2012 Bentley Mulsanne

This is the first in a series of blogs on the most outrageously luxurious options available on today’s new cars.

The Bentley Continental Flying Spur, Consumer Guide Associate Publisher Tom Appel said, “made me feel like a billionaire.” Unfortunately, you need to be a millionaire to afford this super-luxury vehicle. Prices range from $184,200 for the 2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur base model to $285,000 for the 2012 Bentley Mulsanne. Of course, that’s just for starters. For both cars, you can add more than $100,000 worth of options. Examples of options (with retail price) include:

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2012 Bentley Continental Flying Spur

•            ceramic composite disc brakes ($16,500)

•            Naim sound system ($7,180)

•            refrigerated bottle cooler ($2,260)

•            alloy gas cap ($305)

Mulsanne’s bottle cooler

2012 Bentley Mulsanne

•            ventilated/massaging front and rear seats ($3,300)

•            rear picnic tables ($2,490)

•            rear quarter vanity mirrors ($520)

•            lambswool floormats     ($1,335)

•            satin paint ($29,690)

With the Mulsanne, the hood ornament—the legendary Flying B—is optional. It’s $3,000, which is more than what customers paid for a new Chevrolet Camaro in 1973.

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