A Bentley Continental SuperSports convertible has just set a new world ice speed record of 330.7kmh (205.48mph).
Four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen set the new world record on the frozen waters of the Baltic Sea off the coast of Finland.
He shattered his own personal record of 321.59kph (199.83mph) set in the Continental GT in 2007 at the same location.
The record attempt was held on a 16.5km track on a 70cm-thick layer of sea ice. It was driven on a 1000m long section of the track, with the average speed of a run in each direction taken to calculate the record figure.
In making its record-breaking attempt, the car featured a full roll cage and a parachute for safety, extended front and rear spoilers for extra stability and 20-inch Pirelli winter tyres. The car also ran on E85 bioethanol.
Wolfgang Dürheimer, Bentley’s new Chairman and Chief Executive, said: “The ice speed record is an amazing feat by Juha Kankkunen. We will be celebrating this achievement with a very special ‘extreme’ Bentley, which will be the most powerful model ever to bear the famed Winged B emblem.”
A limited edition of just 100 of this “extreme” Bentley, called the SuperSports Plus, will be made and the car will make its global debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.
Watch Bentley’s world record-breaking ice speed run below:
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