RE: Driven: Bentley Mulsanne

[Hammerhead]

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

[edo]

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

[anonymous-user]

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

[P4ROT]

Simps said:

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

+1 Surely VW have some W12 turbo diesels lying around?

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

[anonymous-user]

P4ROT said:

Simps said:

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

+1 Surely VW have some W12 turbo diesels lying around?

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

I've HEARD that Bentley have taken a good look at the idea, but won't go through with it for whatever reason.

[K50 DEL]

P4ROT said:

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

Is a level of fuel economy not to be encouraged, I get that out of a V8 Jeep, this car should be doing 9 - 10mpg really.

If you're going to be a bear........... be a grizzly

[Greenpis]

Love it!

And the back seat is as comfy as a slapper's chest.

Seriously, looks a different car in the flesh.

[Fruitcake]

I really like the look of that

[behappier]

MrLex said:

I was there in edinburgh when they were taking the photos! Turned up to shoot some stuff for a college assignment to find a little crew of snappers and that car plonked right where I was going to shoot...


Bagged a wee shot of the car too


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlex/4546709546/

Good picture - at least as good as PH's shots

[EDLT]

Simps said:

P4ROT said:

Simps said:

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

+1 Surely VW have some W12 turbo diesels lying around?

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

I've HEARD that Bentley have taken a good look at the idea, but won't go through with it for whatever reason.

Marketing says no. Probably.

I think they could create a decent hybrid, except just use the engine to charge the batteries. Electric motors give instant torque that suits a Bentley, the extra weight wouldn't make much difference and they'd have enough space to ram in enough batteries to get through the emissions test just on electric, like Porsche did with the 917.

[vit4]

I have a feeling it'll grow on me, but right now it just reminds me of those Chinese knock-off Rollers Doesn't have the 'wow' factor you'd want if you were buying £200k worth of car imho

[I WISH]

This car is definitely a grower.

I hated it when I first saw it ..... but now after a bit of familiarisation it just looks

F A B U L O U S!!!!

It's what a car like this should look like ...... massive road presence mixed with a weird mixture of quality and strangeness and "fk off I'm bigger and better than anything else on the planet-ness".

I love it. Only problem would be which to have when your ticket comes up .... this or the Phantom?

Might have to have both .... in different colours of course.

The Ghost is an also ran in this company ..... and anyway it's not a real Roller 'cos it don't have a "proper" RR radiator shell.

[Or888t]

I WISH said:

This car is definitely a grower.

I hated it when I first saw it ..... but now after a bit of familiarisation it just looks

F A B U L O U S!!!!

It's what a car like this should look like ...... massive road presence mixed with a weird mixture of quality and strangeness and "fk off I'm bigger and better than anything else on the planet-ness".

I love it. Only problem would be which to have when your ticket comes up .... this or the Phantom?

Might have to have both .... in different colours of course.

The Ghost is an also ran in this company ..... and anyway it's not a real Roller 'cos it don't have a "proper" RR radiator shell.

Your right with the looks/ the headlights but, the ghost beats it hands down for me.
Majorly, fell in love with the thing, it's the purfect car for the segment.

[shoestring7]

Simps said:

P4ROT said:

Simps said:

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

+1 Surely VW have some W12 turbo diesels lying around?

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

I've HEARD that Bentley have taken a good look at the idea, but won't go through with it for whatever reason.

Because only Europe will accept luxury deseasels; their big markets in Asia and the US won't.

To help you get a sense of proportion, eight times as many new cars were sold in China last year compared to the UK.

SS7

[danishMrB]

Great write up - Focused on the car rather than you! I think my heart will always be with the Rolls though.

[Twincharged]

vit4 said:

I have a feeling it'll grow on me, but right now it just reminds me of those Chinese knock-off Rollers Doesn't have the 'wow' factor you'd want if you were buying £200k worth of car imho

Agreed. The front lights and grille also look a bit "stuck on" from the low front 3/4 angle shot too. I also think the interior doesn't have the sense of occasion of the Rolls-Royce offerings; I could understand this when they were updating the Arnage as they had to base it on what was already there, but I think it's the wrong direction for a new car.

[ess]

Sublime

Hopefully this car can rescue the Bentley brand from the thrashing it received courtesy of the Premier league grunts

[P4ROT]

shoestring7 said:

Simps said:

P4ROT said:

Simps said:

Hammerhead said:

4,500 rpm redline?

"Yes m'lady - it's a diesel"

Why Bentley don't produce a Diesel is COMPLETELY beyond me. High Torque/Low revs is what these are all about, and what are diesels good at doing?

+1 Surely VW have some W12 turbo diesels lying around?

I really dislike the talk of smaller engines / quieter exhausts etc etc in the name of greenness but 16.7 mpg in todays climate?

I've HEARD that Bentley have taken a good look at the idea, but won't go through with it for whatever reason.

Because only Europe will accept luxury deseasels; their big markets in Asia and the US won't.

To help you get a sense of proportion, eight times as many new cars were sold in China last year compared to the UK.

SS7

Thats amazing- really puts thinks into perspective- doesn't this mean these countries really need to be doing more to tax fuel etc?

If people in these countries actually tried a diesel engined car they'd probably be very surprised- don't think its anything a hard marketing drive can't fix surely? I mean if they buy eight times as many cars as us thats an even smaller proportion of car buyers the car company has to win over to make it a viable option.

[MrLex]

Such a nice car, especially when seen in the flesh. Has so much presence

[Garlick]

I like it. Not as much as an Arnage but I do like it.