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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Big Bentley

Great News!
And no it's not about the Dacia Sandero.

For those that can afford the new Bentley Mulsanne, it is a relief to know that it will retain the "classic" Bentley V8. 752 lb-ft of torque will help motivate it along with alacrity. You'll have to make do with only 505HP, but a car especially of this size and weight responds much better to vast amounts of low RPM torque than HP anyway. I've experienced older variants of this engine in a 1990 Turbo R, and a 2005 Arnage R, the latter of which has "only" 616lb-ft of torque and still feels plenty quick for a 6,000lb luxury car. Especially passing power on the highway.



For more pictures and information see
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-10355196-48.html

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