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Written by Stephen Dobie
This is the new Bentley Flying Spur. Well, it"s an annoyingly cropped-in section of the new Bentley Flying Spur. But it sounds very much like the most interesting section. That"s because the Flying Spur now has rear-wheel steering for extra cornering nous. And a four-wheel-drive system that only chucks power to the front wheels when absolutely necessary. So yep, most of the time it"s a rear-wheel-drive Bentley, "giving classic sports sedan handling characteristics", we"re assured in a slightly Americanised manner. Yes, children, that might mean drifts. While the Flying Spur has always been the more agile of Bentley"s limo options, it"s hardly like the Mulsanne is some svelte track special as a benchmark. But this one sounds like it might come with a pleasing amount of handling" fitted as standard. In a super saloon world already stuffed to the gunnels with monsters like the Mercedes-AMG E63 and BMW M5, we"re more than happy to welcome another into the fold. We"ll just pop another order in for tyres.
Date written: 29 May 2019
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ID: 15858
This is the new Bentley Flying Spur. Well, it"s an annoyingly cropped-in section of the new Bentley Flying Spur. But it sounds very much like the most interesting section. That"s because the Flying Spur now has rear-wheel steering for extra cornering nous. And a four-wheel-drive system that only chucks power to the front wheels when absolutely necessary. So yep, most of the time it"s a rear-wheel-drive Bentley, "giving classic sports sedan handling characteristics", we"re assured in a slightly Americanised manner. Yes, children, that might mean drifts. While the Flying Spur has always been the more agile of Bentley"s limo options, it"s hardly like the Mulsanne is some svelte track special as a benchmark. But this one sounds like it might come with a pleasing amount of handling" fitted as standard. In a super saloon world already stuffed to the gunnels with monsters like the Mercedes-AMG E63 and BMW M5, we"re more than happy to welcome another into the fold. We"ll just pop another order in for tyres.
Date written: 29 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15858