The 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed is a car built for the Melanies of this world - Irish Examiner
She rides a vintage Honda motorcycle, has a powerful job producing fashion shows, and speaks four languages, including her native French, which produces the intoxicating accent most men first notice when they speak to her. I drove Mel, along with a few surf dudes the other week in search of some waves unadulterated by hipster hoards and fussy families crowding the water. We took the 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed, a £250,000+ (€343,000) saloon best enjoyed by those fortunate enough to ride in the back seat, for that’s where you access such charms as the champagne cooler, automatic foldout polished-wood work tables,... Mel sat in the rear. Here’s the deal: The Mulsanne Speed has a twin-turbocharged pushrod 16-valve, V8 aluminium block engine. Using an 8-speed automatic transmission (manual shifting mode included) pushing its rear-wheel drive, that 530-horsepower engine gets this 6,000-plus pound brute to 60mph (96. 5kph) in 4. 8 seconds. Top speed hovers near 200mph. For reference, that’s just a hair slower than the hypertuned 2016 BMW B6 Alpina I drove last week. Driving it feels like commanding a cloud: The vehicle seems to hover imperceptibly above concrete as it surges forward on the wind. those ungodly thick windows span the entire front, rear, and sides of the car. Source: www.irishexaminer.com
