Bentley Flying Spur review

 

Having acquired Bentley, the initial Bentley Flying Spur was the next half Volkswagen’s grand strategy to the resuscitation from the British marque. Bentley may have made its name with heavyweight, ultra-fast two-door ‘lorries’, however the brand proved just as proficient at fitting four doors to its coachwork. MattPriorRoad test editorThe Continental Flying Spur was a huge, luxury car however it just wasn't refined enoughThis tradition continued with the S and T-series models, right as much as the final Mulsanne built under Vickers’ ownership.

In fact, the very first post-war car to emerge from Crewe having a body supplied by Bentley (and never a coachbuilder ) was the Mark VI — a saloon that morphed straight into the R-type, which spawned a two-door version dubbed the Continental. The Continental GT could have kick-started Bentley's reformation in familiar two-door sporting format, but its four-door sibling was rightly considered necessary to establishing Bentley as VW’s luxury division, and like a credible volume rival to its former bedfellow, Rolls-Royce.

Nevertheless, the car wasn‘t meant like a limousine. Its engineers remained preoccupied with the concept that a Bentley Flying Spur  was bought to become driven, not driven in. But buyers inside the US – and in fact now, moreover, China – disagreed created the Flying Spur the best-selling four-door Bentley ever without straying from the rear seat.  It is chiefly their input and needs which have been addressed using the new model – a car that Not requires (or warrants ) a badge tie-up using the still-related Continental. It‘s now a substantial event in its own right, but has got the change in approach rendered the new Flying Spur a damp squib in its still sizeable home market? We give the driver the week off to see. Bentley Flying Spur review