Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed China

British manufacturer Bentley brought the newest edition of the Continental Flying Spur Speed China to the 2010 Auto China Motor Show.

The new edition developed especially for the Chinese market features a bespoke comfort suspension setting, which helps the car to deliver a superior ride quality for both the driver and passenger. The Continental Flying Spur Speed is known as the world's fastest luxury four-door saloon. It appears that this latest edition will make no exception as it comes with the same W12 6-litre engine capable to push the car from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.5 seconds (0-100km/h in 4.8 seconds) with top speed reaching 200mph/322km/h. The latest edition has also a re-tuned exhaust in order to produce a quieter note. The Speed China is accompanied by a range of design features that accentuate the special edition status of the vehicle such as Speed China tread-plates and wing badges (with a matching badge visible on the centre console). Likewise, the famous Bentley 'B' emblem is affixed to both C pillars. Interior custom leather cushions for rear passengers are embroidered with Bentley wings as well. Each car will also be available with a special display case for the ignition key.

Bentley Continental Models to be Flex-Fuel-Capable

Bentley Continentals will be able to gulp down whiskey with the best of 'em: June. Well, not exactly whiskey, but ethanol's pretty close. Bentley had made the announcement (sans date) at the Geneva Motor Show when it showed off the Continental Supersports Convertible.
Bentley Continental sees this move as a big first step in reaching its stated goal of offering an entirely biofuel-capable lineup by 2012. In its latest form, Bentley's twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 offers up 621 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. That's sufficient to push the big Conti' to 60 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds and on up to a top speed of 202 mph.

As the Continental is Bentley's most popular model line by far, this means that over half of all cars the luxury brand sells this year will be flex-fuel models. For those keeping track, the Brooklands coupe (which will soon be discontinued), Azure sedan and the soon-to-be-released Mulsanne sedan (the replacement for the long-running Arnage) are still not yet biofuel capable. According to Automotive News, the Mulsanne will be E85-capable shortly after its launch later this year.

2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur Pictures

2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

2009 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

Bentley Continental GTC Speed, Fastest Four-Seat Convertible

Bentley has unveiled its fastest soft-top ever, the Speed version of its Continental GTC convertible.

The luxury carmaker took the covers off the new model at Detroit as part of a continued effort to attract younger buyers to the brand.

Like the GT Speed coupe and the four-door Continental Flying Spur Speed before it, the GTC Speed has a turbocharged W12 engine that delivers 450kW and about 720Nm of torque.

The top speed of 315km/h with the roof down makes it the fastest Bentley convertible ever.

Since the GT Speed coupe debuted in 2007, it has become the top-selling GT model worldwide. Bentley expects the GTC Speed to account for up to two-thirds of GTC sales in its first year of production. The GTC Speed goes on sale in the US in July as a 2010 model.