First part of two separate reviews
Bentley Continental Flying Spur
Majesty in motion
You might think that falling asleep on the job is a tad inadvisable for a car tester. But every so often a car comes along where nodding off while travelling at speed is a vital part of the evaluation process.
I’ve always found the rate at which oblivion descends is one of the very best yardsticks by which to judge a luxury vehicle. I’m a nervous passenger at the best of times and it is a rare car indeed that is quiet, comfortable and soothing enough for me to surrender myself into the arms of Morpheus.
But I had not been in the back of this new £115,000 Bentley Continental Flying Spur for more than five minutes before I felt my muscles relax and my eyelids grow heavy. It had passed its first test.
The Flying Spur, named after a much-loved Bentley from the 1950s, looks like a stretched four-door version of the Continental GT — because that’s precisely what it is.
It has the same 553bhp twin-turbo W12 engine sourced from its Volkswagen parent and the same gearbox, suspension and brakes.
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