The 2014 Bentley Flying Spur: What the critics say

How did the 2014 Bentley Flying Spur fare with the critics? The price statrs at $200,500.

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It’s all about the back seat in the Flying Spur. Recognizing that the brand’s typical buyer over the next decade will likely be a member of “the chauffeur-driven Chinese plutocracy,” Bentley has engineered a refresh of this luxury four-door that puts an emphasis on looks, comfort, and rear-seat amenities. “Less fun, and therefore less of a Bentley, than the car it replaces,” the new Spur still impresses. So refined is the back-seat experience that “we wouldn’t have felt better looked after in a Rolls-Royce.”

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But it’s not as if the driver has been forgotten. Despite the softer ride, the Flying Spur “reacts to inputs like a car a thousand pounds lighter.” In fact, “the handling occasionally defies physics.” What’s more, this is a remarkably powerful sedan. Being told that it needs only 4.3 seconds to go from zero to 60 mph is one thing; “feeling three tons of Bentley conjure that number into reality is another experience entirely.”