2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed vs. 2016 Mercedes-Maybach S600 - Motor Trend
Over in England, one could make the case that Bentley had been running in zombie mode from 1931 (when Rolls bought it) right up until the recently departed Ferdinand Piëch stapled the British luxury brand into Volkswagen's portfolio during the... The Mulsanne, however, introduced at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, shares virtually nothing with nobody. Big, imposing, with a hand-wrought interior and an incredibly potent 6. 8-liter, twin-turbo V-8 under its bonnet, the Mulsanne is ex-Bentley boss Franz-Josef Paefgen's departing salvo. Last year, Bentley decided that 752 lb-ft of torque wasn't nearly enough, so it launched the Mulsanne Speed with 811 lb-ft of twist. The Maybach gets a "detuned" version of the hand-built M275 AMG 6. 0-liter, twin-turbo V-12. Instead of 621 horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque, Mercedes dials the output back to just 523 hp and 612 lb-ft of torque. I've already mentioned the Mulsanne Speed's ridiculous 811 lb-ft of torque, so I'll add that the big V-8 makes 530 hp, as well. The Maybach is the quicker of the two, hitting 60 mph in 4. 8 seconds compared with 5 flat for the Bentley. This quickness carries over to the quarter mile where the S600 takes 13. 2 seconds moving at 110. 9 mph to the Speed's 13. 6 seconds at 103. 3 mph. Aside from a near 700-pound weight penalty, the Bentley just doesn't hook up. In fact, the non-Speed Mulsanne with only 505 hp and 752 lb-ft of torque hits. Source: www.motortrend.com
