---
title: "The New Bentley Flying Spur W12 S Blasts Through the 200 MPH Barrier"
description: "It's the first four-door Bentley to blow past the double-century mark. "
date: "2016-09-07"
modified: "2016-09-07"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5120/the-new-bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-blasts-through-the-200-mph-barrier"
categories:
  - "Bentley News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "200 MPH"
  - "bentley"
  - "Flying Spur"
  - "luxury"
  - "sedan"
---

# The New Bentley Flying Spur W12 S Blasts Through the 200 MPH Barrier

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/new_bentley_flying_spur_w12_s_hero_.jpg>)
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For the rich who hate driving but desire the ability to gloat until world's end about their vehicle's supercar-spec top speed, [Bentley's new Flying Spur W12 S](<https://www.bentleymedia.com/release/780/>) is perfection on wheels. We hope those chauffeurs already took the time to earn their [Skip Barber certificates](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/4151/five-things-i-learned-at-skip-barbers-advanced-racing-school>).

By putting its 626-horsepower, 6.0-liter, twin-turbocharged W12 motor to work, the [Flying Spur W12 S​ can hit 60 miles per hour from a standstill in 4.2 seconds](<https://www.bentleymedia.com/release/780/>). If you want to compare apples to electric pizzas, [it isn't Tesla P100D quick](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/4971/the-tesla-model-s-p100d-is-here-does-0-60-in-2-5-seconds>), but it holds up pretty well for a leather-and-wood-lined sled that weighs in around three tons. And the Tesla can't match the Bentley's devastating top speed of 202 miles per hour.

![bentley flying spur W12 S sedan 200 mph the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-inline-1.jpg>)
*The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S, *Bentley**

That absurd maximum velocity makes this car the first four-door Bentley ever to have an official top speed of more than 200 mph. To help climb it up there as quickly as possible, the car uses its rear-biased all-wheel-drive at launch; to help it slow down, which we assume people will probably sometimes want to do, owners can order their space shuttle-like Flying Spurs with carbon ceramic brakes.

Of course, this is a Bentley, so there's a lot more to it than speed. To keep passengers in the new Flying Spur W12 S satisfied, Bentley is using a new suspension configuration which it claims is optimized for comfort without compromising handling. If Bentley isn't pulling a fast one here—and we doubt the company is—it sounds like the new Flying Spur W12 S could potentially be the ultimate *autobahn*-ruler.

![bentley flying spur W12 S sedan 200 mph the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-inline-3.jpg>)
*The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S, *Bentley**

To go along with the massive speed and power, Bentley has changed most of the minor detail pieces around the car to darker=colored trim. That means the W12 S scores a black grille, brake light surrounds, smoked tail lights, optional carbon fiber, and gloss-black 21-inch wheels.

Orders for the new sedan open up sometime at the end of 2016. Pricing has not yet been announced...but we at *The Drive* bet potential buyers aren't all that concerned with such trivial matters.

![bentley flying spur W12 S sedan 200 mph the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-inline-5.jpg>)
*The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S, *Bentley**

![bentley flying spur 200 mph the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-inline-4.jpg>)
*The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S, *Bentley**

![bentley flying spur W12 S sedan 200 mph the drive](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bentley-flying-spur-w12-s-inline-2.jpg>)
*The Bentley Flying Spur W12 S, *Bentley**

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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