Bentley has released first details of its new ‘small’ saloon. The four- or five-seat Continental Flying Spur was designed alongside the two-door Continental GT and arrives about a year after the coupe went on sale.

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The new car has a six-litre, twin-turbocharged, V12 delivering 552bhp through an all-wheel-drive transmission system with six-speed automatic gearbox. Top speed is claimed to be “in excess of 190mph” and 0-62mph (100km/h) acceleration takes around five seconds.


The traditional leather and wood interior accounts for over 11 leather hides.


Buyers can order either a five-seat (rear bench) or four-seat (twin electrically-adjustable seats separated by a large veneer-inlaid console) cabin layout.


Pricing will be about the same as the Continental GT coupe and the new saloon goes on sale in the spring.

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The Continental Flying Spur will be produced in far greater volume than the larger Bentley Arnage line.


Bentley is keeping the numbers under wraps but chairman Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen put it like this: “If you work in a major capital city you might see a Continental Flying Spur a few times a month, but you will only come across an Arnage a few times a year.”