This combined for a car that commanded a nine-month waiting list soon after launch. Some 4000 examples were made.
Forty years on, a special example of today’s Flying Spur Speed has been created to match that car. The one-off shares the Turbo R’s Brooklands Green paint, Monaco Yellow interior trim, swept spoke alloys (now 22in) and part-linen interior.
Flying Spur special: Mulliner Flying Spur Speed
The first four-door Bentley of the Volkswagen Group era, the W12 Continental Flying Spur, was launched in 2005, spawning from the W12 Continental GT two-seater. It was the first model to use the Flying Spur moniker since the 1958 S1.
With 549bhp under the bonnet from a 6.0-litre W12, it could take four passengers to more than 200mph.
To celebrate 20 years since its launch, Mulliner has specified the similarly fast Flying Spur Speed with matching Cypress paint, 10-spoke alloy wheels and a green leather and dark burr walnut interior.
