Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005)
Bentley Continental Flying Spur (2005-2008)
The Continental Flying Spur is a representative sedan, which is offered by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bentley. The name " Flying Spur " is derived from the family coat of arms of the coach and body builder Mulliner, who already karossierte the first Rolls- Royce and Bentley models, and in 1959 bought out. The coat of arms shows among other things a winged spur.
The Continental Flying Spur is the second Bentley with that name. From 1957 Park Ward was created by HJ Mulliner & Co. and HJ Mulliner, Ltd.. a high-priced four-door sports sedan based on the S1 Continental, which was continued until 1966 in the series S2 and S3. In addition, the Continental Flying Spur is the second Bentley series, which was developed directed by Volkswagen and built in 2006, partly at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. So the entire Continental series, the Flying Spur, the coupe GT, the convertible GTC includes the, related to the VW Phaeton, but has a higher quality interior and exclusively a six - liter twin-turbo W12. All models come standard with permanent all-wheel drive as well as an active air suspension.
Facelift
The slightly modified for the 2009 model year Flying Spur have been delivered since October 2008.
The exterior was modified front and rear aprons as well as a standing upright grille. In order to better keep the engine and wind noise from the interior of the insulation body and the window is increased. Technical innovation is the optimized adaptive cruise control that monitors the traffic situation using radar sensor and stops by independent acceleration and braking, the selected speed.
Models
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Qatar Edition
This strictly limited special model was used together with Al Wajba Motors, the official Bentley dealership, Qatar, developed. The body is painted gray and has narrow red lines on the sides. All exterior elements were originally chromed, painted black. The interior is equipped with black and white leather with red stitching. The engine was compared to the normal Continental Flying Spur unchanged.
Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed
As part of the facelift, the Flying Spur series by the uprated variant Continental Flying Spur Speed has been added. The additional speed highlights the sporting roots of the brand with the legendary Speed models of the early years. In the Speed design not only the performance were raised and the performance improved (see technical data), but also the body by ten millimeters down deeper. A chrome lower air intake, wider shaped tailpipes, 20 - inch alloy wheels in speed design and a 3 -spoke sports steering wheel limits the speed model look as well.
The Flying Spur Speed is 322 km / h, the fastest production sedan in the world.