2020 Bentley Flying Spur spied winter testing in Europe

The current

Bentley Continental GT

made its debut about a year and a half ago at the

Frankfurt Motor Show

. The big British coupe was joined about a year later by

a drop-top variant

, but there’s been little word on the four-door model, the

Bentley Flying Spur

. We saw some

spy shots

last May of the car

testing at the Nürburgring

, and today we have a new batch of the

Flying Spur

doing winter testing in Europe. We don’t know when the car might debut, but don’t rule out a surprise reveal at next week’s

Geneva Motor Show

.

The cars in these photos are nearly uncovered. That said, if you’re not paying attention, you may not notice much difference.

Bentley

has taken the

Porsche

approach to design, evolving the same basic formula rather than issuing a ground-up redesign. The lighting has all been updated, with larger lenses both front and rear. The smaller secondary headlights have moved further out on the front fenders. The upper and lower grilles, too, are larger, taking up a majority of the front end. The profile is generally unchanged, though some of the lines appear to be a little sharper, giving the Flying Spur a more muscular appearance.

Expect the 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 to soldier on

. In the

Continental

, the engine makes

626

horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. The Flying Spur should get a similar output. As on the coupe, expect a V8 and

plug-in hybrid variant

to follow in the next few years.

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