Bentley Continental

The Continental is not a car for those with a shaky relationship with their bank manager. It’s expensive to buy and expensive to run, as you’d expect of any high-performance luxury car. No more so than rivals such as the Aston Martin DB11 and McLaren GT, however. A significant number of Bentley owners take their cars on a monthly finance deal, which can seem like the better option given the strong residuals for the Continental GT compared with much of the luxury market, presumably because the car comes out of the VW Group and most of the parts are a known build quantity, with no problems in the supply chain. For example, after four years of ownership, a GT will be more valuable than a Rolls-Royce Wraith. No one buys a Continental at base price, however, and you can expect to add about £30,000 worth of options before you even get going.