Mulsanne [Official] Bentley Mulsanne

[sako97]

I'd love to see a Brooklands successor.

Not going to happen, unfortunately. They did customer clinics already with Grand Convertible. Not enough interest.

A pity. Looked gorgeous.

A European tunner is currently developing their own Brooklands successor for a customer. Personally, the only company that should ever be chopping a Mulsanne is Bentley.

 

[sako97]

Someone needs to hire a customer taste consultant/police at Mulliner. Some of their recent work is just revolting.

What resale value?

Again with the different colored seats.... They're trying to make it a trend with 50 similar editions being built.

 

[Merc1]

Still my favorite ultimate luxury car. The Rolls as beautiful as it is, is still an older man's car in my eyes.

M

 

[SDNR]

Not going to happen, unfortunately. They did customer clinics already with Grand Convertible. Not enough interest.
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A pity. Looked gorgeous.

A European tunner is currently developing their own Brooklands successor for a customer. Personally, the only company that should ever be chopping a Mulsanne is Bentley.
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That is interesting. No Mulsanne Coupé, no new Phantom Coupé, [rumoured] no successor to the C217: Why are large coupés suddenly out of favour?

The Wraith and Dawn are doing well though - aren't they?

 

[sako97]

That is interesting. No Mulsanne Coupé, no new Phantom Coupé, [rumoured] no successor to the C217: Why are large coupés suddenly out of favour?

The Wraith and Dawn are doing well though - aren't they?

Ehh.. in reality - (a bit) below expectations. The whole "x amount of years is spoken for" is almost always a line of total BS. It really means customer orders & dealership allocations for inventory.

The Wraith started off as a very hot a new niche model, but has cooled off quite a bit. Lots of unsold 2016/17 (a few 2015s) Wraiths sitting in dealer inventories right now; and there's almost an equal amount of Dawns. *Based on U.S inventories

That's essentially why a local dealership called and asked if I wanted to take a Wraith on a extended test drive for 3 days to see how I like it. Definitely wouldn't have happened if they were still flying off the lots.
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Actually, I pulled up official figures and it ain't so pretty. Rolls Royce does not specify its US sales by model, so here's Europe's Wraith sales this year:

Source: Rolls Royce Wraith European sales figures

 

[Monster]

Ehh.. in reality - (a bit) below expectations. The whole "x amount of years is spoken for" is almost always a line of total BS. It really means customer orders & dealership allocations for inventory.
The Wraith started off as a very hot a new niche model, but has cooled off quite a bit. Lots of unsold 2016/17 (a few 2015s) Wraiths sitting in dealer inventories right now; and there's almost an equal amount of Dawns. *Based on U.S inventories
That's essentially why a local dealership called and asked if I wanted to take a Wraith on a extended test drive for 3 days to see how I like it. Definitely wouldn't have happened if they were still flying off the lots.

Interesting, what kind of deals are they offering for you on the Wraith?

 

[SDNR]

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Source: Rolls Royce Wraith European sales figures

Gosh, those numbers are like the 'good old days' before BMW owned Rolls-Royce. It really makes it clear how rare these cars are.

 

[sako97]

Interesting, what kind of deals are they offering for you on the Wraith?

To purchase, they were offering $259k with a $362k MSRP. So $103k off for a 2016 demo with less than 2k miles. Wish I took a clearer picture of the window sticker

And these lease deals are acutally more attractive than a S65 (limited mileage aside). I wasn't aware leasing RRs was a big thing until recently:

lol at this 144 month lease with unlimited miles. Pretty desperate.

 

[Yaz]

Who is gonna lease a car for 144 months?
And I thought you couldn't lease a Rolls?!

 

[sako97]

Who is gonna lease a car for 144 months?
And I thought you couldn't lease a Rolls?!

12 years... absolutely silly. No one nowadays owns a new luxury car for 12 straight years.

Same here, up until recently I thought perspective owners just bought them.

It's technically BMW financial services as the lessor, and you know "lease-special" happy they are.

 

[Rainer271]

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[sako97]

I spent a few hours driving this Mulsanne today. Truly an extrodinary automobile. Stately presence and the build quality is beyond reproach. Decided to pass on a RR trade deal in the end.

I first saw the Mulsanne at Pebble Beach 2009 when Jay Leno & Arnold Schwarzenegger did the intro for it's world premiere; 8 years later it looks just as stunning with this choice specification

Cost when new

 

[Centurion]

Did it feel large and heavy or is the power delivery good even when feathering the throttle at low speed?

 

[Yaz]

Let me know when you need a chauffeur

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

I spent a few hours driving this Mulsanne today. Truly an extrodinary automobile. Stately presence and the build quality is beyond reproach. Decided to pass on a RR trade deal in the end.

I first saw the Mulsanne at Pebble Beach 2009 when Jay Leno & Arnold Schwarzenegger did the intro for it's world premiere; 8 years later it looks just as stunning with this choice specification
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Cost when new
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classy spec all around.

 

[sako97]

Did it feel large and heavy or is the power delivery good even when feathering the throttle at low speed?

It's feels gargantuan on the streets; I avoided NYC all together on my drive. Hate to use it as a comparison, but it's a saloon about the size of an Escalade ESV (lwb).

Power deliver is locomotive with the crazy 752 lb/tq. Easily the smoothest V8... I'd say ever, but my sample size is not big enough to be conclusive.

 

[Yaz]

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[sako97]

Wow, scary. No injuries, thankfully.

The second time I've seen this happen. This guy reacted much more positively than all of us ever would.

 

[DjordjeC63]

^ Very dangerous.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Jeez, that last pic....