RE: Tuner tweaks the Flying Spur

RE: Tuner tweaks the Flying Spur

Friday 17th February 2006

Tuner tweaks the Flying Spur

Update your Bentley with Mansory


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Mansory's Bentley Flying Spur
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.

 

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r988

Original Poster:

7,495 posts

236 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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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

nuez

254 posts

253 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Soon be be driven by half the premier league!!

A veyron engine would be nice, But with the cooling problems the VAG group had with the Veyron and think there is no chance of that.

ropey

370 posts

259 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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That interior is revolting!

hendry

1,945 posts

289 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Surely the market for German raps stars is limited. I think Dr Alban is the only person this would appeal to.

Balmoral Green

41,749 posts

255 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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I dont suppose the mods frequent this forum much, this is the third thread on this subject, not like you have to look very far is it, it's the third one down.

Or do the replies link from a news story? if so, my apologies

>> Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 17th February 17:30

FourWheelDrift

89,632 posts

291 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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buster on the other thread said:
MTV - Pimp my Bentley.

Power hike is one thing, the external "enhancements" are most definitely another!

FourWheelDrift

89,632 posts

291 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Balmoral Green said:
Or do the replies link from a news story? if so, my apologies


Yes, a news item thread is created by the first person who replies but only when they have clicked the "post" button, in the meantime someone could start another and create a duplicate.



>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 17th February 22:23

annodomini2

6,913 posts

258 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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At the place I used to work, they had a prototype of the next gen/re-face (whatever), running 650bhp (without the speed limiter).

They clocked that at 210mph at mira.

So you'd have that this would get close.

granville

18,764 posts

268 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Lord, no.

b10

1,286 posts

274 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Horrid. The Flying Spur does look like the VW Phaeton with Bling and this one is really tarty. I think that is the rear door window profile.
Whatever happened to understatment. Everyone has to where their wealth on their sleeve these days it seems.

Balmoral Green

41,749 posts

255 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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DERESTRICTOR said:
Lord, no.
Thank you.

That's all that matters, the master has spoken.

dsf3g

46 posts

281 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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My gawd... it's an interior that only Liberace and Elton John could love.

paulie-mafia

3,321 posts

230 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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I'm not sure how much all this bling costs, but for the money I bet an Arnage red label would be in reach..

4WD

2,289 posts

238 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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Bentley: made by Germans for Americans.

hendry

1,945 posts

289 months

Friday 17th February 2006
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I am not sure I care what anyone has said before this, positive or nagative: this is an abomination and the price you pay when sell out to the Jerries. I can feel my grandfather spinning in his grave, never mind poor old WO.

FestivAli

1,102 posts

245 months

Saturday 18th February 2006
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disgusting

granville

18,764 posts

268 months

Saturday 18th February 2006
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: evidently, I have nothing but admiration for quality, hun engineering but the stench of sauerkraut is overcoming some of these previously, largely all-Brit affairs.

The Arnage was and remains about as far as 'the experiment' could conceivably go and to this day, I would still be happy to punt around in a latest model but these Phaeton Shuffles are simply not on.

It would be far, far more appropriate for owners to opt instead, for the open charms of an Alpina B7, Mercedes S65 AMG or yes, a delimited Phaeton 6.0 W12.

Only the Rolls Royce has any design credibility, that I can see, in that it does represent a ground up development and whilst the ownership issue itself, as perhaps Aston or Lamborghini have successfully demonstrated, can be broadly retained despite inapropriate national sovereignty of the marque, much of the essence of the fundemntal DNA can be preserved to offer a contemporarily acceptable option.


Tu Pak Shakur.

groomi

9,323 posts

250 months

Saturday 18th February 2006
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You know when a 'tuner' starts messing, then the brand is ruined...

Why would a Bentley owner want anything other than original, authentic quality? If today's Bentley customers think a balding Krout in an air-conditioned shed can improve on the manufacturers efforts, they shouldn't be buying a Bentley in the first place.

Ofcourse, the fact that this VW/Bentley was designed by a team of Balding Krouts should render the situation unsurprising.

eein

1,384 posts

272 months

Sunday 19th February 2006
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story said:
... daytime running lights ...


Is that what we're calling fog lights these days to justify driving around all day looking like berks dazzaling other road users?!

How long until every halfords-brutalised granny-hatch driver starts calling their fog lights 'driving lights' and uses this instead?!

kingb

1,153 posts

233 months

Sunday 19th February 2006
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really dont see the point. If you want a big BHP fast car get a sports car isnt that ment to be a comfrtanble cruiser. didnt think it needed anymore power to do that