Bentley Grand

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I like it!

Very nice.

Classy, but I don't really care for the lines that separate the lights. I'd prefer they both were place on the same plane.

 

I feel like all cars are getting to bubbly. I like the long, extreme curvy bodies on very early vintage luxury cars, but not on more tame, modern ones. I think I still prefer the Arnage over this.

 

 

So much nicer than those earlier spy shots!

So guys, this or RR Ghost?

 

 

I like them both quite a bit. I'm going to have to reserve my judgments until I see the Bentley's interior.

Well I was certainly wrong with my negative comments based on the spy shots. I love it.

Well I was certainly wrong with my negative comments based on the spy shots. I love it.

 

 

What's the difference between a Bentley Mulsanne and the Grand Bentley?

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/09q3/...photos_and_info

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/09q3/...entley-car_news

 

Car and Driver is showing two different models, the one above saying to be the Mulsanne

What's the difference between a Bentley Mulsanne and the Grand Bentley?

 

Imo it's the same car.

Looks nice. Those giant headlights are a little strange though. Need to see the interior but from the outside I would go with the ghost. I actually like the look of the 09 Arnage T with the new wheels better than this. I am sure though when the T or sport model comes out it will look much better and color makes a big difference as well.

Me likey.

Ghost kills this. The lights are just impossible to get used to.

is ghost and this direct competitors?

Overall profile is nice but those headlights will need getting use to.

 

Take the side mirrors off the Bentley and mount them on the Ghost and we have a winner!

is ghost and this direct competitors?

 

No. The Grand B (now officially the "Mulsanne") is meant to battle the Phantom in price/status/luxury. Brandi or another dealer-rep can chime in about where the car's msrp will be.

 

Better picture of Quasimodo here. Hideous!

 

Overall profile is nice but those headlights will need getting use to.

 

Take the side mirrors off the Bentley and mount them on the Ghost and we have a winner!

 

 

The Ghost's mirrors are awful. Look like they were "inspired" by a Ford F350 truck.

 

Official Press Release:

 

NEW BENTLEY MULSANNE MAKES WORLD DEBUT AT 
PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE, CALIFORNIA

 

(Bentley Motors, Crewe, England) Today, Bentley Motors unveiled the Mulsanne, the company's all-new flagship grand tourer, at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance in Monterey, California.

The Mulsanne is inspired by the company founder W.O. Bentley's crowning achievement in 1930, the 8-litre. And it was W.O.'s own sensitively conserved company car that shared the podium with the new Mulsanne in Pebble Beach. This early motoring masterpiece represented the last big Bentley that was designed, engineered and built from the ground up by Bentley engineers - until now.

 

Nearly 80 years later, while paying respect to this illustrious past, the new Mulsanne is a thoroughly modern statement of luxury driving and grand touring. Conceived, styled and engineered entirely at Bentley's headquarters in Crewe, England, the Mulsanne, with its completely new and unique platform, goes into production next year in a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility within the Crewe factory.

 

Introducing the Bentley Mulsanne at Pebble Beach, where Bentley was the featured marque, Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, Chairman and Chief Executive of Bentley Motors, said:

"The challenge we set our engineers was to create a new grand Bentley that would stand as the pinnacle of British luxury motoring, offering the world's most exclusive driving experience. They have responded to this challenge with real passion and the result is a luxury grand tourer that sets new standards in terms of comfort, effortless performance and hand-crafted refinement – the very qualities for which Bentley is renowned."

 

The Bentley design team, lead by Dirk van Braeckel, have created a flagship that offers the classic sporting, styling cues long-associated with Bentley - expressed in a thoroughly contemporary way.

"From the very first hand sketches in the styling studio, we were inspired by the traditions of the grand touring Bentleys and have sought to evolve this story for a new generation of Bentley enthusiasts."

 

The return of the Mulsanne name to a car carrying Bentley's iconic ‘Winged B' emblem underlines the company's racing pedigree and nowhere reflects that heritage better than the famed Le Mans circuit, the scene of no fewer than six Bentley triumphs. Few places offer a stronger or more emotive connection with the Bentley marque than the famed Mulsanne corner.

