Bentley Continental Flying Spur

The Continental Flying Spur is equipped with a 5,998 cubic centimetres (366.0 cu in) (6.0 litre) twin-turbocharged W12 engine. It produces a DIN-rated motive power output of 412 kilowatts (560 PS; 553 bhp) at 6,100 rpm, and torque of 650 newton metres (479 ft·lbf) at 1,600-6,100 rpm. Torsen-based permanent four-wheel drive is standard. It will complete the standard sprint of 0–100 kilometres per hour (0.0–62.1 mph) in 5.2 seconds, and can reach a top speed of 312 kilometres per hour (194 mph).

Some consider the Bentley as a badge engineered Volkswagen Phaeton with different styling, and a more powerful engine, some of the technical and powertrain components being related to those on the Phaeton or the Audi A8 and S8. The car was designed by the same team who produced the Continental GT and Continental GTC.

The Continental Flying Spur is exclusively hand built at Bentley's only factory in Crewe, England. Previously, due to a lack of capacity at the Crewe factory upon the car's introduction, some Flying Spurs destined for markets other than the USA and UK were built at Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. This arrangement ended in 2006, when all assembly work reverted to Crewe.