Bentley Begins Testing its Bacalar
And the head of the Mulliner division gives us a peek behind the curtain. Autoweek/Bentley/Toyota/Blake Harris/Rolls-Royce
The Dispatch is a little earlier this week due to the holidays. Here’s what’s happening in the car world:
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Bentley has begun running its Mulliner Bacalar through a test and durability program, including making sure the 200 mph+ top speed is legit. The limited-production run starts next year. We were curious about how the car was coming along and learning more about what the Mulliner division is all about. Mike Duff, our man in Europe, dug around and filed the following report:
Ford
The Ford Mustang Mach-E is both polarizing and exciting, with Ford expanding the Mustang lineup to an all-electric crossover and spinning it off into over-the-top projects like the Mustang Mach-E 1400. While most folks won’t be able to snag the 1,400-hp Mach-E drift machine, Ford
might be doing something interesting for production variants, harkening back to the glory days of the Country Squier. That’s right: woodgrain.
Posted on the Ford Mach-E Club Forum, it looks like some woodgrain graphics might have hit the Ford accessory website earlier than expected. Spotted by user Electric Pony, it shows that these graphics, if they return to the website, will set you back just over $200.