Saar: The four-seat, two-door grand tourer can drop its top in 19 seconds, reach 100kmph from nothing in 3.8 and top out at 333kmph.

Behold! The all-new Bentley Continental GT Convertible. The drop-top joins the Continental GT Coupé in just under 15 months and wants to play its part in reclaiming the top spot, in terms of sales, for the Continental GT family from the Bentayga. Can it do so? Well, its recipe isn’t something that can be ignored easily. Obviously, most of the bits and pieces are shared between the coupé and convertible. But, it’s the infinite headroom, backed by a plethora of customisation options, that makes the Continental GT Convertible almost irresistible.

The Bentley Continental GT Convertible’s party-piece is, of course, the retractable roof. The two-door grand tourer can gain or lose its soft-top in 19 seconds, even while travelling at speeds of up to 48kmph. For the roof, Bentley will offer seven different colours, including a tweed finish for the first time.

Bentley claims that the new Continental GT Convertible is not just as quiet as the previous-gen coupé but also five per cent stiffer and a bit lighter than its predecessor. That said, it is by no means a light car. With a kerb weight of 2,414 kilograms, it is 170kg heavier than the current-gen Continental GT Coupé.

Underneath the long bonnet is a 6.0-litre W12 petrol engine that puts out 635PS of power and 900Nm of torque. Mated to it is a dual-clutch, 8-speed automatic transmission that feeds the power to all four wheels by an all-wheel-drive system. The setup is enough for the 2.4-tonne convertible to hit 100kmph from a standstill in 3.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 333kmph.

As standard, the Continental GT Convertible will be offered in 17 exterior colour options for the body and seven for the roof. The palette for body colours can be extended with an extra fee. Other exterior features include LED Matrix headlamps and 21-inch alloy wheels (22 inchers optionally available), which are available in ten polished and painted finishes.

Features inside the cabin include a warmer and quieter neckwarmer which, in conjunction with the heated steering wheel, heated seats (with massage functions) and heated armrests, should be able to keep the occupants comfy when the going gets cold. By default, Bentley fits a 10-speaker, 650-watt sound system in the Continental GT Convertible. Depending on how much you are willing to spend more, the Brits can fit either a 16-speaker, 1,500-watt Bang & Olufsen setup or an 18-speaker, 2,200-watt Naim system. The list of gizmos also includes a fully-digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment display housed in a three-sided unit, which revolves from pure veneer to reveal either a touchscreen or three analogue dials.

When it comes to customisations, there are practically endless permutations and combinations that you can get with the Bentley Continental GT Convertible. As far as pricing is concerned, it hasn’t been announced yet. But, to get an idea, it will be dearer than the Coupé and will take on the likes of the Rolls-Royce Dawn, Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet and the Aston Martin DB11 Volante.