2014 Bentley Flving Sour

摘要

We're not exactly flying through the Chinese countryside outside of Beijing in the new Bentley Flying Spur. If s more like ducking and dodging stacks of bricks, glacially moving wheeled conveyances, trash bins, and sleeping dogs in the road. Although well-paved, the route is often treacherous, especially given the hulking, 5500-plus-pound ultra-luxury sedan we're driving. As I mat the throttle in a bid to politely blow by yet another rolling roadblock, the Flying Spur's menacing 6.0-liter, twin turbocharged, W-12-cylinder-powered heart starts pumping. Although if s a carryover powerplant, the hand-assembled W-12 has undergone an engine management system makeover. It has more horses (616 in all) and is paired with an impressive ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic routing power to an all-wheel-drive setup. Bentley says the Flying Spur can barrel to 60 mph in just 4.3 seconds and to a claimed top speed of 200 mph.