2025 Bentley Flying Spur Revealed with 771-HP Hybrid V-8, Refined Bumper
The luxury sedan adds Bentley’s Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain and revises the wheels, front bumper, and grille styling.By Jack FitzgeraldPublished: Sep 10, 2024
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- The 2025 Bentley Flying Spur replaces the car’s W-12 engine with the same plug-in-hybrid V-8 as the Continental GT.
- Bentley calls it the “Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain,” and it makes 771 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque.
- Along with the new engine, Bentley added new wheel options and updated styling for the front bumper and grille.
Sure, half of the clientele for the Flying Spur won’t ever drive this ultimate luxury vehicle themselves, but that’s not important. What is important (to them, at least): bragging rights. How does 771 horsepower sound? How about 738 pound-feet of torque? What about 47 miles of EV range? Those figures are all attached to the 2025 Bentley Flying Spur, which ditches the old W-12 powertrain in favor of the newer plug-in hybrid found in the Continental GT.
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Bentley calls the new unit the “Ultra Performance Hybrid,” and it combines a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 that peaks at 584 horsepower with a 187-hp electric motor, which is sandwiched between the engine and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. According to the automaker, the refreshed Spur can spring from zero to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. Assuming that number is accurate, the new version is even quicker than the last, which we managed to launch to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds with both the eight- and 12-cylinder models.
The other changes for the 2025 Flying Spur are focused on the visuals. Bentley thrives on giving its customers the option to customize, and that’s on full display here. The interior adds a new diamond quilt pattern for the seats, while the 3D diamond hide now stretches to the doors and pillars. In a first for the model, Bentley’s optional Wellness Seating Specification can now be ordered for all four seats—enabling automated climate and posture settings for each seat.
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Changes to the exterior are focused on the front end of the car, which retains most of the previous car’s design language but adds a new bumper and a new grille. The bumper now takes on a slightly more aggressive look that extends the body panel into the lower fascia. Three new 22-inch wheel designs round out changes to the styling.
First to launch will be the “performance-focused” Speed model, and it will be available in more than 100 exterior colors or just about any custom color scheme desired. Pricing has not been announced, but the outgoing model started just under $220,000 and went up (way up) from there.
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- 771-HP Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Debuts Sept. 10
- New Bentley Continental GT PHEV Adds Pounds, Power
- Tested: 2022 Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid
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Jack Fitzgerald’s love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1.
After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn’t afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
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2022 Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Tested: Tradition in Transition
Bentley’s first plug-in-hybrid sedan sacrifices some refinement on the road to electrification.By Derek Powell and Mike SuttonUpdated: Jul 29, 2022Save Article
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UPDATE 7/28/22: This review has been updated with test results.
The trickle of electrons at Bentley is soon to become a flood, as the automaker prepares to fully electrify its entire lineup by the end of the decade. While eventual full electrification is a goal shared industry-wide, it’s a rather monumental shift for Bentley, whose reputation has been defined in large part by its massive—and thirsty—engines. Hence the existence of the Flying Spur Hybrid, a 5754-pound steppingstone placed between the shores of those gargantuan powertrains and the horizon of total electrification.
As befits this interim role, visual changes are kept to a minimum, with only fender-mounted “Hybrid” badges and a J1772 charging port concealed behind a door on the left rear flank. Distinct quad oval tailpipes complete the exterior transformation. Inside, the infotainment and driver screens now feature EV-specific readouts. We were particularly intrigued by the EV Range overlay function on the navigation map—a translucent green zone hovers over the vehicle’s position, outlining the boundaries of electric driving range. As the battery level drops, the zone shrinks accordingly. On the center console, an EV button cycles through the three electric drive modes: all-electric EV Drive, Hybrid, and Hold, which maintains battery charge to be deployed later.
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The Flying Spur follows in the footsteps of the Bentayga, which first tiptoed into the hybrid waters back in 2019 as Bentley’s first electrified model. Both employ plug-in systems, as the large battery delivers motivation that a regular hybrid can’t provide. Here, the Flying Spur uses a 410-hp version of the corporate 2.9-liter twin-turbo V-6. It’s the first six-cylinder found under the hood of a Bentley sedan in 64 years. A 134-hp electric motor occupies the space between the engine and eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. With a combined output of 536 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque, the hybrid powertrain delivers numbers on par with its rowdier Flying Spur big brother’s 542-hp V-8.
