{"id":59697,"date":"2009-12-02T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/02\/what-price-one-upmanship-2011-bentley-mulsanne-available-from\/"},"modified":"2009-12-02T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T16:01:00","slug":"what-price-one-upmanship-2011-bentley-mulsanne-available-from-285000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/59697","title":{"rendered":"What Price One-Upmanship? 2011 Bentley Mulsanne available from $285,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/carbuying\/\" rel=\"tag\">Car Buying<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sedans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sedan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/bentley\/\" rel=\"tag\">Bentley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/luxury\/\" rel=\"tag\">Luxury<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/09\/bentleymulsanne5_3-1280_opt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><small>2011 Bentley Muslanne &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<p> With a starting price of $285,000, Bentley&#8217;s newest flagship model won&#8217;t come cheap. Nor should it, with its 505-horsepower, 725 lb-ft, gasoline-fed 6.75-liter V8 engine sitting behind the automaker&#8217;s trademark mesh grille and four round lights.<\/p>\n<p> Also included in that price will be an eight-speed paddle-shift automatic transmission, 16.54-inch<em> <\/em>front and 15.5-inch rear carbon ceramic brakes and 20-inch wheels. And lest we forget, it will also come with a 2,200-watt stereo and the brand&#8217;s new Driver Dynamics Control system, which comes with &#8220;Bentley,&#8221; &#8220;Sport,&#8221; &#8220;Comfort&#8221; and user-definable &#8220;Custom&#8221; modes.<\/p>\n<p> Want one? Production is slated to begin at the Crewe factory in England in the second quarter of 2010, and the first deliveries will make it to America later than year in the fall. Get yours in one of 114 available paint colors, 21 carpet shades, nine wood veneers and 24 interior leather hides, but get your order in fast &#8211; Bentley reports that early customer interest has already exceeded 2010 production targets. Click past the break for the official press release.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\">Monterey 2009: 2010 Bentley Mulsanne<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/01-mulsanne-live_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"01-mulsanne-live\" title=\"01-mulsanne-live\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/02-mulsanne-live_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"02-mulsanne-live\" title=\"02-mulsanne-live\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/03-mulsanne-live_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"03-mulsanne-live\" title=\"03-mulsanne-live\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/04-mulsanne-live_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"04-mulsanne-live\" title=\"04-mulsanne-live\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/monterey-2009-2010-bentley-mulsanne\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/08\/05-mulsanne-live_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"05-mulsanne-live\" title=\"05-mulsanne-live\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p> [Source: Bentley]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/02\/what-price-one-upmanship-2011-bentley-mulsanne-available-from\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>What Price One-Upmanship? 2011 Bentley Mulsanne available from $285,000<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/02\/what-price-one-upmanship-2011-bentley-mulsanne-available-from\/\">What Price One-Upmanship? 2011 Bentley Mulsanne available from $285,000<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:01:00 EST.  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Nor should it, with its 505-horsepower, 725 lb-ft, gasoline-fed 6.75-liter V8 engine sitting behind the automaker&#8217;s trademark mesh grille and four round lights. 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