Bentley has refreshed its flagship four-door saloon with a cleaner, more contemporary face, a new S model of serious performance ambition, and an audio system borrowed from a coach-built one-off.
The most immediately striking change is also the most historically significant. Single headlamps return to a Bentley saloon for the first time since 1962, sitting within the front bumper alongside a freshly integrated radiator grille. The wing vent detail is gone, replaced by a clean surface and discreet badging behind the front wheel. It is a more resolved, more confident composition — one bringing the Flying Spur’s design language in line with the fourth-generation Continental GT. At the rear, a reworked boot lid, new lamps and a body-coloured number plate surround complete a refresh of unusual precision.
The S Returns
The headline news beneath the sheet metal is the return of the S model. Built around Bentley’s Performance Active Chassis — active all-wheel drive, twin-valve dampers, torque vectoring, a 48V active anti-roll system and, for the first time on a Flying Spur S, an electronic limited-slip differential — the new car is the most driver-focused version Bentley has produced under this name. Power comes from the High Performance Hybrid V8 at 680 PS and 930 Nm, translating to 0–60 mph in 3.6 seconds and a 191 mph top speed. Blackline Specification adds gloss black grilles, mirror caps, sill extensions and dark-tint full LED matrix headlamps to match the sporting intent.
Handcraft Meets High Fidelity
The S model expands available seat styles to five, each requiring 12 hours of handcraftsmanship in Crewe, offered in fluted or advanced quilted inserts. At the top of the range sits Mulliner’s Virtuoso Collection: a 21-speaker Naim for Mulliner audio system using drivers derived from Focal’s Grand Utopia range, finished with Champagne Gold detailing across exterior and interior alike. A new Dark Teal paint — a mid-blue metallic with green undertones — joins the palette. Production begins in September, with deliveries due in the fourth quarter of 2026.
The Flying Spur has always been the quieter overachiever in Bentley’s lineup. On this evidence, it has decided to make some noise.
