BENTLEY has responded to the rising recognition of its Blackline exterior trim bundle by extending it to the GT and GT Convertible Mulliner mannequin traces.
The Crewe-based marque says 38 per cent of its Continental GT orders are actually specified with the Blackline remedy and that it expects related curiosity from Mulliner consumers – the choice execution to chrome-garnish detailing is now out there throughout your complete Bentley vary.
The brand new choice is a response to “growing demand for black variations of brightware”, Bentley says. The Blackline bundle is claimed to enhance the “myriad choices out there to consumers” of the model’s widespread four-seat coupe and convertible.
For the Blackline model, all the exterior’s brightware – excluding the Bentley ‘Winged B’ badge – turns black, together with the radiator grille bezel.
The wing-mirror caps are completed in Beluga Black, whereas the Mulliner’s signature matrix wing vents, radiator grille and decrease bumper grilles additionally completed in an identical hue.
The theme is sustained with black-painted 22-inch wheels, of which every of the self-levelling hub badges characteristic a chrome ring. Bentley says a black Mulliner wheel with contrasting polished “pockets” will likely be out there within the close to future.
“The addition of the Blackline version to the Mulliner vary of GT fashions reinforces Bentley’s place because the world’s main producer of luxurious sporting Grand Tourers, whereas providing bespoke options for probably the most discerning clients who need vehicles as distinctive as their very own personalities,” Bentley mentioned in a press release.
“In brief, a up to date twist on the world’s final luxurious coupé,” it added.
Internally, the splendid cabin of the GT Mulliner stays unchanged. Patrons can customise the inside in “any mixture they select” as a part of the Mulliner’s Limitless Providing, or specify considered one of eight really helpful three-colour mixtures utilizing Bentley’s “vast palette of hides and threads”.
As commonplace, the inside of the Mulliner incorporates Bentley’s Diamond in Diamond quilted seats, door vehicles and rear quarter panels, that includes distinction and accent stitching operating by way of the diamond sample. The British marque claims that every cabin options virtually 400,000 stitches.
Relying on market, the GT and GT Convertible Mulliner can be found with the selection of a twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 growing 404kW or twin-turbocharged 6.0-litre W12 delivering 466kW, though the latter is notably set to get replaced by a hybrid driveline “inside 5 years”.
In Australia, each present engine decisions can be found, every paired to an eight-speed computerized transmission and all-wheel drive configuration.
Domestically, the Bentley GT Coupe line-up is priced from $408,900 plus on-road prices with the GT Concertible beginning at $450,100 plus on-road prices – each costs exclude bespoke Mulliner choices or the Blackline bundle.
Bentley has bought 91 coupe and convertible fashions in Australia thus far this 12 months, in addition to 21 sedans and 82 SUVs.
