Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005)

:"See also Bentley Continental Flying Spur for other models using this name"Infobox Automobile
name = Bentley Continental Flying Spur


manufacturer = Bentley
parent_company = Volkswagen Group
production = 2005–present
assembly = Crewe, England
Dresden, Germany
predecessor =
successor =
class = Full-size luxury executive car
body_style = 4-door saloon
layout = Front-engine, permanent four-wheel drive
platform = Volkswagen Group D1 platform
engine = 6.0 L W12
transmission = 6-speed automatic
wheelbase = auto mm|3065|1
length = auto mm|5307|1
width = auto mm|1918|1
height = auto mm|1479|1
weight = auto kg|2480|1
fuel_capacity = 23.8 US gal.
related = Continental GT
designer =

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a four-door variant of the Bentley Continental GT coupe. The Flying Spur was introduced in 2005, and is presently Bentley's fastest four-door sedan.The Flying Spur is equipped with a 6.0 L, twin-turbocharged W12 engine producing Convert|552|hp|kW|0|abbr=on, with a top speed of convert|195|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. Permanent four-wheel drive is standard. As with the Continental GT, the Flying Spur is built on the Volkswagen Group D platform. Largely, it could be considered a rebadged Volkswagen Phaeton with a different styling, and a more powerful engine, most of the technical components being identical to those on the Phaeton. The car was designed by the same team that produced the Continental GT.

The Flying Spur is currently built at Bentley's factory in Crewe, England. Due to a lack of capacity at the Crewe factory upon the car's introduction, 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.

For 2009, Bentley will introduce a Flying Spur Speed model. Similar to the Continental GT Speed, engine output will be increased to convert|600|hp|abbr=on, with a top speed of convert|200|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on. [ [http://www.leftlanenews.com/bentley-continental-flying-spur.html 2008 Bentley Continental Flying Spur & Flying Spur Speed - Specs, Photos, Pricing ] ]

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External links

* [http://www.bentleymotors.com Official Bentley Motors homepage]