2010 Bentley Mulsanne

• Key Competitors: Rolls-Royce Phantom and Maybach
  
  if you remember who they are.
• Power: 6.75L twin-turbocharged V8 – 505-hp / 752 lb-ft of torque.
• Transmission: ZF 8-speed automatic.
• Availability: On sale now.
• Pricing: $285,000.

Since Bentley was not present at the 2009 LA Auto Show last month, it decided to come to Detroit with its new flagship sedan – the 2010 Bentley Mulsanne.

Bentley Mulsanne

Bentley Motors

pulled the wraps off the all-new Bentley Mulsanne flagship sedan at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Designed and engineered at Crewe from the ground-up, the new Mulsanne “reaffirms the marque’s intent to create a new flagship Bentley with refined performance and unparalleled levels of luxury with the coach building elegance for which the marque has long been renowned.”

OK Bentley Boys, let’s see what you got.

Bentley Series 51 Continental Pricing

Bentley Series 51 Continental
The Series 51 package, available on the Continental range’s GT, GT Speed, GTC and GTC Speed models, will start at $192,750, which gets you behind the wheel of the GT coupe model. From here on, prices start to rise depending on how much you wish to customize your vehicle and with thousands of configurations available through Bentley’s expansive color and trim catalogue, things could start to get very expensive very quickly.

Bentley Mulsanne

Bentley Motors pulled the wraps off the all-new Bentley Mulsanne flagship sedan at this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Designed and engineered at Crewe from the ground-up, the new Mulsanne “reaffirms the marque’s intent to create a new flagship Bentley with refined performance and unparalleled levels of luxury with the coach building elegance for which the marque has long been renowned.”

Bentley Series 51 Continental GTC prices start at $192,750

Bentley’s press conference at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show consisted of two things – the Bentley Mulsanne (which we’ll post about in just a few) and this special-edition Series 51 Continental GTC. The Series 51 package will be available on the Continental range’s GT, GT Speed, GTC and GTC Speed models

What’s so special about the Series 51 package? Well besides the starting price of $192,750 for the GT Coupe model, it provides thousands of configurations available through Bentley’s expansive colour and trim catalogue.

2010 Bentley Mulsanne

Bentley Motors, a manufacturer of cars that offers the world’s most exclusive driving experience showcase the new Mulsanne last August 16, 2009 at Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance in Monterey California. Mulsanne is Bentley’s all-new flagship grand tourer. This prestigious car is envisioned, fashioned, and engineered at the company’s headquarters in Crewe, England.

Mulsanne, which has a new and distinctive platform, is designed and inspired by Bentley’s founder W.O. Bentley. Engineers of the company were asked to create a car that would serve as the peak of British luxury motoring. As the result of their passionate engineers, they come up with a luxury grand tourer that offers a new standard of comfort, easy performance, and handcrafted sophistication. The 8 litre Mulsanne is created with the help of the guiding principles that were also used when Bentley manufactured a grand luxury car that is able to surpass every other leading manufacturer during the year 1930. The original Mulsanne 8 litre can reach a speed of more than 100 mph. Its performance is breathtaking and the quality unquestionable. Its mechanical details truly showcase the W.O. Bentleys unique stamp and it also exhibits the most vivid demonstration of a manufactured car without compromise. Mulsanne will also be displayed during the IAA Frankfurt Motor Show this September 15-27, 2009 and will be on sale in the mid 2010.

Bentley Motors to introduce 'Mulsanne' super-luxury car by 2011 in India

2010 Bentley Mulsanne

Bentley Motors, which had unveiled its new flagship model – the Mulsanne – at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event in August this year, is looking to launch it in the Indian market too, probably in the next couple of years if media reports are to be believed.

According to Business Standard, though the details of the launch have not been officially confirmed, it has been learnt that the super-luxury car will be handcrafted as per the customers and will attract over 100 per cent import duty. It is to be mentioned that the British ultra-luxury carmaker had already announced that production of the car will start early next year globally. Prices for the 2010 Bentley Mulsanne will start at £220,000 (Rs. 1.69 crore) in the UK, which means this V8-engined luxury grand tourer is likely to cost more than Rs. 3.5 crore when it finally comes to India, which will probably not happen before 2011. Like all its other models, the aforesaid model would be rolled out from its factory in Crewe, England.

The car is equipped with a revised version of Bentley’s 6.8-litre twin-turbo V8, which produces 512 horsepower and 1,020Nm of torque. The new Bentley Mulsanne will go on sale in the US and in Europe by mid-2010 and was also displayed at the forthcoming IAA Frankfurt Motor Show (15-27th September, 2009) where Bentley will provide additional information about the car.

The Mulsanne is inspired by the company founder W.O. Bentley’s crowning achievement in 1930, the Bentley 8-litre, which was first shown in 1930 and 100 units of which were built from 1930-31. Conceived, styled and engineered entirely at Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, England, the Mulsanne, with its completely new platform, will go into production in 2010. The car will be made in a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility within the Crewe factory in the UK.

According to Bentley, “Expression of interest in the new Mulsanne easily exceeds 2010 production targets for the car, which will be built at the company’s facility in Crewe, in the UK. To give you an idea of exactly how a Bentley Mulsanne is in a different league from, say, a Mercedes-Benz S-Class or a BMW 7 Series car, the Mulsanne will be offered in 114 paint colours, 21 carpet colours, nine wood veneers and 24 interior leather hides. Hand-built to a large extent, each Mulsanne will take up to nine weeks to assemble.”

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