Ice, ice, Bentley

BENTLEY is returning to the ice in 2014 with a new and extended programme of slippery driving challenges for well-heeled customers.

Popular demand for the company’s exclusive – and massively expensive – Power on Ice experiences has led to an increase in the number of days Bentley is to set up shop at its erstwhile base in the north of Finland, around 37 miles from the Arctic Circle.

As ever, ice- and snow-driving specialist Juha Kankkunen, who also happens to be a four-time World Rally Championship winner, will be on hand to tutor paying guests in the delicate art of driving a performance car in difficult conditions.

The latest star of Power on Ice, which can cost participants more than €13,000 to take part, is the new Flying Spur. Its 6.0-litre W12 engine can take the two-tonne car to 200mph – on tarmac at least.

Kankkunen himself piloted a Bentley Supersports Convertible to 205mph on the Finnish ice earlier this year, breaking the ice driving speed record in the process.

He will offer in-depth tuition on how to drive an assortment of Bentleys, including the Continental GT V8, in a fast, controlled way that should stand the guests in good stead should their own Bentleys achieve the unlikely and break traction on the road.

By Press Association reporter