NEW Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid review: INCREDIBLE luxury | Auto Express

Опубликовано 19 января 2022, 0:09

The 2022 Flying Spur Hybrid is Bentley's first electrified saloon. Does it cut the mustard as a true Bentley? Richard Ingram takes the wheel to find out.

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The new Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid gives us a taste of Bentley's all-electric future. By 2024 it plans to have an electrified version of every model in its line-up, with the first full EV due the following year. By 2026, the range will consist exclusively of plug-in variants, with Bentley looking to reach the goal of being a pure-electric car maker by the end of the decade. This journey started just over 12 months ago with the launch of the Bentayga Hybrid – and next in line is the Flying Spur limousine. While the principle is the same, the set-up is slightly different; the saloon ditches the Bentayga’s 3.0-litre engine for a newer, more powerful twin-turbo V6, mated to a 134bhp electric motor. The result is a combined output of 536bhp – almost 100bhp more than its SUV sibling and just shy of the driver-focused 542bhp Flying Spur V8. So it's got plenty of grunt, but does the Flying Spur Hybrid deliver as a true Bentley? Our man Richard Ingram finds out in this review.

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