Robb Rice
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Image Credit: Robb Rice The Bentley Flying Spur Speed, third-place finisher in Robb Report’s 2024 Car of the Year.
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Image Credit: Robb Rice To foreshadow the brute strength waiting to be unleashed with the 626 hp Flying Spur Speed, Bentley’s Blackline treatment darkens the “Flying B” hood ornament, the grille, and other exclusive accents.
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Image Credit: Robb Rice Cabin appointments combine bygone-era craftwork and modern amenities, such as 3-D diamond-quilted leather, knurled switchgear, and the now-signature rotating dashboard display.
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Image Credit: Robb Rice The Flying Spur Speed is only .7 seconds off the McLaren Artura’s acceleration time from zero to 60 mph, but has a top speed that’s 5 mph faster than the much lighter coupe.
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Image Credit: Bentley Motors Limited While the Flying Spur Speed’s power may be intimidating, the interior aesthetic is anything but, presenting a cabin purposed to lavishly swaddle occupants.
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Image Credit: Stuart G W Price, courtesy of Bentley Motors Limited. The “Speed” moniker harkens back to such motorsport icons as the 1928 Bentley Speed Six, which won at Le Mans the following year. Now the name is reserved for the most performance-focused variant of each model in Bentley’s lineup.
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Image Credit: Robb Rice Combine the traditional muscle of a 12-cylinder engine with the stately comportment and interior artisanship of one of the most storied sedan nameplates in history, and you have a car with singular gravitas; you have the Bentley Flying Spur Speed.
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Image Credit: Robb Rice The 105-year-old automaker has announced that it will abandon production of its W-12 engine in April, leaving this four-door as one of the last to carry the mill that was a driving force behind Bentley’s return to prominence.
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Viju Mathew
