Bentleys have worn the Continental Flying Spur name on two quite different classes of four-door cars since 1957.
The first is a four-door saloon body made to special order by coachbuilders H. J. Mulliner & Co. (later Mulliner Park Ward) on a Bentley Continental chassis. These bodies were built in London on the various specification chassis made in Crewe between 1957 and 1966.
The second is a standard manufacturer's catalogue car, a four-door standard production line version of Bentley's own Crewe factory-built Continentals.
Both may be described as four-door variants of 2-door Bentley Continentals.
| Bentley timeline, 1920s–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| type / class |
1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | ||||||||||||||||
| Bentley Motors Limited (1919–1931) |
Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors (1931) Limited (1931–1980) |
Vickers plc Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors (1931) Limited (1980–1998) |
Volkswagen Group (1998–>) |
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| coachbuilder's open 2/4 seater |
3 L | 4½ L 6½ L Speed Six |
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| coachbuilder's large saloon coupé or convertible |
6½ L Speed Six 8 L |
4L 3½ 4¼L Mark V |
Mark VI | R | S1 S2 S3 |
T | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C o n t |
Continental S1 Continental S2 Continental S3 |
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| cars with Bentley own-factory coachwork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| large saloon |
Mark VI | R | S1 S2 S3 |
T1 | T2 | Mulsanne | Brooklands | Arnage | Mulsanne | |||||||||||||||||
| Turbo R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coupé | Corniche | Continental R/S/T | Br. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| convertible | Corniche | Continental | Azure | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bentleys on the Volkswagen platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| large saloon |
Continental Flying Spur |
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| coupé | Continental GT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| convertible | C GTC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| founder: Walter Owen Bentley • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bentley automobile timeline, 1980–2003 — next » | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| type / class |
1980s | 1990s | 2000s | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| saloon | Eight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mulsanne | Mulsanne S | Brooklands | Arnage | Arnage RL/R | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mulsanne Turbo | Turbo R | Turbo RT | Arnage Red Label | Arnage T | ||||||||||||||||||||
| coupé | Continental R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Continental S | Continental T | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| convertible | Corniche | Continental | Azure | |||||||||||||||||||||
| colour code: | Silver Shadow-based | Mulsanne-based | Arnage-based | |||||||||||||||||||||
| founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| « previous — Bentley automobile timeline, 1998–present a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group | ||||||||||||||
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| type / class |
1990s | 2000s | 2010s | |||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| saloon | Arnage | Continental Flying Spur | ||||||||||||
| Red Label | Arnage R/T | New Mulsanne | ||||||||||||
| Arnage RL | ||||||||||||||
| coupé | Continental R | Continental GT | ||||||||||||
| Continental T | Brooklands Coupé | |||||||||||||
| convertible | Continental GTC | |||||||||||||
| Azure | Azure | |||||||||||||
| colour code: | Old Mulsanne-based | Arnage-based | Continental GT-based | New Mulsanne-based | ||||||||||
| founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the Volkswagen Group • Bentley Boys • Bentley Speed 8 | ||||||||||||||
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