In the Speed ​​version, the 6-liter 12-cylinder engine remains in the history surrounding Bentley's famous "flying boost".

The third generation of the Bentley Flying Spur ultra-luxury sedan was first presented in mid-2019 and three years after the premiere, the famous British car company introduced the "flying boost" in the Speed ​​​​version, which retains the 6-liter W12 engine which Bentley discontinued earlier in the year.

fits on a standard Flying Spur.

Supported by two turbochargers, the 6-liter W12 engine develops 635 hp and 900 Nm of maximum torque, and the mentioned figures are enough for the 5.3-meter sedan (which weighs 2,437 kilograms) to go from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds and stops accelerating when the number 333 appears on the speedo display.

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ZF's 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission is responsible for the adaptive transmission of power to both axles, and in the Sport operating program most of the torque goes to the rear axle.

It is clear that for buyers of such cars, fuel consumption data is not among the important information (according to WLTP norms, the average consumption of the Speed ​​Spur is 14.8 liters per 100 kilometers), because in this case all the focus is directed towards high-quality materials and equipment in a perfectly insulated passenger compartment of the most powerful Bentley sedan, which in the Speed ​​​​version is decorated with new 22-inch rims, which can be obtained in several colors.

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At Bentley, they predict that the Flying Spur in the Speed ​​​​version will be chosen by a third of the total number of buyers in Europe and North America, and every fifth Flying Spur delivered to the countries of the Middle East should bear the inscription Speed .