New Flying Spur will likely be first Bentley with all-wheel steering
The 2020 Bentley Flying Spur will usher in a brand new period for the British luxurious model. The “limousine meets sport sedan,” as Bentley calls it, will boast the model’s first all-wheel-steering system.
The luxurious model stated Wednesday the all-wheel steering system will praise customary all-wheel drive and the corporate’s Dynamic Journey lively anti-roll bars. The latter may also be new to the Flying Spur, and it’ll use a 48-volt management system to vary anti-roll bar stiffness entrance and rear to go well with spirited driving and likewise fight bumps and physique roll alongside the way in which.
2020 Bentley Flying Spur teaser
As for the all-wheel steering trickery, it options an digital system to steer the rear wheels in the wrong way of the entrance wheels at low speeds and the identical course because the fronts at excessive speeds. Bentley stated drivers ought to count on improved maneuverability at low speeds and enhanced stability at excessive speeds from the large sedan.
Additionally for the primary time, the automotive’s all-wheel-drive system will disconnect the entrance wheels and ship all the facility to the rear wheels in regular driving situations. Nonetheless, it should robotically ship energy to the fronts when it detects a lack of traction.
Just like the Continental GT, the Flying Spur will use the Volkswagen Group’s MSB platform, which was developed by Porsche and underpins the Panamera. The suspension applied sciences talked about above are all shared with the Panamera.
Bentley wasn’t able to dish out the products on the rest but. What we do know is the sedan will take an evolutionary method within the design division. Rounder edges aplenty will mark the foremost variations over the outgoing Flying Spur. The newest Continental GT adopted the same path. An extended hood, a sweeping roofline, and a mechanical Flying B hood decoration will all be a part of the automotive’s package deal.
2020 Bentley Flying Spur teaser
Powering the stately sedan must be a twin-turbo 6.Zero-liter W-12 making 626 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. Ultimately, a twin-turbo four.Zero-liter V-Eight will possible be a part of the lineup and a plug-in hybrid powertrain is not out of the query both.
We’ll have full particulars on the 2020 Bentley Flying Spur when the model pulls again the covers on June 11.