A trio of masterpieces from Bentley’s Mulliner division have arrived in Bentley Kuala Lumpur and right here’s a have a look at the flagship automobiles and the elevated luxurious offered by Crewe’s bespoke commissioning division. The three items of canvas are the Bentley Continental GT coupe, the Flying Spur limo and the Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase SUV.
First, a brief intro. Described because the birthplace of coachbuilding, Bentley Mulliner is the oldest automotive coachbuilder on the earth. It operates three distinct divisions, every with its personal space of experience. ‘Coachbuilt’ offers clients with the flexibility to work intently with a crew of specialist designers to create or improve their automobile with a novel physique type, completely different supplies and specifically curated choices – suppose Bacalar and Batur.
Mulliner’s ‘Basic’ subdivision recreates and restores iconic fashions from Bentley’s wealthy archive. Lastly, ‘Collections’, which affords clients luxury-focused derivatives of the core Bentley vary in addition to the chance to personalise their new journey. An expansive variety of choices is offered, from distinctive colour-matched paint, disguise and thread mixtures to bespoke characteristic content material. That is what we’re specializing in at the moment.
If the Continental GT Pace highlights the mannequin’s supercar ranges of efficiency and uncanny dynamics to carry all of it collectively, the Continental GT Mulliner is the opposite pillar, the luxurious flagship of the most effective luxurious GT in manufacturing (double point out of the ‘L’ phrase was intentional).
The Mulliner Assortment is outlined by a ‘Double Diamond’ matrix grille you can see in all three automobiles right here. That assertion of a grille – fantastically contrasted by this instance’s Black Velvet paintjob – is complemented by entrance fender ‘vents’ with the identical motif and chromed Mulliner branding.
The opposite particular touches that kind the ‘customary Mulliner Collections bundle’ (apologies for the crude description for an infinitely customisable automobile) embrace Satin Silver mirror caps with Mulliner welcome lamps tucked beneath, and illuminated outer door sills with the Mulliner textual content.
These shiny huge wheels, they’re Tungsten painted and polished 22-inch Mulliner objects that you just don’t wish to curb. The centre badge of every 10-spoke wheel is self-levelling, maintaining the long-lasting Bentley ‘B’ brand upright always.
Inside, you’ll discover matching ‘Diamond in Diamond’ motif on the seats, door trims and rear quarter panels, with each distinction and accent stitching working by the design. Loopy reality: it takes as much as 400,000 stitches to ship this quilting throughout the cabin of the automobile, with every diamond containing precisely 712 particular person stitches – each exactly aligned to level to the centre of the diamond it creates!
It’s a Bentley, and we’ve got to speak about leather-based and wooden. This Continental GT’s Mulliner Bespoke Inside is totally coated in leather-based (even the roof), in Portland and Burnt Oak tones. Hand-picked from herds that graze excessive above sea stage in Northern Europe, all hides are naturally freed from insect bites that may depart blemishes within the leather-based.
Bentley KL specified Grand Black Veneer for the cockpit fascia, and on the passenger aspect, there’s an unmissable overlay of the Continental GT’s silhouette with Mulliner branding. The wooden wraps ‘into’ the doorways, and there are B logos at every finish. A stark distinction to the deep black veneer is the Diamond Milled Technical End on the centre console – stare lengthy sufficient at this and also you may be hypnotised. This luxurious coupe is yours for RM3,257,400 with taxes, on-the-road with out insurance coverage.
The Flying Spur Mulliner you see right here seems to be in the identical shade of black at a look, however Onyx – the launch color of the first-generation Continental Flying Spur Pace, by the way in which – makes use of a touch of darkish blue, blended with darker tones to create the “deepest black end possible”.
The entire Mulliner Assortment specialties talked about for the Continental GT – chrome-heavy fascia with Double Diamond grille, matching entrance fender applique, silver wing mirror caps, welcome lights, door sills – are additionally current on ‘the most effective automobile on the earth’ (Crewe’s alternative of phrases, however the declare is legit), which rolls on the identical 22-inch Mulliner rims.
