2008 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

New Mulliner Driving Specification for Continental Flying Spur heads 2007 model year changes for Bentley model range

The Mulliner Driving Specification is now available for the Bentley Continental Flying Spur as part of an array of enhancements for the 2007 model year Continental range. The Continental Flying Spur and its stablemate the Continental GT coupé, which have played a key role in Bentley's revitalisation, now offer customers even more style, comfort and technology as well as the ability to specify a car to their individual needs. The Mulliner Driving Specification was first introduced on the Continental GT coupé in 2004 and has been a major success with customers who prefer their Bentley with a more overtly sporting, contemporary character. Designed by Bentley's bespoke coachbuilding division, the Mulliner Driving Specification now becomes available on Bentley's four-door Grand Tourer, the Continental Flying Spur.

The Mulliner Driving Specification package comprises:
- 20-inch 2-piece, 7-spoke alloy sports wheels with 275/35 R20 sport tyres
- Drilled alloy sports foot pedals and footrest
- Sporting gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide
- Diamond quilted and indented hide to seat facings, front and rear doors.
- Embroidered ‘Bentley' marque emblem to head rests
- Indented hide headlining
- Dark-stained Burr Walnut or Piano Black veneer available at no extra cost.

2007 model year Continental Flying Spur
Several key areas of the Continental Flying Spur specification are enhanced for the 2007 model year. The standard-fit satellite navigation system is now DVD-based and features post code-entry programming. It replaces the previous CD-based system. Advantages of the DVD-based system include faster input and response times and a greater disc capacity, allowing, for example, the whole of Europe to be mapped on a single disc. The Continental Flying Spur will also feature the latest in wireless telecommunications with an integrated BluetoothTM remote SIM access profile (rSAP) telephone system as standard. A rear-seat telephone is now available as an optional feature.

A new 19-inch, 5-spoke alloy wheel design becomes standard fitment on Continental Flying Spur, enhancing its sporting credentials. The wheels are available with optional chromed finish at extra cost. A new 19-inch 5-spoke alloy wheel with a bright-machined or chromed (at extra cost) finish is now available as an option.

In true Bentley tradition, the Continental Flying Spur customer will now be able to create a bespoke car with the introduction of Bentley's exterior paint-matching service that allows the creation of a truly unique colour palette. The 2007 model year Continental Flying Spur may also be specified in any colour from the current Arnage range of paint colours. This brings the Continental Flying Spur into line with the Continental GT coupé.

Veneered picnic tables are introduced as an extra cost option to the rear of both front seats and are available in the full range of veneers, including the newly introduced Chestnut. This takes the number of available veneers on Continental Flying Spur to seven. Customers may also now specify optional contrast stitching to the leather hides and choose to match the boot carpet to the cabin interior carpets.

2007 model year Continental GT coupé

Order intake for the new 2007 model year Continental GT and Continental Flying Spur commences in March 2006.

CONTINENTAL FLYING SPÚR MÚLLINER DRIVING SPECIFICATION


• 20' 2-piece alloy sports wheels
• Choice of upgraded veneers - Dark-stained Burr Walnut, Burr Walnut, Piano Black (additional upgraded veneers available at extra cost)
• Drilled alloy sport foot-pedals
• Sporting gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide
• Diamond quilted hide to seat facings, door and rear quarter panels
• Embroidered Bentley emblem to seat facings
• Indented hide headlining

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDÚAL FEATÚRES ARE AVAILABLE SEPARATELY:


• Mulliner alloy fuel filler cap
• Exterior paint match service to customer specification
• Exterior paint colour from Arnage range
• Contrast stitching to seats and door panels
• Aluminium fascia panels (compatible only with Dark Stained Burr Walnut veneer or Piano Black veneer and single tone interior colour scheme)
• Drilled alloy sport foot-pedals
• Sporting gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide
• 4-spoke wood and hide steering wheel
• Lambswool rugs (matched to carpets)
• Deep-pile carpet mats with hide trimming (matched to carpet)
• Olive Ash premium veneer
• Rear veneer picnic tables
• Rear vanity mirrors to picnic tables*
• Refrigerated bottle cooler in lieu of rear ski hatch*
• Rear entertainment package incorporating two LCD screens to headrests and DVD multichanger*
• Boot carpet to match interior carpet
• Available late 2006

Source - Bentley

Bentley Reports Strong First Half

Volume, turnover and operating profit reach record levels Crewe, 27 July, 2007… For the fourth year running, Bentley Motors has recorded an increase in global sales volumes. The first half of 2007 saw an increase in sales of 18.8 per cent over the same period in 2006, with over 5600 customers taking delivery of a car. Turnover, at Euro 739 million, was 24 per cent higher than the first half of 2006, and operating profit, at Euro 85 million, was also significantly higher than the first six months of the previous year. March achieved the highest number of sales in any month for the marque, with over 1200 customer deliveries worldwide.
'We have seen strong growth both in mature markets, such as Germany, the ÚK and the ÚS, as well as in emerging markets, such as China and Russia,' said Bentley Chairman Franz-Josef Paefgen. 'This augurs well for a good full year, and the recent launch of two new convertibles – the Continental GTC and the Azure – giving Bentley its most extensive model range ever, will continue to contribute to our ongoing success.'

Source - Bentley