Friday 17th February 2006

Tuner tweaks the Flying Spur

Update your Bentley with Mansory

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Mansory's Bentley Flying Spur

Is your Bentley Flying Spur or Continental GT just not quick enough? Take it to German tuner Mansory and it'll boost the car to 630bhp, up from 552bhp, and a max torque hike from 479lb-ft to 553lb-ft. it knocks 0.2 seconds off the 0-62mph sprint, bringing it down to five seconds. Top speed is up from 195mph to 199mph on the four-door Flying Spur.

There are external tweaks too. Mansory's new front spoiler includes integrated daytime running lights, together with painted or chromed sword design elements and chromed air intake grilles.

Its redesigned side skirts with chrome embellishments give the Flying Spur "a longer sleeker appearance", said the company.

The complete redesigned rear skirt incorporates Mansory's oval chromium plated stainless steel exclusive over-and-under exhaust tips. According to the company, they "make an extreme statement of performance and speed coupled with a dominating sound".

At the rear, the rear spoiler is redesigned and the Mansory seven-spoke, light alloy wheels give a different appearance to standard. The wheels are also available in chrome-plated 9.0 x 20-inch and 275/35/20 profile tyres. Brand new for the Continental Flying Spur are forged 10 x 22" aluminium wheels with 295/25/22 tyres.

There's a revised air sport suspension system and uprated braking system available too. They consist of six-piston-aluminium fixed calipers with ventilated, perforated front discs (396x36 mm), brake pads and installation hardware, though these will only fit inside Mansory's 20-inch wheels. At the rear, you'll find six-piston-aluminium fixed callipers, ventilated, perforated rear discs (396x36 mm), brake pads and installation hardware.

Inside, Mansory provides Nappa leather and carbon-fibre, and a sports steering wheel can be made to a customer's design. And to finish it off, there are illuminated Mansory stainless steel sill plates and polished aluminium foot pedals.

• www.mansory.com

 

[r988]

Isn't this thing supposed to do over 200mph as standard?, I can't see why you'd spend all that money on increasing top speed by a mere 4mph, surely they can stick a Veyron engine in it, now that would be interesting