Nothing less than 'the most powerful, most dynamic and most efficient four-door' Bentley has ever made
Nothing less than 'the most powerful, most dynamic and most efficient four-door' Bentley has ever madeYou’ll likely recall that, unlike the outgoing Continental GT, you could already buy the Bentley Flying Spur as a hybrid. Not a particularly inspiring one, it must be said, because the model was forced to share VW’s ubiquitous 2.9-litre V6, which made it as dutiful and as parsimonious as a Victorian schoolmistress - and about as exciting.
Unsurprisingly, this makes it by some distance the most powerful four-door Bentley ever, and the combination ought to slide into the new Flying Spur very nicely indeed. Bentley isn’t revealing any performance stats ahead of the car’s official unveiling next week but it’s safe to assume that the hybridised flagship will show even the old W12 model a clean pair of heels.
Beyond the enlivening fact that it’ll probably go sideways like a shopping trolley full of truffles, Bentley is keen to highlight that the new Flying Spur will also be the ‘most efficient four-door car in Bentley’s 105-year history’.
Plus, it still gets a 4.0-litre V8. Which is the vital ingredient that ought to convince its buyers that Bentley isn’t throwing out the baby with the bath water as it looks to offer a practical model that is capable of more than 500 miles between refills. Given the Flying Spur’s almost peerless ability as a long-range super-cruiser, it doesn’t sound like a bad combination to us.
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