We spent a day in a Flying Spur Speed with punk-rock artists Robert Williams and Suzanne Williams to see if the godparents of rat-rodding might like a different kind of custom car.
yet—although I did get to poke at a Bentayga example on display in the signature Opalite Pearl—Bentley did offer a run-through of each of the current W-12 models. The tour route ran from Venice, California, to the Griffith Observatory to Malibu, and if you're thinking that's an awful lot of sitting in traffic, you're right. But if you have to be stuck on an L.A. freeway, best to do it in a Bentley.
From the convertible to the SUV, the W-12 really is a smooth operator, with plenty of grunt to steal a rare open lane and pampering, cooled, and massaging seats for when you're just sitting there. On the few stretches of open road, I found that, while the Continental has always been a favorite of mine, I was enjoying the Flying Spur even more. Something about how the rear steer makes it corner like a smaller car, but its big footprint intimidates everyone else out of your way.
Christophe Georges, president and CEO of Bentley Motors Americas, admitted there's a challenge ahead of the company to forge the same connections with their electric cars that they have with the rumbling big gas engines. "There's an emotional connection with the engine, the gears. We need to make sure we offer that with an EV when the time comes. There's a reason we didn't rush to be first to market.
The neighborhoods around the lake are not for the weak-hearted parker, with roads barely wider than the Flying Spur, but we slid through without a scratch, and the Williamses declared the car most enjoyable. It only really won them over, though, on the way home. "Oh, you need to get over here," Suzanne instructed, right as a Porsche Cayenne pulled up next to us at the light. When it turned, I put the pedal down, and we surged ahead in the roar of a dozen cylinders.
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