2015 Bentley Mulsanne Speed review notes: When only a motorcar will do - Autoweek
the Mulsanne Speed defines it. It’s insanely heavy because all the metal and wood inside is actually metal and wood. That stuff’s heavy, but rather than compromise on the material quality, Bentley simply adds power and torque -- 811 lb-ft of the stuff from a massive, force-fed pushrod engine, the design of which is older than I am. The carbon emissions from my... The whole thing is completely unnecessary, bordering on immoral, but it’s the best motorcar I’ve ever experienced. All that said, it’s not a particularly fun car to drive. Despite its Peterbilt torque numbers, the Mulsanne is ridiculously large and heavy, and the suspension (even in, ahem, “sport mode”) wallows during steering and braking. It’s the turning and braking part that’s less fun. Braking in particular, despite rotors the size of Ferris wheels, is an unsettling affair as the Mulsanne pitches forward and wobbles a bit on its soft suspension. You should be sitting in back, getting a massage from the reclining leather thrones (really the best descriptor) or sipping champagne from a crystal flute perched atop the motorized retractable leather-covered tray table while watching some sort... That’s the irony: The Mulsanne Speed owner probably isn’t the same as the Mulsanne Speed driver, so braking behavior and the like become largely. Source: autoweek.com
