Bentley’s sport-tuned midsize luxury sedan gets more power and other tweaks.
Bentley is undoubtedly known for making several fast cars. But it is surprising that not one of his sedans ever crossed the barrier of maximum speed of 200 miles per hour. This is even with Volkswagen’s ridiculous twin-engine W12 engines or the legendary 6.75-liter V8 from the classic Bentley years.
But all this has changed lately thanks to the latest Bentley Flying Spur W12 S. 2017 with a declared top speed of 202 mph, the Flying Spur W12 S becomes the first Bentley sedan to overcome 200 mph. hour barrier.
How to do it? More power, of course.
The increase in power comes from a massage of a total of 626 hp and 605 lb-ft of torque, compared to 616 hp and 590 lb-ft. The extra speed also allows the Flying Spur W12 S to accelerate slightly faster than the standard model.
However, more power is not the only addition, as Bentley has tuned in sports suspension and steering to improve handling and responsiveness. The stability control is also modified to reduce the obsession to provide greater wheel slippage.
Bentley promises that the W12 S is more agile. Although we are still not sure how flexible a huge luxury land yacht with sports pretentiousness can become.
Interior and exterior modifications have been added to help differentiate the W12 S from the non-S model. Like other sports procedures, the W12 S gets a darkened finish and black bits for headlights and taillights. The grill is also losing its effervescent material factory due to black inks.
Oh yes, and a lot of W12 S icons are all over the place.
-Jack Wilson