Bentley Continental Flying Spur

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Bentleys have worn the Continental Flying Spur name on two quite different classes of four-door cars since 1957.

The first is a four-door saloon body made to special order by coachbuilders H. J. Mulliner & Co. (later Mulliner Park Ward) on a Bentley Continental chassis. These bodies were built in London on the various specification chassis made in Crewe between 1957 and 1966.

The second is a standard manufacturer's catalogue car, a four-door standard production line version of Bentley's own Crewe factory-built Continentals.

Both may be described as four-door variants of 2-door Bentley Continentals.

1957–1966 Bentley Continental
2005– Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005)

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type / class	1920s		1930s		1940s		1950s		1960s		1970s		1980s		1990s			2000s			2010s
type / class	Bentley Motors Limited (1919–1931)			Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors (1931) Limited (1931–1980)									Vickers plc Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors (1931) Limited (1980–1998)				Volkswagen Group (1998–>)

coachbuilder's open 2/4 seater	3 L	4½ L 6½ L Speed Six
coachbuilder's large saloon coupé or convertible		6½ L Speed Six 8 L		4L 3½ 4¼L Mark V		Mark VI	R	S1 S2 S3		T
		C o n t	Continental S1 Continental S2 Continental S3
	cars with Bentley own-factory coachwork
large saloon						Mark VI	R	S1 S2 S3		T1		T2	Mulsanne		Brooklands			Arnage			Mulsanne
														Turbo R
coupé															Continental R/S/T
convertible																Azure
	Bentleys on the Volkswagen platform
large saloon																				Continental Flying Spur
coupé																			Continental GT
convertible																			C GTC
founder: Walter Owen Bentley • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys

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type / class	1980s										1990s										2000s
type / class	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3
saloon					Eight
	Mulsanne								Mulsanne S					Brooklands					Arnage			Arnage RL/R
			Mulsanne Turbo				Turbo R											Turbo RT		Arnage Red Label			Arnage T
coupé												Continental R
coupé															Continental S		Continental T
convertible	Corniche				Continental											Azure

colour code:	Silver Shadow-based								Mulsanne-based								Arnage-based
founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys

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type / class	1990s		2000s										2010s
type / class	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1

saloon	Arnage							Continental Flying Spur
		Red Label			Arnage R/T								New Mulsanne
				Arnage RL									New Mulsanne
coupé	Continental R					Continental GT
coupé	Continental T										Brooklands Coupé
convertible										Continental GTC
convertible	Azure								Azure

colour code:	Mulsanne-based			Arnage-based				Continental GT-based			New Mulsanne-based
founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys • Bentley Speed 8