The Bentley Continental Speed Flying Star is a 3 door estate/station wagon-bodied car styled by Touring Superleggera with a front mounted engine supplying power to all four wheels.
Its 12 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 6 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 602 bhp (610 PS/449 kW) at 6000 rpm and 750 Nm (553 lbft/76.5 kgm) at 1750-5600 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed automatic gearbox.
Its claimed weight at the kerb is 2385 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 322 km/h, which is 200 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | Touring Superleggera | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2746 mm | 108.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 4815 mm | 189.6 inches | |
| Width | 1943 mm | 76.5 inches | |
| Height | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2385 kg | 5258 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| 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 | 610 PS (602 bhp) (449 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 750 Nm (553 ft·lb) (76.5 kgm) at 1750-5600 rpm |
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| Specific output | 74.8 kW/litre 101.8 ps/litre 100.4 bhp/litre 1.64 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
125.04 Nm/litre
1.51 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1571.3 kPa (227.9 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | 2 turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | Air/air | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 322 km/h (200 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 255.92 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.26 PS/kg 188.22 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 kW/kg 252.41 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.31 kg/kW 8.87 lb/bhp |
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 215688 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 52.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2010 Bentley Continental Speed Flying Star added 2010-05-27. Last modified 2020-10-18. |
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