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HIGHS: Still quite quick, meaningful EV range, seriously quiet inside.
As a result, the hybrid’s performance is pretty similar, despite a 280-pound weight disadvantage. With both motors singing and all four wheels pulling, the Flying Spur Hybrid hit 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and covered the quarter-mile in 12.3 seconds at 114 mph. (We recorded a 3.5-second time for the Flying Spur V-8, along with a 12.0-second, 115-mph pass in the quarter.) Top speed is limited to 177 mph, versus 198 for the V-8. While Bentley emphasizes that the EV system is optimized for urban journeys, it also touts the hybrid’s ability to cruise at speeds up to 80 mph in EV Drive mode. The EPA reckons that the car’s 15.0-kWh battery is good for 21 miles of electric range. Yet, electrons carried us for 35 miles on our 75-mph highway test, after which the hybrid averaged 28 mpg, beating its federal highway rating by 6 mpg. However, our 25-MPGe measurement overall is well short of the hybrid’s official 46-MPGe combined rating, which essentially indicates we drove more gasoline-powered miles between plug-ins than an actual owner would.
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The joy of electric thrust lies not in its mechanical voice, but in the absence of it. Bentley says that the cabin of the hybrid is 50 percent quieter than that of the V-8’s at 50 mph. On its own, the hybrid’s electric motor produces 295 pound-feet of torque, all of which is available from a dead stop. It’s more than capable of sustaining the big Bentley’s momentum through traffic. It also helps the hybrid post a 4.7-second run from 5 to 60 mph, which is only a tenth of second longer than what the V-8 requires. When rolling along in EV Drive mode, the Flying Spur Hybrid provides a marvelous glimpse of what an all-electric Bentley might be like.
It’s only when you sample Hybrid mode that this graceful serenity is upended. Prod the accelerator and the V-6 unceremoniously crashes the party with 74 decibels of noise at full throttle—1 decibel more than the V-8. Gruff and guttural, the engine’s unrefined character is in total contrast to the rest of the underlying package. We found its presence to be particularly obtrusive when in Hold mode, droning away constantly at what amounted to a heightened idle speed. Occasionally, the gas engine and electric motor jockeyed for position, resulting in a brief hiccup as the computer scrambled to make peace between the two. And a pronounced transition between regular and regenerative braking made it difficult to smoothly modulate to a stop.
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LOWS: Unrefined engine noise, greater mass, not available with the Flying Spur’s fancier chassis and suspension tech.
Keeping the battery charged avoids this morsel of powertrain inelegance. The 7.2-kW onboard charger can fully replenish the battery in three hours, according to the EPA. We suspect most owners will rely on dedicated home-charging equipment rather than cool their heels at a public station. That’s just as well, as the Flying Spur’s charging-port placement and substantial length make it challenging to squeeze into crowded bays, as we discovered. Speaking of maneuverability, the Spur’s rear-wheel steering and the 48-volt active anti-roll bars are not on the options list, as the bulk of the hybrid components now occupy the space normally reserved for them.
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As a result, you feel every bit of the 125.8-inch wheelbase going through turns. When navigating twisty, challenging roads, we discovered that the hybrid was happiest with a more deliberate corner entry. Despite the lack of the active anti-roll system, the rest of the chassis still retains the Flying Spur’s improbable sense of dexterity, thanks to the three-chamber air suspension and adaptive dampers. Riding on 22-inch Pirelli P Zero PZ4 summer tires, our test car posted a solid 0.90 g of grip around the skidpad, along with a respectable 158-foot stop from 70 mph. For comparison, the lighter V-8 model on its similarly sized Pirelli P Zero All Seasons generated 0.94 g of stick yet needed an additional 10 feet to stop from 70 mph. When the road unwinds, the default Bentley drive mode provides a commendable dynamic balance, though it’s a bit floatier than we’d like. Conversely, the dampers in Sport are a tad too choppy. We’d lobby for a setting that split the difference. Bentley Plus, perhaps.
In a recent survey of its customers, Bentley discovered that roughly half of them expressed interest in either purchasing a PHEV or EV vehicle. But at this juncture, the hybrid version of the Flying Spur is missing those few key traits that make the gas-powered variants so delightfully engaging. For those early adopters, however, the hybrid’s rough edges might be a tolerable tradeoff.
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