Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005)

For other models using this name, see Bentley Continental Flying Spur (disambiguation).

Bentley Continental Flying Spur

Manufacturer	Bentley Motors
Production	2005–present
Assembly	Bentley Crewe, England Transparent Factory, Dresden, Germany (until 2006)
Class	Full-size luxury car
Body style	4-door saloon
Layout	Longitudinal front-engine, Torsen permanent four-wheel drive
Platform	Volkswagen Group D1
Engine	6.0 L W12 twin-turbo
Transmission	6-speed ZF 6HP26A tiptronic automatic
Wheelbase	3,065 mm (120.7 in)
Length	5,290 mm (208.3 in)
Width	1,976 mm (77.8 in) (w/mirrors: 2,194 mm (86.4 in))
Height	1,398 mm (55.0 in) & Speed: 57.7 in (1,466 mm)
Kerb weight	2,525 kg (5,567 lb)
Related	Bentley Continental GT Bentley Continental GTC Volkswagen Phaeton

2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur.

Twin-turbocharged 6.0 liter 12-cylinder.

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a four-door variant of the Bentley Continental GT coupé. The Bentley Continental Flying Spur was introduced in 2005.

This car shares its platform with the Volkswagen Phaeton, and its powertrain components are related to those on the Audi A8 and S8. It was designed by the same team as produced the Continental GT and Continental GTC.

Continental Flying Spur

The Continental Flying Spur is equipped with a 5,998 cubic centimetres (366.0 cu in) (6.0 litre) twin-turbocharged W12 engine. It produces a DIN-rated motive power output of 560 metric horsepower (412 kW; 552 bhp) at 6,100 rpm, and torque of 650 newton metres (479 ft·lbf) at 1,600-6,100 rpm. Torsen-based permanent four-wheel drive is standard. It will complete the standard sprint of 0–100 kilometres per hour (0.0–62.1 mph) in 5.2 seconds, and can reach a top speed of 312 kilometres per hour (194 mph).

The Continental Flying Spur is exclusively hand built at Bentley's only manufacturing plant in Crewe, England. Briefly, due to a lack of capacity at the Crewe factory upon the car's introduction, some Flying Spurs destined for markets other than the USA and UK were built at Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. This arrangement ended in 2006, when all assembly work reverted to Crewe.

Continental Flying Spur Speed

For 2009, Bentley introduced a Continental Flying Spur Speed model. Similar to the Continental GT Speed, engine output has been increased to 610 metric horsepower (449 kW; 602 bhp) at 6,000 rpm and 750 newton metres (553 ft·lbf) at 1,700-5,600 rpm - with a top speed of 322 kilometres per hour (200 mph) (up from 194 mph), making it the world's fastest four-door saloon. Acceleration time from 0–100 kilometres per hour (0.0–62.1 mph) is now 4.8 seconds. It features enlarged disc brakes, and an upgraded Bosch ESP 8.1 Electronic Stability Programme. With the revised carbon ceramic brakes, Bentley claims that the Flying Spur Speed will stop from 100 km/h (62 mph) in 33 meters (108.3 ft). Bentley also claims that with its revised ESP system and suspension the Continental Flying Spur Speed is capable of handling over 0.95 g-forces of lateral acceleration on a 300-foot (91 m) skidpad.

Environmental Impact

Next Green Car - an organisation that analyses vehicle emissions and rates them from 0 (cleanest) to 100 (dirtiest) - analysed the emissions from Bentley's 6.0 W12 engine:

Years	Model & Transmission	Fuel	Score	Economy	Emissions	Emissions Standards
2005 - on	Flying Spur 6.0 W12	Petrol / Biofuel	86	16.6 mpg-imp (17.0 l/100 km)	396 g/km	EU 4 / LEV II

External links

• Official Bentley Motors homepage
• Bentley Continental Flying Spur Technical Specifications
• BENTLEY Continental Flying Spur Speed - 2009 Test drive and review by Autoevolution.com