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Shopping for a 2010 Bentley Continental Flying Spur?
MSRP: $177,600 - $202,500
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Editors at TheCarConnection.com have driven the Bentley Continental Flying Spur and have compared the luxury sedan to other vehicles to bring you this road test of its styling, performance, comfort, safety, and features. Editors also researched reviews from other respected auto Web sites and have compiled the best into a companion full review, to show you how different sources report on the Flying Spur-and to help you decide which advice to take when shopping for a new car.
Likes:
- Powerful engine, smooth transmission
- Standard all-wheel drive
- Controlled, calm ride
- An ultimate highway cruiser
Dislikes:
- heavy, heavy vehicle
- Cockpit can be confusing
The Bentley Continental two-doors and the four-door Flying Spur sedan were catalysts: They completely reinvented the fusty Bentley brand and brought a whole new crew of rap moguls, reality stars, and pro athletes to the fold, for better or worse. For 2010, the Flying Spur carries on with the same styling it's worn since early in the decade, albeit in a couple of new colors. Prices begin at just less than $200,000, and the primary competition for those dollars are machines like the Maserati Quattroporte, the Audi S8, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, and the Porsche Panamera.
It's been on the market since 2006, and the 2010 Bentley Continental Flying Spur's formal roofline is looking a little less compelling with the years. The Flying Spur is long, low, and wide, but not terribly rakish as four-door sedans like the 2010 Jaguar XJ can be. There's no mistaking its streamlined Bentley grille, and the chromed mesh grilles and air intakes between the quad-oval headlights, which still look contemporary, but the more upright pillars and glass areas don't make the same visual impact. The Flying Spur's deep character line running from front wheel wells to the taillights has been upstaged at home in Britain by that new Jaguar, even at home in Crewe by the 2011 Bentley Mulsanne. It's low-key and not flamboyant, even on close inspection-the opposite of the two-door Bentley Continental GT. Inside, the Flying Spur's cabin is a twin to the two-door's dash, with a dual-binnacle theme dressed in walnut or chestnut veneers, all precisely hand-cut and matched to create a mirror-image grain symmetry. Front and center on the dash is a Breitling timepiece, flanked by a steering wheel in hand-stitched leather, stainless-steel pedals and footrest, and real chrome pulls for the air vents.
