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The first-generation Flying Spur was officially unveiled at the 75th Geneva Motor Show in March 2005. [2] It had a 5,998 cc (6.0 L) twin-turbocharged W12 engine tuned to produce 560 PS (412 kW; 552 bhp) and torque of 650 N⋅m (479 lbf⋅ft) at 1,600–6,100 rpm.
This Volkswagen Group engine is also used with slight modification, and with the addition of two turbochargers in the, Bentley Continental Flying Spur. It has also been used in a 600 hp (450 kW; 610 PS) form aboard the Volkswagen W12 prototype sports car to establish a 24-hour record of 323 km/h (200.7 mph) in 2002 at the Nardò Ring in Italy .
Other cars to use the WR12 engine are the 2003–present Bentley Continental GT, 2005–present Bentley Flying Spur, [9] [10] 2015–present Bentley Bentayga, 2004–2011 Volkswagen Phaeton W12 [11] and the 2005–2010 Volkswagen Touareg W12. The engine was also used in the 2006 Spyker C12 La Turbie and 2008 Spyker C12 Zagato low-volume sports ...
Bentley says that the new Flying Spur Speed weighs in at 5833 pounds, while the 12-cylinder Spur tipped the scales at around 5560 pounds, according to Car and Driver. The latest Panamera Turbo S E ...
The Bentley Continental GT is a grand touring car manufactured and marketed by the British company Bentley Motors since 2003. A two-door coupé or convertible, and has four seats, it was the first new Bentley released after the company's acquisition by Volkswagen AG in 1998, and the first Bentley to employ mass production manufacturing techniques.
2005 Bentley Continental Flying Spur 2011 Bentley Continental GT 2017 Bentley Bentayga diesel CEO Adrian Hallmark presents the Bentayga Hybrid at Geneva International Motor Show 2018. 2019 Bentley Continental GTC 2019 Flying Spur W12. A limited run of a Zagato modified GT was also announced in March 2008, dubbed "GTZ".
In 1997, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen debuted their first sports car concept, a bright yellow W12 Syncro (also known as the W12 Syncro Coupé) with a 5.6-litre W12 engine producing 309 kW (420 PS; 414 bhp) with Syncro four-wheel drive. This, and the W12 concepts after it, were all designed by the Italdesign firm in Italy. The W12 Syncro ...
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