 

The Bentley 8-litre displayed alongside the Mulsanne in California was first shown at the 1930 London Motor Show. It was the second-built and was W.O. Bentley's company car for two years. Capable of reaching more than 100 mph, the 8-litre demonstrated W.O. Bentley's ambition and ability to build a grand luxury car capable of surpassing every other leading manufacturer of the day. A total of 100 cars were built in 1930 and 1931.

 

"The 8-litre's breathtaking performance and quality was perhaps the finest example of a ‘pure' grand Bentley. Every mechanical detail carried W.O. Bentley's unique stamp and it was the clearest demonstration of a car built without compromise," commented Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, Member of the Board Engineering.

 

"The Mulsanne has been designed with exactly the same guiding principles, so it is entirely fitting that these Bentleys from different eras share the same stage."

is ghost and this direct competitors?

 

 

I think the Ghost is going to sit in between the spur and this new bentley but will probably be much closer in price to the Mulsanne. Unless Bentley goes off the deep end the Phantom will still be close to 75k more than this.

 

Today, Sunday 16 August, saw the unveiling of the new Bentley Mulsanne, an all-new flagship four-door grand saloon. The chosen venue was the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance in Monterey, California, where Bentley was the featured marque.

 

 

 

 

The new Mulsanne has been conceived, styled and engineered entirely at Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe, and will go into production next year in a high-tech new manufacturing facility within the Crewe factory. While Bentley has so far released few technical details, more will be revealed at September’s IAA Frankfurt Motor Show, where the Mulsanne will be on public display.

 

 

 

In the meantime, Bentley is emphasising the new car’s links to the heritage of the marque, and in particular the ‘crowning achievement’ of company founder W.O. Bentley, the 1930 8-litre. This, they point out, was ‘the last big Bentley designed, engineered and built from the ground up by Bentley engineers – until now’. And to drive the point home, the Mulsanne shared the podium in Pebble Beach with W.O.’s own ‘sensitively conserved company car’.

 

“The Mulsanne has been designed with exactly the same guiding principles, so it is entirely fitting that these Bentleys from different eras share the same stage,” explained Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, Member of the Board, Engineering, who claimed the 1930 8-litre was a ‘car built without compromise’. Capable of reaching more than 100mph, the 8-litre demonstrated W.O. Bentley’s ambition and ability to build a grand luxury car capable of surpassing every other leading manufacturer of the day. A total of 100 cars were built in 1930 and 1931.

 

 

 

Of the all-new Bentley Mulsanne, Chairman and Chief Executive of Bentley Motors, Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, said, “ The challenge we set our engineers was to create a new grand Bentley that would stand as the pinnacle of British luxury motoring, offering the world’s most exclusive driving experience. They have responded to this challenge with real passion and the result is a luxury grand tourer that sets new standards in terms of comfort, effortless performance and hand-crafted refinement – the very qualities for which Bentley is renowned.”

 

Dirk van Braeckel, who heads up the Bentley design team, added, “From the very first hand sketches in the styling studio, we were inspired by the traditions of the grand touring Bentleys and have sought to evolve this story for a new generation of Bentley enthusiasts.”

 

 

 

As for the ‘Mulsanne’ name, it is a fitting tribute to the company’s racing pedigree at Le Mans, the scene of six Bentley victories.

 

The Bentley Mulsanne will go on sale from mid 2010.

 

 

I like it

 

 

Ghost kills this. The lights are just impossible to get used to.

 

Agreed.... Ghost!

Better picture of Quasimodo here. Hideous!

 

 

Obviously it IS a big car, but it makes no pretenses. It looks massive and I feel the lines lack tension. Perhaps a darker color and a decent set of wheels will help.

 

Despite its age, I think the phantom is not only more attractive, but its design does a much better job of masking its size.

the ghost for me. This bentley is ugly as hell.

No contest - I'll take the GHOST! The Bentley is hideous, those lights are ridiculous.