2014 Bentley Flying Spur W12

Armed with the same twin-turbo 6.0-litre W12 used in the Continental GT, the Flying Spur we have with us today has 616 bhp and 800 Nm at its disposal and is capable of a scarcely credible 0 to 60 time of 4.3 seconds on its way to a top speed of 200 mph.

Never mind ‘Flying Spur’, these things pull more like the Flying Scotsman.

Ironically, although the Flying Spur will get you to wherever you’re going insanely quickly, you’ll probably want to slow down just so that you can spend a bit longer in the luxurious, cossetting embrace of the car’s sumptuous interior which, as ever with offerings from Bentley, is a masterclass in how best to source and deploy the finest hides, veneers and other rare and exotic materials.

The car’s automatic mode will give you the more leisurely pace you’ll need to appreciate the detailing and quality of the interior.

However, if you’d rather ride a tidal wave of torque and hurtle towards the horizon faster than your eyeballs can compute, just pop it into sports mode.

The vendor has owned this car since September 2020, when it was purchased from a collector.

Always used sparingly and maintained diligently, the odometer is showing a very modest 21,461 miles.

The car is finished in striking ‘Granite Grey’ metallic paintwork with an interior that combines ‘Newmarket Tan’ and ‘Beluga’ hides for the upholstery and trim.

By any measure - aesthetic, mechanical or dynamic - it is in exceptional condition.

It is highly specified and features various factory options including fully electric heated seats in the rear, electric rear privacy blinds, personal climate control, sun-roof, reversing camera, and double-glazed windows. 
 

The car presents very well from every angle and is a fine-looking example of the model and the marque.

We think the changes to the rear end on this iteration of the model have very successfully steered it away from the arena of blandness into which its predecessor had inadvertently strayed.

The bodywork is wholly devoid of any dinks, dents, dimples, crease or ripples of any consequence that we can see.

Bentley’s usual precision with panel gaps and shut-lines is evident wherever you cast your gaze.

The paintwork has done a very impressive job of retaining its showroom shine and lustre.

There are a couple of scuffs and scratches at the base of the front valance, one or two stone chips around the front grille and under the headlight clusters, and we noticed a short scratch on the bonnet near the windscreen.

Aside from those issues, which frankly fall under the heading of ‘nit-picking’, even entirely standard chips, scratches and scuffs are far more noticeable for their absence than their presence.

The alloy wheels are in fine condition and appear to be unacquainted with kerbs or other roadside hazards.

They are shod in matching Pirelli P-Zero rubber, which seems to have a decent amount of life left in it.

The car’s light, lenses, badging and other external fixtures and fittings are all beyond reproach or meaningful criticism.
 

There really is a lot of interior in this car - we’ve seen smaller two-bedroom flats - and all of it is a treat for the senses.

Very few manufacturers can do interiors with as much class, taste and style as Bentley (when they’re not working to a brief provided by a footballer or a Dubai-based influencer), and this car is all the proof of that truism we need.

For a start, there’s more soft, supple, brown hide in here than you’d find at a longhorn cattle market.

The ‘Newmarket Tan’ leather upholstery lends the interior a warmly inviting ambience and, needless to say, there are no signs of wear anywhere that we can see, other than a little rubbing on the outer bolster of the driver’s seat backrest.

The carpets are untroubled by use or the passage of time and the lambswool over-rugs are of a thickness sufficient to convince your ankles that your feet have been stolen.

The dark and glossy burr walnut veneers on the dashboard and door cappings wouldn’t look out of place on a Sheraton table and are free of anything so vulgar as a scratch or blemish.  

The headlining and door cards are in very good order, as are the car’s steering wheel, gear selector and other controls.

As far as we are aware, the car’s myriad knobs, buttons, switches, levers, gauges and dials do what they’re told to do promptly and uncomplainingly.

The impressively capacious boot is as faultless as the rest of it.

Basically, if you hadn’t seen the number plate or caught a glimpse of the V5C, you’d think you were looking at a car that left the showroom in the last 11 months, not 11 years ago.
 

The engine bay is very full of a mahoosive W12 engine that produces about as much power as an aircraft carrier.

Most of it is lurking underneath various cowls, but everything visible appears to be clean, dry, present and correct.

And when we say ‘clean’, we mean we’d give it 5 stars on a food hygiene rating, never mind a mechanic’s report.

The car’s undersides suggest that the vehicle wouldn’t recognise snow, sleet, ice, mud or salt if you showed it pictures of them.

Everything looks solid, sound and possessed of lashings of structural integrity.
 

This car comes with a full history file attesting to work carried out and the following service schedule.

•    Jack Barclay - 4,098 miles - 29.5.15
•    Jack Barclay - 6,211 miles - 26.5.16
•    Jack Barclay - 10,493 miles - 31.5.17
•    Jack Barclay - 12,338 miles - 8.5.18
•    Jack Barclay - 15,071 miles - 8.5.19
•    P&A Wood - 19,139 miles - 15.4.21
•    Leslie James - 20,188 miles - 18.5.22
•    Leslie James - 20,465 miles - 18.5.23
•    Leslie James - 20,834 miles - 19.6.24

There are also bills and invoices from Jack Barclay and P&A Wood covering routine maintenance and repair jobs.

It has a recent HPI report, full sets of keys and an MoT certificate, with no advisories whatsoever, that’s valid until 17.3.26.

In fact, we don’t think it’s ever been issued with an advisory by anyone at the Ministry of Transport.
 

We don’t know what the hammer price on this fine machine will be, but we do know that it will be some way shy of the £151,845 it cost when newly purchased from Jack Barclay.

The good news for you is that someone else has taken the big hit of depreciation.

The even better news is that you’ll be getting one of the fastest, most capable and luxurious 4-door engineering masterpieces money can buy.

And the best news of all is that it firmly ticks all the right boxes for condition, low ownership, low mileage and history.

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £35,000 - £40,000.

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