在2018款欧陆GT发布之后，宾利开始在公开路面测试其更实用，内部空间更宽敞的飞驰。这款车与保时捷Panamera有很多共同之处。新款飞驰预计将与双门的欧陆GT轿跑车采用相同的渐进式改款。从照片看，这辆车进行了重度伪装，车身侧面和车头及车位都蒙上了黑色胶布。具备典型宾利范儿的前大灯也被胶带所遮盖，虽然如此，但预计飞驰的前大灯与2018看欧陆GT一样，因为，该车的尾灯组与欧陆GT一样，同样采用圆形设计。由此判断，前大灯设计也将类似欧陆GT。虽然这次没有拍到内装照片，但先前发布的欧陆GT轿跑车可以让我们准确推测出飞驰的内装，这两款车在很多方面都是共享的。飞驰更长的轴距将为后排乘客提供更宽敞腿部空间。如果觉得这还不够，宾利还有更大的慕尚及其长轴距版本。这辆测试车搭载了新的W12引擎，该引擎以及提供给添越和欧陆GT。在添越上的功率为600马力，在欧陆GT上的功率为626马力，扭矩同为900牛米。飞驰不会是大众旗下唯一一款搭载6.0升引擎的轿车，该引擎同时还将提供给新一代辉腾高端版本。这辆大众全尺寸轿车还在计划中，但由于柴油门丑闻和电动车版本，该车将推迟至2020年发布。而下一代飞驰将作为2019看车型于明年上市。
2019 Bentley Flying Spur Caught Testing With New W12 Engine
Hot on the heels of the Continental GT’s reveal, Bentley was seen testing on public roads its more practical and roomier companion, the Flying Spur. Set to have many things in common with the Porsche Panamera, the stately sedan is expected to adopt the same evolutionary design as its sportier two-door counterpart.
As you can see, the peeps from Crewe were being quite generous with the camouflage as the sides of the car were covered by black tape also used to mask most of the front and rear ends. In typical Bentley fashion, the headlights were hiding behind some fake stickers, but we don’t have to look very far to see the real ones as these will probably be similar to those of the 2018 Continental GT.Judging by the dotted circular shape of the taillights’ graphics, it appears the prototype had provisional clusters on top of which the British luxury marque slapped on yet more stickers with a design mimicking the rear lights of the previous Continental GT.
While spy shots of the interior are not available at the time of writing, the coupe unveiled earlier this week should provide an accurate picture of what to expect from the four-door model. Needless to say, the Flying Spur’s longer wheelbase will grant significantly more rear legroom. If that still won’t be enough, there will always be the bigger Mulsanne and its gargantuan Extended Wheelbase version for those willing to pay the hefty premium.
Like we’ve mentioned in the title, the prototype was being tested with the new W12 already powering the Bentayga and the recently introduced Continental GT. It develops 600 hp in the opulent SUV and 626 hp in the coupe, with both sharing the same 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque. As a side note, the Flying Spur wasn’t supposed to be the only sedan from the Volkswagen Group to be blessed with the latest biturbo 6.0-liter engine as the VW core brand had plans for a new Phaeton with this high-end mill. The fullsize sedan from Wolfsburg is still on the agenda, but it has been delayed until around 2020 because of the Dieselgate and it will likely return exclusively as an EV.
Meanwhile, the next-gen Flying Spur is slated to arrive at some point in 2018 as a 2019MY.