2010 Bentley Mulsanne ultimate luxury

When Bentley parted ways with Rolls-Royce in 1998, it still had some co-developed models in its line-up. The last of those, the Arnage sedan, has finally been replaced with a new flagship sedan, the Mulsanne, representing Bentley's new beginning under Volkswagen ownership.

Designed for absolute luxury, the Mulsanne gets a cabin filled with detailed coachwork, a powerful and sophisticated power train, Volkswagen's latest navigation system, and an outstanding audio system from Naim.

We spent some time looking over the Muslanne's details at the 2010 Detroit auto show and found a cabin that is covered in impeccable materials. The few plastics used for buttons are wrapped in metal enclosures, while the shifter is a big, wooden spindle topped by metal brightwork. Its wood details have matching grains from side to side. At this level of luxury, customers can opt for a wide variety of cabin materials and colors, or go completely bespoke.

2010 Bentley GTC Speed

2010 Bentley Continental GTC Speed
The Bentley Continental GT has been lauded and derided for being too much: too powerful, too fast, too easy, too big, too ubiquitous, and yes, too good. The convertible version, the Continental GTC, dismissed its roof but retained the excess. Now, Bentley has worked its "Speed" hocus-pocus in order to create a new variant of everyone's favorite over-the-top drop-top and Crewe's mad scientists have taken a vehicle that's already cranked to eleven and turned it up a notch or two... or three. Gloriously excessive excess awaits after the jump.

2010 Bentley Continental Supersports

2010 Bentley Continental Supersports

Teaser shots for Bentley's new 2010 Continental Supersports have been making their way round the internet for the past couple of weeks, but today Bentley was finally ready to unleash exhaustive details on their new E85-capable 621 horsepower Continental Supersports 2 seat supercar.

The Continental Supersports shares most body pieces and drivetrain architecture with the Continental GT Speed, though both interior and exterior have been beefed up to handle all that extra power. New are larger standard 20 inch wheels with what Bentley boasts are the largest and strongest brakes on any production car.

The Continental Supersports also gets a trick automatically deploying rear spoiler that is completely hidden in the sublime bodywork. Wider track relative to Continental GT Speed models necessitates new flared fenders, and enlargened inlets feed air through the twin-turbocharged air intake system.

E85 ethanol, while clean-burning and mostly eco-friendly, is more corrosive than conventional gasoline. Thus, Bentley has replaced most of the engine internals in its turbocharged W12 powerplant. All the rings, seals and gaskets are unique to the Continental Supersports, meaning a greater focus on extreme performance is possible with this engine.

The Continental Supersports gets a modified version of the AWD system found in lesser Continental models. In this application, the AWD system distributes 40 percent torque to the front wheels and 60 percent to the rear by default. Through the use of electronic locking differentials torque can be reapplied as the situation requires, naturally.

The 2010 Bentley Continental Supersports currently has a release date this Spring, though Bentley says US models are still waiting on regulators' approval to run on the E85 spewing out of North American pumps. The car is adequately engineered, and the British motor company expects full ethanol certification by August.

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.”