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CarsLore / Compare / Large cars / Flying Spur vs Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid

Bentley Flying Spur vs Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid

Two large cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Bentley Flying Spur leads on 0, the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid on 1.

Where each one leads

Bentley Flying Spur

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid

  • New Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid cars registered in Europe in 2022 average 64 g/km of CO₂ on the WLTP test, against 294 for the Bentley Flying Spur in 2022.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Bentley Flying SpurPorsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
Model years in the US safety record2005–20252017–2023
New cars registered in Europe2,866 (2011–2022)2,694 (2017–2022)
Licensed in the United Kingdom1,208—
On the road in the Netherlands132—
In traffic in Finland—108

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Bentley Flying SpurPorsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
US owner complaints2—
Most complaints aboutElectrical system—
Model year with most complaints2020 (2)—
US recall campaigns73
Manufacturer service bulletins3,3281,191
NHTSA defect investigations—7

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Bentley Flying SpurPorsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid
Official combined fuel use, Canada14.2 l/100 km (2024)—
Real-world use in Europe, petrol14.3 l/100 km—
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe294 g/km64 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe417 kW (560 hp)420 kW (564 hp)
Average mass in running order2,443 kg2,439 kg
Dutch list price when new (median)€336,236—
Average odometer in Finland—91,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).