Volkswagen-owned British luxury car maker Bentley launched Bentley Continental Flying Spur in Mumbai on Sunday. The car was launched exactly a week ago in Delhi.
The super luxury car, priced at over Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million), is available in India through Delhi-based Exclusive Motors Pvt Ltd -- the exclusive India partner of Bentley Motors.
Continental Flying Spur is the fastest four-door sedan in the world with a top speed of 312 kmph. It has a six-litre 552 bhp engine. The car has hit the Indian roads after its international debut at the Geneva Salon on March 1, 2005.
The heart of the Continental Flying Spur is its magnificent 6.0-litre, twin-turbocharged 12-cylinder engine, which propels the car to 60 miles per hour in 4.9 seconds.
This inspiring piece of engineering was created for both the coup‚ and four-door versions of the Continental and delivers phenomenal power (552bhp/411kW) as well as that legendary wave of torque (479lb ft/650Nm) from low revs.
The launch of the Continental Flying Spur is a further step forward in the revitalisation of Bentley, which began in 1998 with significant investment in Crewe, UK, the company's design, engineering and manufacturing headquarters.
The Continental Flying Spur was created at the Crewe factory, where a 550-strong team of engineers has worked alongside Bentley's renowned designers.
Access to Volkswagen's worldwide engineering test facilities has also been of prime importance to the development of the car and the Continental Flying Spur has benefited from the use of the group's advanced wind-tunnels, proving grounds and prototyping facilities.
Design director Dirk van Braeckel created the car's bold and contemporary look at exactly the same time as its sister car, the Continental GT.
Other bold features of the sedan include, high-tech, all-wheel-drive system for exceptional stability and grip in any conditions is driven by an advanced six-speed automatic gearbox with paddleshift controls.
The Continental Flying Spur shares the massive braking system introduced on the Continental GT coup. The 405mm ventilated front brake discs are the largest on any production passenger car on sale today.
