The 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed Is Like Driving a Cloud - MSN Autos
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, out to Montauk 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 $335,600 sedan 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, and $30,000... Mel sat in the rear. Here’s the deal: The Mulsanne Speed has a twin-turbocharged pushrod 16-valve, V8 aluminum 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 60 mph in 4. 8 seconds. Torque rates reach 811 foot-pounds of twisting power. Top speed hovers near 200 mph. 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. Source: www.msn.com
