Bentley Mulsanne driven to Le Mans - Auto Express

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The only way to truly test a car like the £220,000 Bentley Mulsanne is to tackle some serious miles in it so we decided a cross-country blast to France would be the only appropriate road test.

[@MathewBMW]

I'm glad Bentley didn't screw up with Mulsanne's design, like they did with Continental Flying Spur and its "brilliant" rear. I just can't get enough of Arnage-Brooklands-Azure 'trio'. Let's wait for Mulsanne's coupé and convertible versions. No 4.0 TFSI, please!

[@solicama]

Superb car...

[@R1doorbar]

I would also add that the engine is also British and is an evolution of the old V8 found in earlier Bentleys and Rolls Royce'. This car has a lot fewer VW components that people think, though without VW Bentley would not be where it is today.

[@Tubleros]

@rapandrnb Im not brittish but he said very clearly in the beginning that the Mulsanne was built from the ground up by Bentley.

[@3XICS]

@IDannyxss This is the Speed version which has slightly improved. :)

[@StingRayINC]

It's an honor to drive the BENTLEY

[@JesperMovies]

nice car!!

[@lhrmeonom]

the camera men in top gear are geniuses.

[@loufadoros20]

@cechchelsea09 i think both have cars are unique, rolls is also awesome too

[@R32Danny]

How come this Bentley Mulsanne looks different from when top gear tested it :P

[@Mephistopheles71]

that vintage bentley is fuckin awesome...

[@EVILSPAWN1000]

The headlights!THE HEADLIGHTS!! It looks like the Phantoms dimwitted cousin...

[@eidure1]

@ADAMYESHOMO It's made in UK. That makes it British. But yes, Bentley is owned by the VW group. That doesn't make it German.

[@venom5809]

Proper car.

[@powersliding]

2.7 tonnes?

[@T966ER]

Literally the only good Mulsanne review on KZbin. Not even kidding, the others are crap.

[@DocWolph]

@rapandrnb And that little fact eats at them a little every day.

[@peterbradshaw8018]

The entire British Royal family are German a mix of the following houses Saxe Coburg Gotha, Hesse or Battenberg Hanover.

[@BomberFletch31]

Mate, I own a Falcon and I love it. But to get one over a Bentley? No friggin way! The two are just not comparable other than the fact that they both have four wheels.

[@TheUberPlayboy]

It has a classic British design and is built in Britain by British people.

[@R1doorbar]

This car has a lot fewer VW components that people think, though without VW Bentley would not be where it is today.

[@romanmanoj]

Hi Matt

[@oldirtybastard213]

yes the funding is german... but its designed and hand built in Britain. so ?

[@thetriplex9365]

4500RPM? That's ancient? I thought this car would murder a Ghost.

[@oldirtybastard213]

except for the fact that its hand built in britain and doesnt have anything to do with Germany ... except for the money used for its development

[@alceuzinho]

@rapandrnb Well, not actually. German money doesn't make it German. It was, unlike the Continental GT, totally developed on Britain, and doesn't have the underpinnings of any other VW Group car.

[@alej469]

@Gabert1k More likely a poor microphone

[@bucketslash11]

redback spyder :D

[@waterbottle1234100]

they're made in England and designed in England. just with VW money.

[@freshjuice9801]

Nice pants.

[@xGabicca]

@rapandrnb Well the company may be owned by Germans, but this car is quintessentially British. British engine, style and above all badge make it a British product.

[@Monkeylabs]

@rapandrnb Sure it's still a good 'people's car', or in German words...

[@vaiol123]

It kind of looks like that Mitsuoka knock off bentley

[@mojojojo911]

I'd take a bentley over a RR. Mainly because RR is on every rappers music video.

[@Gabert1k]

so much roadnoise! is there something wrong? i can barely hear the presenter

[@SeigeCJ]

In the same way Holden is American? What cars do Australia make again? By your theory none.

[@OfficialXionCraft]

Rather a Rolls Royce Drophead Ex-Demo for £230,000 than this.

[@Rage4Liberty]

hahahahahahaha sharp you are ;)

[@Twixx32]

I think nothin is better than british style combined with german solidty

[@baujahr90er]

haha you mean the red one on top gear? didn't look as good as this with albanian dust on it hahaha :P

[@cechchelsea09]

i would pick Rolls Royce Phantom or ghost and they r better look then Bentley Mulsanne

[@graciousSenor]

No, actually. Just as Jaguar is owned by Tata (an Indian company) but manufactured in Great Britain, Bentley is owned by a German company but manufactured and very much designed by Brits. Same with Lamborghini being owned by Audi (VW), but maintaining its Italian heritage. How you got so many up-votes on such misinformation amazes me..

[@1258-Eckhart]

hmm, the Bentley's okay but Watson's a bit okayer

[@sspope]

Well, there's one review where they compared this to the Continental and the Mulsanne handled like crap by comparison. Now, before you start blabling that "this car is not about handling", you should know that the very same Continental beat the Rolls Royce Ghost in noise levels, overall comfort and handling again of course. So apparently that old the Phaeton platform is still better. Just get the Continental, I'm done here.

[@realestateinsfv]

It's weird looking at someone drive on the left side of the road. I've been to the United Kingdom and if you don't look both ways for traffic, you may get hit. Love the car though.

[@connerwylie8238]

This and the Phantom, the Germans are rather good at being British.

[@ThomasWilliams89]

yes because Parliament forbade Catholics from inheriting the crown in the Act of Settlement, so it passed on to the closest relative who was Protestant, hence the House of Hanover inheriting the throne.

[@Rightonrightoff]

omg, Britain needs better roads.

[@iantownsend5480]

Monaro

[@Akelehimarenge]

nothing is British nowadays.........:P

[@rapandrnb]

"proud to be british" very Ironic dont thou think ? considering the car is literally German...

[@Aurora_v_cali]

Its not britishhhhh its german:)

[@86kinky86]

W would pick a Mercedes AMG (any) and a truckload of prostitues and a basket full of cocaine.