Whereas these two appear like Mulliner twins of various sizes, there are cues that set the Flying Spur aside from the two-door, such because the (illuminated) Flying B emblem, distinctive grille/bumper and excessive place of the entrance wing trim. It’s an analogous story inside, the place you’ll discover cream colored leather-based (Portland) blended with a darkish tone (Beluga), however the latter is black as an alternative of darkish brown right here. Similar Grand Black Veneer and Diamond Milled Technical End combo too, plus Diamond-in-Diamond quilting.
An additional for the four-door are two ‘picnic tables’ for the VIPs, completed in Grand Black. The fold-down tables additionally characteristic a diamond-inspired chrome overlay design, which is definitely is a 2D reflection of the 3D diamond technical end on the centre console.
Curiously, the Flying Spur has splashes of Hotspur brilliant crimson within the cabin and on the brake calipers, which you may need anticipated on the ‘sportier’ format of the Continental GT. This demonstrates the customising potential of Mulliner, the place any mixture is feasible. This instance is priced at RM3,432,700 duty-paid, OTR with out insurance coverage.
The white knight of the Mulliner Collections household is the Bentayga EWB Mulliner, the brand new luxurious flagship for the Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase, which as its title suggests, has an extended wheelbase (+180 mm) for extra rear legroom and the choice of Bentley Airline Seat Specification. The luxurious particular person chairs characteristic 22-ways of adjustment, the world’s first auto local weather sensing system and superior postural adjustment expertise.
If the Bentayga provides off a unique vibe from the opposite two, it have to be due to the strong white paint with Blackline Specification, which implies all the brilliant exterior trim have been swapped for gloss black, together with the door handles, headlamp bezels, tailpipes, bumper grille, roof rails and window surrounds, amongst different chrome elements.
The one silver bits left are the logos and elements of the Double Diamond grille. The wheels are 22-inch Mulliner objects in black, damaged up by the ring of the self-levelling wheel badge. Lastly, the standard Mulliner Assortment silver wing mirror caps have overwritten by Blackline on this instance. It’s a sportier and – some would say – extra up to date search for a Bentley.
The darkish tri-tone inside has a ‘Storm’ theme that mixes the deep blues and black of Brunel and Beluga with white accents that act ‘like a flash of lightning throughout an evening sky’. Grand Black Veneer groups up with Diamond Milled Technical End once more, with chrome overlays on the entrance passenger aspect and picnic tables, as per the Flying Spur Mulliner. No Diamond-in-Diamond right here, however the wider quilt sample is good. This imposing exterior, opulent inside SUV limo is yours for RM3,321,200 with taxes, OTR excluding insurance coverage.
With the demise of Bentley’s iconic W12 engine (previous to being discontinued, the 6.0L motor was reserved for Pace fashions), all three Mulliner Collections fashions seen listed below are powered by a 4.0-litre V8 engine with 550 PS and 770 Nm of torque from 2,000 to 4,500 rpm.
The dual-turbo TSI unit is paired with an eight-speed automated transmission and 0-100 km/h occasions are 4.0 seconds for the Continental GT, 4.1 seconds for the Flying Spur and 4.6 seconds for the Bentayga EWB – astounding figures when you think about the dimensions and weight of those fully-loaded land yachts. All three have Bentley Dynamic Trip and the 2 limos include digital all-wheel steer.
As for audio, the four-door fashions are fitted with Bang & Olufsen audio system whereas the Continental GT boasts the top-tier Naim for Bentley system with 20 channels – 18 loudspeakers and two ‘shakers’ – and a 2,200-watt amplifier. No Breitling clock although.
To sum up Mulliner’s scope of personalisation, try the picket field beneath – neglect Burr Walnut and Connolly Leather-based gents, now you can have stone finishes, carved wooden door playing cards and even tweed cloth to match your favorite jacket.
Mulliner or Pace, that are you?
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