2014 Bentley Flying Spur Driven: Softer, Speedier, and More Expensive

Like the members of your local Lions Club in their private moments, the auto industry is obsessed with stiffness. It seems that every model redesign brings boasts of increased torsional rigidity, augmented bending stiffness, and firmer suspensions. Not this time. Bentley claims the 2014-model Flying Spur's front and rear air springs are 10 and 13 percent softer, respectively, than its predecessor's. It goes on to say that the new model's front and rear anti-roll bars are 13 and 15 percent less starchy. And bushings throughout the suspension are described as anywhere from 25 to 38 percent more flocculent than the outgoing car's. (Rest assured, Rotary Club members, the body shell's torsional rigidity is said to improve by four percent.) READ MORE ›› from Car and Driver Blog http://blog.caranddriver.com

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