It would be easy to classify the engineering advances in the 552bhp, near-200mph (322km/h) Bentley Continental Flying Spur as exotic solutions developed for a car that rightly should be classified as one of the most outstanding, no expense spared vehicles ever produced. But that would be quite wrong. On recent visit to Bentley's engineering and manufacturing centre at Crewe in the UK, European Automotive Design was given an in-depth insight into the engineering and craftsmanship that went into the vehicle, much of it shared with the Bentley Continental GT coupe. The one thing that became very clear in discussion with the engineering team is that many aspects of the development work undertaken by Bentley and its suppliers to endow the Silver Spur with its extraordinary powertrain, chassis and electronics systems refinement will benefit future vehicles across the whole Volkswagen Audi group and elsewhere.
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