The New Bentley Mulsanne 2011
Bentley Motors Inc. provided a preview of its upcoming Mulsanne luxury sedan in New York on October 22, 2009. The car will cost close to $300,000. It has an eight-cylinder engine which generates more than 500 horsepower.
The car is named after a long, fast straightaway at the Le Mans racing track in France. The Mulsanne is part of a plan by Bentley Motors to re-establish itself as a top-tier maker of exclusive luxury cars.
The new model will compete with other sedans like the Maybach 57 and Rolls-Royce Phantom.
Bentley is a British unit of German carmaker Volkswagen AG. The Rolls-Royce Phantom, built by BMW AG, and Maybach 57, part of the Daimler AG family, both cost around $400,000.
Bentley says it expects worldwide sales of its current cars, priced mostly between $150,000 and $200,000, to total about 1,500 vehicles for 2009, down from 10,040 in 2007 and 7,600 in 2008.
