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Mcchip-DKR is a well-known name among tuning enthusiasts. Based in Mechernich, the German tuner offers chip tuning and much more for models ranging from the Ford Ranger pickup truck to the Audi R8 V10 Plus supercar. On this occasion, however, Mcchip-DKR took it to itself to build the Mulsanne Coupe that Bentley refuses to put into production as the brand’s new flagship.
The closest Bentley came to offering a two-door Mulsanne is the Grand Convertible. The one-off design study became official at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it came to be thanks to the ambition of chief executive officer Wolfgang Durheimer. There was also talk about reviving the Brooklands, but the British automaker didn’t get the greenlight to develop a two-door coupe.
This is where Mcchip-DKR steps in, creating the Brooklands successor that Bentley couldn’t. Essentially a Mulsanne with two doors instead of four, the ambitious project started in April 2017 and it’s getting steadily closer to finalization. It all started with scanning the surface of the full-size luxury sedan, continued with simulating bodywork changes on the computer, and the disassembly of almost all body panels. One of the hardest tasks was to adapt the C-pillars to the coupe construction and to move the B-pillars back.
The parts that couldn’t be modified from existing panels, including the outer skin of the doors and roof, were made from scratch from carbon fiber. Still far from being finished, there’s no denying the Mulsanne Coupe isn’t merely a tuning job, but a re-engineering project that takes time and elbow grease.
Under the hood, the pre-facelift Mulsanne sports 6.75 liters of twin-turbo V8. A descendant of the Rolls-Royce - Bentley L Series V8 introduced in 1959, the unapologetic powerplant is rated at 512 PS (505 hp) and 1,020 Nm (752 lb-ft) of tire-shredding oomph. More impressively, the mountain of torque is kept in check by the ever-popular 8HP ZF automatic transmission that's found in cars such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and the all-new Land Rover Discovery.
This is where Mcchip-DKR steps in, creating the Brooklands successor that Bentley couldn’t. Essentially a Mulsanne with two doors instead of four, the ambitious project started in April 2017 and it’s getting steadily closer to finalization. It all started with scanning the surface of the full-size luxury sedan, continued with simulating bodywork changes on the computer, and the disassembly of almost all body panels. One of the hardest tasks was to adapt the C-pillars to the coupe construction and to move the B-pillars back.
The parts that couldn’t be modified from existing panels, including the outer skin of the doors and roof, were made from scratch from carbon fiber. Still far from being finished, there’s no denying the Mulsanne Coupe isn’t merely a tuning job, but a re-engineering project that takes time and elbow grease.
Under the hood, the pre-facelift Mulsanne sports 6.75 liters of twin-turbo V8. A descendant of the Rolls-Royce - Bentley L Series V8 introduced in 1959, the unapologetic powerplant is rated at 512 PS (505 hp) and 1,020 Nm (752 lb-ft) of tire-shredding oomph. More impressively, the mountain of torque is kept in check by the ever-popular 8HP ZF automatic transmission that's found in cars such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia sedan and the all-new Land Rover Discovery.
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