The $800,000 Bentley Station Wagon

British luxury carmaker Bentley Motors on Saturday unveiled its flagship grand tourer Rs.2.90-crore Mulsanne and announced plans to introduce two models priced over Rs.1.crore to cater to the high-end super luxury car market in India.

Powered by a 6.7-litre V8 twin-turbo charged petrol engine, each Mulsanne is handcrafted at Bentley's Crewe (U.K.) plant that requires a whopping 660 man-hours to assemble it. The super luxury sedan will be personalised according to the each owner's requirement. In India, the car will be delivered from October-November this year.

“India is the hub of luxury, the country of the erstwhile Maharajas who were the true patrons of bespoke luxury. We have been receiving heartening response from our valued customers and I think the launch of the Mulsanne will truly delight our loyal and discerning customers,” Bentley Regional Director (Middle East, Africa and India) Chris Buxton told journalists here.

“We will start global production of the Mulsanne in the second half of the year. We will produce 600 units of Mulsanne annually for the global market and the quota for India is yet to be decided. We have received global bookings even for the year 2011,” he said. Bentley used to produce the Mulsanne between 1980 and 1992, but the new car will be entirely different from the earlier version. Mr. Buxton also said the company would launch the convertible GTC Supersport in India within next six months, which is likely to be priced Rs.1-crore plus. The GTC Supersport was launched during the Geneva Auto Expo earlier this month. Stating that the super luxury car segment in India was expected to grow again this year, Mr. Buxton said: “India accounts for around 2 per cent of our global sales. On an average we sell around 25-50 units in the country and we see volume increasing.” The Indian super luxury car segment is of around 200-300 units.