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No more four-eyes: new Bentley Flying Spur revealed
Published: Today 13:41
► New for 2026 Bentley Flying Spur revealed
► Facelift swaps out four headlights for two
► New S spec returns
Bentley has announced updates to its flagship four-door, the Flying Spur, with the first new editions available to order now.
The new Flying Spur model is largely a visual update, led by a heavy facelift that changes the front end. Gone are the four headlights, replaced by two that are very similar to that of the current Continental GT. Bentley says this is the first set of single front headlights on a saloon since 1962. The bumper is also now integrated into the front end instead of sitting further ahead and, in other design news, fresh colours like dark teal will be offered.
Also arriving on the scene is the return of the S specification. This model follows the same line as the Conti GT S, using a 4.0-litre V8 hybrid powertrain that develops a total of 671bhp. Bentley says the S can sprint to 62mph in 3.7 seconds and tops out at 191mph. S models also benefit from all-wheel drive, twin-valve damping, the brand’s 48-volt active anti-roll tech and torque vectoring with an electronic limited-slip diff.
That new S variant joins the rest of the Flying Spur, which consists of a standard model, a comfort-based Azure spec as well as high-performance Speed and ultra-luxe Mulliner specifications.
As well as that Bentely has announced a new ‘virtuoso’ collection for the Flying Spur, inspired by that on the Batur. The collection introduces a 21-speaker Naim audio system (not the first Bentley to have it – almost all in recent years can be specced with it), but with ‘grand utopia’ speakers derived from audio experts Focal.
These new speakers use patented technology to ‘provide incredible rigidity’, which then enable ‘extremely linear frequency response, a low distortion rate and better sound dispersion.’ All of that will set you back £25k.
Want one? You can go crazy on the online configurator now, with the first ones arriving towards the end of 2026.
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