Aston Martin DB9 vs. Bentley Continental GT vs. Ferrari 612 Scaglietti vs. Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG - Favorite Car - Luxury Sport Coupes Comparison

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"The Bentley Continental GT feels special. Comfort and power. Luscious interior finish. Details that exude class, with echoes of art-deco luxury liners, jazz trumpets, and a gear shifter that looks like a groovy microphone. Spacecraft-fluid body shape and stylish grille. Deep, throaty bear growl when the engine is gunned. This car also would appeal across a wide spectrum of well-heeled buyers. So give me the Ferrari. I'll trade it in, buy the Bentley--and use the rest of the money to buy four new Minis."
- Andy Foster

"It wasn't the fastest (CL65), it wasn't the sexiest (DB9), and it wasn't the best canyon carver (612). But, without a doubt, the one I'd take home at the end of the day is the Bentley Continental GT. While the others were lacking in some areas, the Bentley excelled in every one. Once I was comfortable with the extra pounds and remembered the all-wheel drive, the Continental GT proved an absolute dream to drive in the canyons. The Bentley also was the most comfortable and easiest to drive around town, and at about a hundred seventy grand, it's a bargain. If it were my money, this is where I'd spend it."
- Scott Mortara

"'Yeah, baby, yeah!' as Austin Powers would say. There's only one car here that steals my heart, the Aston Martin DB9. The latest iteration of the classic bulldog DB gesture is so dead sexy I can't even see the others in its shadow. The fact that it sounds the way it does only enriches the experience. At full throttle, the DB9 evokes the intoxication I felt the first time I ever heard a V-12. The 5.9-liter erupts in a smooth and raspy 12-part harmony that can't be mistaken for anything but a proper V-12. Aston Martin's got its mojo back--and it's working on me."
- Chris Walton