The Bentley Continental Flying Spur is an all wheel drive automobile, with the powerplant mounted in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body.
Powering the Bentley Continental Flying Spur is a double overhead camshaft, 6 litre turbocharged 12 cylinder engine, with 4 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 616.2 bhp (625 PS/460 kW) at 6000 rpm and 800 N·m (590 lb·ft/81.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
An 8 speed automatic 'box supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Stated weight at the kerb is 2475 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 322 km/h, or 200 mph, claimed fuel consumption is 22.4/10.2/14.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 343.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3065 mm | 120.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1643 mm | 64.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1642 mm | 64.6 inches | |
| Length | 5295 mm | 208.5 inches | |
| Width | 1976 mm | 77.8 inches | |
| Height | 1488 mm | 58.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2475 kg | 5456 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Bentley | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | W 12 in 15° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6 litre 5998 cc (366.02 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 84 × 90.2 mm
3.31 × 3.55 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 48 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 625 PS (616.2 bhp) (460 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 800 Nm (590 ft·lb) (81.6 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 76.6 kW/litre 104.2 ps/litre 102.7 bhp/litre 1.68 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
133.38 Nm/litre
1.61 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1676.1 kPa (243.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 4.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 9.5 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 322 km/h (200 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 252.43 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 PS/kg 185.66 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 kW/kg 248.97 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.39 kg/kW 9 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 22.4/10.2/14.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 22.4/10.2/14.7 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 4.5/9.8/6.8 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 12.6/27.7/19.2 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 10.5/23.1/16.0 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 343.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | M | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | G | ||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | 40:60 | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.800 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.4Li.W.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TzLi.AS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 275/45 ZR 19 | ||
| Tyres rear | 275/45 ZR 19 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 405 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 335 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.67 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.85 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 313225 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 52.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2013 Bentley Continental Flying Spur added 2013-02-20. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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