Bentley Mulsanne Makes Debut In India

Bentley Mulsanne
Exclusive Motors unveil the flagship model of Bentley. Exclusive Motors India Private Limited today unveiled Bentley Mulsanne, the company’s all-new flagship grand tourer, at the British High Commissioner’s residence in New Delhi.

The Mulsanne has been designed and engineered without compromise by Bentley’s craftsmen and engineers to combine refined performance and unparalleled levels of luxury with the coach building elegance for which the marque has long been renowned.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Satya Bagla, Managing Director, Exclusive Motors said “We are pleased to launch Mulsanne in India; the car is a modern statement of luxury driving and grand touring. We have debuted this car in the Indian market for the Bentley car connoisseurs. We are thrilled with the launch of the Mulsanne and are confident that the car will receive an overwhelming response from the patrons of luxury”.

Present at the launch Mr. Chris Buxton, Bentley Regional Director, India said, “India is a very important market for Bentley, our association with Exclusive Motors has been really rewarding and goes back a long way. India is the hub of luxury, the country of the erstwhile Maharaja’s, who were the true patrons of bespoke luxury. We have, in the past received a heartening response from our valued customers and I think the launch of the Mulsanne will truly delight our loyal and discerning audience”.

Production of the Mulsanne will commence at Bentley’s Crewe (England) headquarters in the second quarter of 2010. A newly constructed body production facility, dedicated to Mulsanne, is being completed where leading-edge body assembly technology, such as super forming of the aluminum front wings for superb surface definition, will complement traditional, highly skilled metalworking including hand-brazing of steel joints for a ‘hewn from solid’ appearance.

The Mulsanne will offer customers a degree of choice, when commissioning their cars, which is unmatched in the industry. The luxury Bentley flagship offers a palette of 114 paint colours, 21 carpet colours, nine wood veneers and 24 interior leather hides, all of which will be tanned using a decades-old process to ensure this future classic retains its distinctive scent.

All Bentley cars in the Continental range will be sold as flex-fuel

Going green isn't just for puny little hybrids and self-loathing econoboxes any more. It's now big business, not just for the mainstream, but for even the hyper-luxury types at Bentley. The entire Bentley Continental range will be going flex-fuel capable by June.

We've already seen--and driven--the Bentley Continental Supersports, the first flex-fuel Conti in the line. While that car didn't live up to its green tagline to start, it has since turned the corner into flex-fuel factuality. For an inside look at the reasoning behind Bentley's biofuel work, check out John Voelcker's interview with Bentley's David Reuter at GreenCarReports.

Biofuel isn't the first Bentley foray into greener imagery, however. Last year we detailed the company's plans for introduction of cylinder deactivation to the 2010 Mulsanne.

2010 Bentley Arnage

The new generation Arnage will appear on the market no earlier than 2010. Bentley intends to propose models of Rolls-Royce worthy competitor, therefore, not surprising that model will grow in almost all dimensions and receive new engines.

2010 Grand Bentley

The latest photos of new Bentley.

Grand Bentley received a traditional radiator bars on the sides of which are located on the two lamps in the retro style fitted with LED lights. The main competitor of the new Bentley, which was built in the modernized Audi platform , will become a Rolls-Royce Phantom. The car should get the 8-cylinder engine with eight automatic gearbox ZF.

2010 Bentley Supersports Biofuel

Bentley model with W12 engine operating on alcohol mixture of E85, was high-speed tests at N?rburgring. Bentley Continental Supersports Biofuel - new rear bumper, new exhaust pipes and air ducts at the edges of larger diameter front bumper.

Bentley Continental Supersports For 2010

You have cash to burn, successful career on autopilot and the mansion is finally mortgage-free, you’re in the market for a new car, one that speaks to your success and station in the community. But, you’re also in full mid-life crisis, sentimental for the tearaway youthfulness you now regret suppressing every time you open that second bottle of Chateau Lafite. Indeed, in your last act of impetuousness before children and creeping maturity reared their ugly heads, you owned an Aston Martin. Not one of these new namby-pamby ones, what with their button-down engineering and sophisticated electronics, but a real he-man-of-yesteryear Vantage with eight thundering pistons, a rock-crunching transmission and coil springs stiff enough to suspend the Golden Gate Bridge.

So, you head down to your friendly neighborhood British luxury car dealership only to find that the Aston’s oh-so-low seats that once gripped as you sported about now have you screaming about your arthritic back. As lovely as all sumptuous leather and V12 cacophony is, rampant lust is of no use if you can’t climb into the bed. What to do? You certainly don’t want to head to your friendly Audi, BMW or Mercedes dealers. Ruthlessly engineered their cars may be, but Teutonic efficiency is not nearly as welcoming as British warmth. Besides, everyone has an AMG or M5 parked in their garage and separating yourself from the herd is why you file all those litigious torts.

What about Bentley? Yes, there’s an entire spate of German engineering to its underpinnings, but it’s at least outfitted like a proper English motorcar. And, unlike the Aston, it’s not nearly as hard on geriatric spinal columns. But that’s to be expected, no? Bentleys, after all, are not nearly as sporty as Aston Martins.

That would have been true right up until, well, last week, when I popped into Grand Touring Automobiles, my local Aston/Bentley dealer, and spotted a brand new Continental Supersports conveniently tagged with dealer plates and no scheduled customer test drives for the next three days. For those unfamiliar with this latest Continental, the Supersports is, quite literally, the philosophical progeny of W.O. Bentley’s famed monsters that dominated Le Mans during the 1920s.

2011 Bentley Mulsanne Full Specifications

The Mulsanne is powered by a 6.75-liter V-8 engine rated at 505 horsepower and 752 pound-feet of torque, coming at just 1800 rpm. The car features a range of driving dynamics settings for its air suspension system. The dimensions of the car measure- 219 inches (18.25 feet) in length, 75.8 inches in width, 60 inches in height and weighs in at 5700 pounds.

The car is equipped with many hand-made parts, including the fillet of metal below the rear window. Bentley officials claim that the new car gets the “technological feel of the Continental models with the prestige of the Arnage.” The car has been provided an entirely new platform, thus giving the car a much more modern and expensive look. The average building time for one Mulsanne is 400 hours, among which 200 hours is reserved for hand building. This is about 15 percent longer than the previous Arnage.

Bentley Mulsanne in Europe

Bentley's newest luxury car, the Mulsanne, has been showcased for the first time in Europe at the Geneva Motor Show.

The Crewe-based manufacturer is positioning the Mulsanne as its flagship model, above the Continental Flying Spur.

The grand tourer's design is said to be based on the famed 1950s Bentley S-Type, but with an ultra-modern makeover.

It integrates the most advanced engineering technologies and luxury materials, with new-age features including LED lights and a state-of-the-art "infotainment" system.