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[[Image:800px-Flying_Spur.jpg|250px|2005 Bentley Continental Flying Spur]] | [[Image:800px-Flying_Spur.jpg|right|250px|2005 Bentley Continental Flying Spur]] | ||
The '''Bentley Continental Flying Spur''' is a four-door version of the [[Bentley Continental GT]] produced from 2005. The new Flying Spur is being billed by Bentley as its fastest four-door model ever, and a capable grand tourer, though motoring journalists in the UK have taken exception to its bland, unadventurous styling and German underpinnings. | The '''Bentley Continental Flying Spur''' is a four-door version of the [[Bentley Continental GT]] produced from 2005. The new Flying Spur is being billed by Bentley as its fastest four-door model ever, and a capable grand tourer, though motoring journalists in the UK have taken exception to its bland, unadventurous styling and German underpinnings. | ||
It is equipped with a 6 L, twin-[[Turbo Engine|turbocharged]] 12-cylinder engine producing 552 hp, with a top speed of 195 mph or 313 km/h. [[four wheel drive|Four-wheel drive]] is standard. As with the Continental GT, the Flying Spur is built on the same platform as the [[VW Phaeton|Volkswagen Phaeton]], up until 2005 in Crewe and since then in the Transparent Factory in Dresden (Germany). | It is equipped with a 6 L, twin-[[Turbo Engine|turbocharged]] 12-cylinder engine producing 552 [[HP|hp]], with a top speed of 195 mph or 313 km/h. [[four wheel drive|Four-wheel drive]] is standard. As with the Continental GT, the Flying Spur is built on the same platform as the [[VW Phaeton|Volkswagen Phaeton]], up until 2005 in Crewe and since then in the Transparent Factory in Dresden (Germany). | ||
It was designed by the same team that produced the Continental GT. Sales for the new model commenced in spring 2005. | It was designed by the same team that produced the Continental GT. Sales for the new model commenced in spring 2005. |
Revision as of 13:05, 27 June 2006
- See also Bentley Continental Flying Spur for other models using this name
The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a four-door version of the Bentley Continental GT produced from 2005. The new Flying Spur is being billed by Bentley as its fastest four-door model ever, and a capable grand tourer, though motoring journalists in the UK have taken exception to its bland, unadventurous styling and German underpinnings.
It is equipped with a 6 L, twin-turbocharged 12-cylinder engine producing 552 hp, with a top speed of 195 mph or 313 km/h. Four-wheel drive is standard. As with the Continental GT, the Flying Spur is built on the same platform as the Volkswagen Phaeton, up until 2005 in Crewe and since then in the Transparent Factory in Dresden (Germany).
It was designed by the same team that produced the Continental GT. Sales for the new model commenced in spring 2005.