EddieX

Budget friendly Bentley? Is that a thing?

Well this one is a great example of the beauty of depreciation. 2022 Bentley Continental Flying Spur, 50k miles, easily $250,000 when new, now for sale for $125,000. Obviously the caveat here is its still a very expensive car with very expensive running costs, and this one was properly driven and used with some proper miles on it, so make sure you save your pennies for maintenance costs.

Another interesting quirk of this specific Flying Spur is the plug-in hybrid powertrain. No twin turbo V8, no silky smooth W12, instead this borrows the Audi RS and Porsche Panamera twin turbo V6 and pairs it with a hybrid system. You get some electric range, you get solid power and torque numbers, but you lose the active anti-roll bars and rear steer, plus the V6 just feels a little un-Bentley-like under load.

Regardless, the interior is still proper Bentley, covered in quilted leather and actual metal, you still have a proper dash clock, the crystal headlights are gorgeous and it looks menacing all murdered out.

50% off depreciated Bentley or a brand new Mercedes S-Class? I’d probably go for the Bentley and just save a couple thousand dollars for those possible ownership costs.

Thanks to for letting me take the car for a drive, full review is up!