2017 Bentley Flying Spur V8 S AWD

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing2017 Bentley Flying Spur V8 SVIN SCBEH9ZA7HC059722 | 23,560 milesA Flying Spur is built to be traveled in. The V8 S is the one Bentley built for the owner who intends to keep the keys.Why We Acquired This VehicleThe Flying Spur is Bentley's four-door grand tourer, and this second generation is the one that dropped the Continental name from the model entirely - a signal from Crewe that it was to be judged as its own car rather than as a sedan derived from the coupe. The V8 S sits above the standard V8, with more power and a firmer, more responsive chassis calibration. It is the version aimed squarely at the owner who does the driving rather than the owner who sits in the back, without giving up anything in the rear compartment for the times when the roles reverse.What made this example worth taking is the coherence of how it was ordered. It is black on black on black - the paint, the hide, the wheels, and the lamp lenses all darkened, with the exterior brightwork deliberately taken out of the equation years before Bentley began offering that treatment as a factory package. The rest of the specification follows the same logic and goes to the things an owner actually experiences: the audio, the roof, the driving aids, and the small hand-finished details inside and under the hood. The verified appointments are detailed in full below.It is finished in Beluga Solid over a Beluga interior - Bentley's deep, unmetallic black, which on a car of this length reads as formal and slightly sinister rather than merely dark. At 23,560 miles across eight years it has been used sparingly and shows the kind of history we look for in a car of this weight and complexity: driven regularly enough to stay healthy, never hard enough to be worn out.At a GlanceHighlights Naim for Bentley Premium Audio System 21-Inch Black Machined Wheels Electric Glass Tilt and Slide Sunroof with Solar-Powered Cooling Dark Tint Front and Rear Lamps Adaptive Cruise Control Heated 3 Spoke Steering Wheel Jewel Fuel and Oil Filler Caps Seat Piping Deep Pile Overmats to Front and Rear Exterior: Beluga Solid | Interior: Beluga 23,560 miles 4.0-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 ZF 8-Speed Automatic Transmission All-Wheel Drive SCBEH9ZA7HC059722+ Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specificationThe Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to FinishOur PerspectiveAt Perfect Auto Collection, we do not measure a vehicle by its badge alone. We ask a quieter question: how does it present, and would we be proud to place it in our own collection?This Flying Spur answers before it is started. An all-Beluga car with darkened lamps and dark wheels is a difficult specification to get right - done carelessly it looks like an airport car, and done well it looks like nothing else on the road. This one is the second. The proportions carry the color, the hide inside is deep enough to give a monochrome cabin texture rather than flatness, and the whole car reads as a single considered decision rather than a set of boxes checked at random. Add the S chassis and the V8 underneath, and it is a Bentley we are entirely comfortable putting our name against.Why Enthusiasts Value This ModelBentley builds two kinds of fast four-door car, and the informed argument has always been about which engine belongs in this one. The W12 has the prestige and the outright numbers. The V8 has less mass over the front axle, and the difference is felt in the first corner - the car turns in more willingly and feels lighter on its feet without giving up the effortlessness that is the entire point of a Bentley. The S specification then adds power and a firmer chassis on top of that advantage.The other half of the appeal is how these cars are made. Flying Spur interiors are trimmed by hand at Crewe, with hides selected and cut by people rather than machines and wood veneers mirrored across the cabin so the grain runs symmetrically. It is genuinely labor-intensive work, and it is the reason the cabin of an eight-year-old Flying Spur still feels more expensive than the interior of most new cars.What informed buyers look for is specific: the S rather than the standard V8, a specification ordered with a point of view instead of at random, mileage that reflects careful use, and evidence of proper maintenance on a car with two turbochargers and air suspension. Those are the examples worth seeking out, because with a Bentley the specification and the service history are what separate a listing that claims a car is special from one that can show it.Factory and Vehicle HighlightsNaim for Bentley Premium Audio SystemThe Naim for Bentley system is the range-topping audio available in the Flying Spur, built around eleven custom BMR speakers and Dirac Dimensions digital processing. The bass units occupy space that would otherwise be trunk capacity.Why it matters: Naim builds reference home audio in Salisbury and engineers these systems specifically for the cabin they sit in, rather than adapting a catalog product. The balanced-mode radiator drivers used here disperse sound far more evenly across a wide cabin than conventional cone speakers, which is why the rear passengers hear the same mix as the driver. That it costs trunk volume tells you Bentley refused to compromise the system to protect the brochure figure.21-Inch Black Machined WheelsThe car rides on 21-inch wheels in a black machined finish, with the spoke faces cut bright against the darkened body of the wheel.Why it matters: Twenty-one inches is the largest fitment offered on this generation, and it is what keeps a car of this length from looking under-wheeled. The machined finish is the detail that makes the all-black specification work - a fully black wheel would disappear into th