Vehicle Description
2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed - One Owner - $378k New - 6.75L Twin
Turbo V8 (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this Bentley
Mulsanne Speed on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site,
it's possible that you've only seen some of our many photographs of
this vehicle due to website limitations. To be sure you access all
the more than 220 photographs, please go to our main website:
GarageKeptMotors.) The Bentley Mulsanne Speed will allow its
adaptive cruise control, a $3,895 option, to be set as high as 155
mph. �€"Jeff Sabatini, Car and Driver As difficult as it is to
capture in a single sentence just how special an automobile a
Bentley Mulsanne Speed is, the quote above does a pretty good job.
And yes, you read it correctly: the car's cruise control alone cost
roughly the same as a used '91 Honda EX wagon, and could be set to
deliver a constant speed probably double what the old Honda would
do. Is a Bentley Mulsanne Speed more car than most people can put
to good use? Perhaps. But is it also a car that will deliver a
fantasy-level, illegal-drug-like, OMG! automotive experience most
people can only dream about? Without question. Numbers do not do
this car justice, but they do help tell a story. For starters, the
Speed model came at a $31,900 premium over a standard Mulsanne. For
the fiscally conscious, the window sticker (seen in the
accompanying gallery) tells the full tale. Of course, it may be a
bit gauche to dwell on option pricing for a car costing close to
$400,000 originally. And even at that price, most original
purchasers got no discount, probably fearing they'd appear gauche
themselves, had they asked for one. Then there are the
power-related numbers. The Mulsanne Speed was propelled by a
16-valve, aluminum-block, 6.75-liter, twin-turbocharger V8
producing 530 horsepower. And torque? An astonishing 811 lb-ft. The
car's 0-60 time of 4.8 seconds was fast by any standard, but
remarkably so for a 6,000-pound vehicle. One other smaller, but no
less telling a number: 4. That's the number of seating positions,
because... well, who wants to be crowded? And 4 also happens to be
the number of city umbrellas suspended in the cargo area because,
if you don't like being crowded, you're probably not too keen on
getting drenched. Noteworthy as all these numbers are, appreciating
the Bentley Mulsanne Speed offered here is far more sensual than
financial. Consider just a few of its manifest pleasures. Outside,
the sculpted flying B hood ornament, bespoke grille, projection
road lights, and tri-oval LED taillights unmistakably say Bentley,
but do so without shouting. The understated Beluga exterior opens
to reveal the Hotspur red hand-crafted, diamond-stitched leather
interior, sure to generate appreciative ahhhs from fortunate
passengers. And they'll have plenty more opportunities for that
response: carbon-fiber finishes delight the eyes; massage-function
rear seats delight the, um, derriere; a 20-speaker stereo delights
the ears; powered window shades delight privacy-seekers; DVD
screens that appear from the headliner and iPads included in the
tray tables delight rear-seat passengers of any age; a 200-mph
speedometer delights any would-be driver. As to what this Bentley
of Bentleys is like to drive, here's Automobile Magazine's Eric
Weiner's description: The thrust from the Speed's revised
twin-turbo V-8 is simply monumental.... yet ...the Mulsanne Speed
is never startling or disconcerting. The car is ...so quiet and
refined that it barely even feels as if it's touching the road. And
finally, The Bentley Mulsanne is no sports car, but the firmer air
suspension, heavier steering, and more animated eight-speed
transmission in Sport mode are convincingly invigorating. The more
than 220 photographs of this Bentley Mulsanne Speed presented on
the GarageKeptMotors website are probably as close and detailed a
view of this remarkable automobile as most people will ever get. No
doubt many folks will
