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EPITOME OF LUXURY BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT MULLINER TEXT: MARTIN MACKENZIE When your brand is already the epitome of luxury, how do you excel more to impress even the most demanding client? Bentley managed to answer this question with one word: Mulliner. This devision brings out all the know-how and craftsmanship of Bentley and gives a carte blanche to the creative team. No limits, just ultimate perfection. We are lucky enough to drive the Bentley Continental GT Mulliner, the coupe we all love so much. With its impressively powerful 550 HP V8 twin turbo engine it transforms the comfortable cruiser into a sports coupe when demanded. But apart from the sportive heart, it is the Mulliner finishing and details that makes our blood run faster. The finest soft-touch leather graces virtually every interior surface that isn’t metal or wood within the Continental GT Mulliner, often in the signature Mulliner diamond shape. Each hide is selected by hand from herds raised in northern Europe where cooler weather means fewer insects, so fewer blemishes. Emblazoned on the Grand Black veneer fascia is a chrome overlay of the vehicle silhouette. Chrome Bentley ‘B’ overlays in the waistrails and a captivating diamond milled technical finish on the centre console housing a Breitling clock are unique to this Mulliner, creating an intricate and tactile dashboard that is so striking, it creates a sense of elevation. Furnishing the sleek and muscular profile of the Continental GT Mulliner the 22 inch 10 spoke painted and polished wheels with floating, self levelling wheel badges that remain upright as the wheel rotates. All details combined make this Continental GT for us a dream to drive and admire, resulting in true perfection as intended by Mulliner.
