than his car and until he backed off i was behind him oh well now we're gonna do a rolling race again this time with the cars in their sportiest setting and locked in third gear i'm gonna count this in three two one go this picked up sweet ass come on it auto shifts as well even when you got it in manual and that bend is just easing ahead now this picked up slightly quicker though i must say he's increasing his lead and he's clearly not bottling it about his star pressures i think i've reached a limiter i can't go any faster than an indicated 164. well uh well we're not breaking hard this is all over the show that was weird when i was breaking from that high speed this was weaving about a bit sketchy actually you happy with that bentley i bet you smug bugger yeah i ignored the message at that time and carried on uh the health and safety people aren't looking at this video right now we're gonna have a break test from 70 miles now full emergency stop when we hit the line let's go do it here comes the line i think that's a clear win for the audi that's the difference that your 200 kilos makes it's just a bit harder to stop the car anyway the acceleration tests are won by the more powerful car the braking by the lighter car that's what i call car wow investigative car journalism i'm joking really that was a lot of fun these cars are so quick and have such good performance yet they're super comfy as well amazing i hope you enjoyed the video if you did please give it a like let me know some other videos you'd like us to do in the comments below now i found an amazing deal on one of these cars through car wow if you click on the pop-out banner up there you'll be able to see which car it is and how much the saving is available on it also before i go please make sure you subscribe to this channel and make sure you hit the bell icon to turn your notifications on so you don't miss a single upload finally if you want to check out my own personal youtube channel it's matt watson cars the link to it is in the description below the video thanks for watching i don't think it says launch control but it does a d and it holds it at like about 3000 rpm that's launch control it doesn't admit to launch control the beta it's like no we don't talk about that but it can do it i see what you mean yeah okay i'm good to go see\n"