Bentley’s most expensive series-production car yet made its public debut at the show. The Flying Spur Mulliner will be the third member of the Bentley Mulliner Collections line-up offered by the Crewe firm’s bespoke coachbuild division, joining top-end versions of the Continental GT coupé and convertible. The V8 model costs from £220,100, while the W12 variant starts at £230,400. In a first for the Mulliner division, the Flying Spur will also be offered with a plug-in hybrid powertrain, although prices for this haven’t yet been confirmed.
While it didn’t appear in the metal, the Bolide was confirmed to be Bugatti’s next production car in an announcement at The Quail. The French firm will produce 40 examples to be sold at €4 million (£3.4m) each, aiming to deliver the 1578bhp hypercar to customers in 2024. The Bolide weighs just 1450kg and makes use of Bugatti’s quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 engine, which powers all four wheels. Its dramatic bodywork is shaped, unsurprisingly, with aerodynamics in mind. Bugatti claims 1800kg of downforce on the rear wing and 800kg on the front wing at around 200mph.
