Bentley Flying Spur

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a four-door variant of the Bentley Continental GT coupé, and the Bentley Continental GTC convertible. The Bentley Continental Flying Spur was introduced in 2005.
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 412 kilowatts (560 PS; 553 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).


Some consider the Bentley as a badge engineered Volkswagen Phaeton with different styling, and a more powerful engine, some of the technical and powertrain components being related to those on the Phaeton or the Audi A8 and S8. The car was designed by the same team who produced the Continental GT and Continental GTC.

The Continental Flying Spur is exclusively hand built at Bentley’s only factory in Crewe, England. Previously, 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.

For 2009, Bentley introduced a Continental Flying Spur Speed model. Similar to the Continental GT Speed, engine output has been increased to 449 kilowatts (610 PS; 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.

Manufacturer Volkswagen AG
Parent company Volkswagen Group
Production 2005–present
Assembly Crewe, England
Transparent Factory, Dresden, Germany (until 2006)
Class Full-size luxury car
Body style(s) 4-door saloon
Layout Longitudinal front-engine,
Torsen permanent four-wheel drive
Platform Volkswagen Group D1
Engine(s) 6.0 L W12 twin-turbo
Transmission(s) 6-speed ZF 6HP26A tiptronic automatic
Wheelbase 3,065 mm (120.7 in)
Length 5,290 mm (208.3 in)
Width 2,118 mm (83.4 in)
Height 1,475 mm (58.1 in)
Kerb weight 2,440 kg (5,379 lb)
Fuel capacity 90 L (19.8 imp gal; 23.8 US gal