This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to all four wheels.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 4 litre turbocharged 8 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 542 bhp (550 PS/404 kW) at 6000 rpm and 770 N·m (568 lb·ft/78.5 kgm) at 2000-4500 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via an 8 speed automatic gearbox.
Its stated weight at the kerb is 2330 kg.
Top claimed speed is 318 km/h, or 198 mph.
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 | 3194 mm | 125.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1670 mm | 65.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1664 mm | 65.5 inches | |
| Length | 5316 mm | 209.3 inches | |
| Width | 1978 mm | 77.9 inches | |
| Height | 1483 mm | 58.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.66 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2330 kg | 5137 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.298 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Volkswagen | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4 litre 3996 cc (243.851 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86 × 86 mm
3.39 × 3.39 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 550 PS (542 bhp) (404 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 770 Nm (568 ft·lb) (78.5 kgm) at 2000-4500 rpm |
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| Specific output | 101.1 kW/litre 137.5 ps/litre 135.6 bhp/litre 2.22 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
192.69 Nm/litre
2.33 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.1:1 | ||
| Fuel system | direct petrol injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 2421.4 kPa (351.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | two twin-scroll turbochargers | ||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 8.9 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 318 km/h (198 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 235.85 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 PS/kg 173.46 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 232.62 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.76 kg/kW 9.63 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| 288.00 g/km WLTP | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | all wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | |||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | Pirelli 265/45 ZR 20 108Y | ||
| Tyres rear | Pirelli 295/40 ZR 20 110Y | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 420 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 380 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 8 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.53 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.31 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 751388 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 36.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2020 Bentley Flying Spur V8 added 2022-07-06. Last modified 2022-07-15. |
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