Although Bentley is one of the most regal marques in the motoring world, the team from Crewe clearly have a sense of humour.
Having revealed a rear-wheel drive, non-hybrid V8 version of the Continental GT back in November 2025 – the hardcore Supersports with 666PS (490kW) on tap – the brand needed the right way to get the message across that this isn’t your ordinary Sunday driver.
That’s where motorcross and rally racer Travis Pastrana comes in. Fresh off the back of the most recent entry to the viral Gymkhana video series – Aussie Shred, which was filmed right here Down Under in a mad Subaru ute – Pastrana was enlisted to show the lucky Supersports customers just what their new car can do.
Premiered at an event in Dubai, Supersports: Full Send sees a lightly modified Supersports taken right to the limit on a course right within the grounds of Bentley’s factory, originally constructed in 1938 on Pyms Lane in the Cheshire town of Crewe.
You can take a look at the full film for yourself below, but it’s safe to say the latest Bentley left Pastrana was impressed.
“I knew the Supersports would have a lot of power but I was happily surprised by how nimble and fun it was to drive,” he explained.
“I’ve never driven a production-based car to film a video of this magnitude before, without a clutch or modified steering angle, I had my concerns – but the Supersports exceeded all of my expectations. It was exactly what I had hoped for – the perfect combination of luxury and performance.”
Hidden details in Travis Pastrana’s Full Send Bentley film
Throughout the film, a number of ‘special guests’ are features, although Bentley CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser is the only human one to feature. Rather, the other ‘guests’ are some of the most important and impressive cars from the Bentley Heritage Collections.
In the opening scene at the Engineering Technical Centre, both generations of Continental GT3 race car, the 2003 Le Mans winning Speed 8 (chassis 004/5), and the W16-powered Hunaudières concept car from 1999 surround the special Supersports that Pastrana drives in the film.
Both the Pikes Peak Bentayga and Pikes Peak Continental GT appear in a scene shot through Bentley’s solar panel car park, with the two specials giving chase to Pastrana through the complex. They also drive past Bentley’s next luxury urban SUV due to launch later this year, and thus still wearing camouflage.
Five pre-war Bentleys also feature – led by the 1929 Team Blower #2, the most iconic and valuable Bentley in history, this icon is followed by two more Blowers, a Speed Six, and a 1926 3 Litre Speed Model.
A glimpse of the EXP 15 design vision concept can also be seen atop the newly opened Design Centre, before Pastrana quite literally smashes his way into the still-in-build production line for the aforementioned luxury urban SUV, driving past a disguised example of the new model.
The final production Brooklands from 2010 – also a member of Bentley’s Heritage Collection – is seen using the last millimetres of rubber from its to-be-replaced rear tyres to generate a dramatic, smoky backdrop for a huge Pastrana powerslide, before he comes to a stop in front of the brand’s new Paint Shop.
There, all three previous generations of Supersports await him – two contemporary examples from the Heritage Collection, and a 1925 3 Litre Supersports (one of the original 18) borrowed from Vintage Bentley.
Bentley Supersports to enter production in late 2026
Production of the latest entry to Bentley’s fabled Supersports line is slated to commence in Q4 2026, with first customer deliveries beginning in early 2027.
Just 500 examples will be produced, all of which are already sold. Australia and New Zealand are among the list of confirmed markets along with the UK, the European Union, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Oman, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait.
