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In perspective a new Bentley today will run you approximately that amount

@@OfficialMarkieB Actually, a 2021 Bentley Flying Spur V8 starts at just under $200,000. Having VAG scale things up has really brought down the price of modern Bentleys.

@@AkioWasRight Actually, Flying Spur is one class bellow, the Turbo Rs modern equivalent is Mulsanne Speed (sadly discontinued this year) with a base price of $338,325. The price listed in this video was as tested, with all the options and Mulsanne Speed options are plentiful, so the "averagely" equipped one will cost you around $400,000. The price has gone up over the years...

@@peterorincak7579 The Flying Spur also replaced the Mulsanne as their flagship. It was made larger and more luxurious for the current generation, to fill the market gap left by the discontinued Mulsanne, so it's also considered a successor to the Turbo R.

@@iventonart9474 The Flying Spur is not a real replacement for Mulsanne. Yeah it replaced Mulsanne as a flagship, but that's only because there's nothing above it at this moment. It literally is just 1,7cm longer than its predecessor, and still it's 26cm shorter than Mulsanne and 56cm shorter than EWB version - it's a totally different class of a car. That's like saying Mercedes E-Class is the same thing as S-Class - well it just isn't. And it's not only about size but also the finish - Mulsanne took 500 hours to build vs 200 hours for Flying Spur. The body was hand welded and sanded so that the roof is seamless (which Flying Spur or any other car doesn't have, besides Rolls-Royce). Comparing a price of a base V8 version of Flying Spur to Turbo R and saying they've gotten cheaper over the years is just completly false. Turbo R was the top of the line "performance" version so you'd have to compare the price of the Flying Spur Speed version (which is not yet out) and still it just wouldn't be the same category as I said. It's rumored that there will be electric replacement of Mulsanne in a few years.

$350k today.

At least you can get it for a fraction now

@@vel6979 True, but the repairs don't get any cheaper. So while you can buy a Bentley Turbo R for the price of a Camry, your maintenance will certainly NOT be as cheap as a Camry, not by any stretch.

Jay R. aka. Just Pelé it’s a luxury car it’s to be expected

@@vel6979 Not just that. For instance, while a used Roller is very similar in cost of ownership (crazy high), a used Maybach is half the cost. Add to that the certifiably insane cost of servicing the hydraulic brakes/suspension (which uses a unified mineral oil system), and you have a car that's almost too expensive to fix, when (not if) that specific system breaks, which is kinda why Turbo Rs are so cheap in the first place. Still, if some crazy soul (like Tyler Hoover) has already bit the bullet and done a full rebuild of the hydraulics, and chased down the gremlins in the electronics, that inevitably crop-up after 30 years, this could be a nice used car to own and enjoy. Just make sure to account for the sometimes shocking amount for oil changes and basic service.

U never bothered to call the city? You just let it sit there? Love how involved in your community you are

U got a male Karen on your sack 😂... Worried about the wrong thing. Patrick still hasn't lost his virginity, and he's worried about an old car.

😂😂😝

He’s gonna buy it back now after watching this. Lol

@@boss12 If not now, probably in a year like the Porsche he bought back...

And Wizard's least favorite car

If the car is served properly it will give excellent service in return. The thing is a number of cars are not maintained properly.

Yes - but often you will have to spend what you paid for it, plus more in neglected maintenance.

Much like reviewing a 2021 ultra luxury car today, it’s hard to fault it as pretty much everything has been taken care of and it’s hard to even draw a comparison in your mind relative to the absurd cost.

@@stringer-ik1pc , lol. Now that is funny . I'm American, and I was going to be a master mechanic . I went to school for Auto Diesel Tech Master ASE certification. I changed my career but continue to work on my own vehicles when possible. What you say is not only false, but almost a projection . We have some of the greatest mechanics in the world here in the US . There are two reasons ; neither of which have anything to do with our mechanical capabilities here in the United States . Number one is the difficulty of finding parts, and number two is the often piss poor foreign engineering .

@@stringer-ik1pc ok European.

@@stringer-ik1pc that's funny, Brits build cars that rot before they can get to the end of the assembly line and the Lucas electronics fail nearly as quickly. Yet, they call our engineering and mechanics incompetent. Mineral oil? Come on.

Like most things, not at all difficult if you know what you're doing and when to do it.

ah well it must be truth then

well its british, par for the course

and it would be a better investment today lol could have made enough to afford several flying spurs if sold

Nothing could carve the smile off my face if I were driving either one.

Car phone? It's probably pre-CDMA or GSM, and nobody will activate it because it's not GPS capable. Sad but true, even though it probably works just fine.

Hey...A cheap way to inherit world-class automotive masochism. Just acknowledge and accept something will always be broken, and you have to have reasonable skill and even MORE patience than the Car Wizard working on them to run it. I would do it only because fixing stuff and fabricating materials over and over is something I enjoy doing. At a pace I can set myself of course.

@@MBDzlI know what you mean. I myself have a 1970 Mini Cooper S that can be an absolute nightmare to work on considering some of the hardware I've encountered on it is over 50 years old. But it's an absolute labor of love with the occasional profanity laced tirade here and there. Not a show car but she runs like a top and has been a joy to own for 20+ years.

As opposed to the Rolls which was as much about being driven in and being seen in.

Ar ar ar ar

Some people still have it. How? I don’t know.

@trucking shenanigans the FWD C-body Cadis actually weighed a full ton less than the Bentley, and 700 lbs less than the D-body RWD Fleetwood Brougham. It's crazy to think that the down-tuned LT in the last Fleetwood Broughams made them competitive with a Bentley that cost nearly 3x as much, and nobody gave a shit. 1996 was the last, best year for GM RWD platforms, too bad most of them have been cut up for hydros by retards.

Probably not, unless they're still with M/W. I cant imagine these videos make more than enough money to be called anything but a bonus once it's all divided up however.

@@BigWheel. Yep. KZfaq pays based on specific traits of the viewing audience; this is primarily for the purpose of targeted advertising. The more desirability the audience has, the more it pays, as advertisers will see a high return per view in comparison to other aggregate demographics (such as South Asia, Africa, or Latin America. It is based on $/1,000 views iirc. This particular show would attract a relatively high priced demographic, commercially speaking. (primarily North American, with some of the rest being Western European, both of which are high net worth individuals on average. The automotive enthusiast market is also a relatively high paying market for several reasons). Western audiences typically draw between $2 and $8 per 1,000 views; this amounts to $2,000-8,000 per million views. If I had to guess, this type of programming would be in the $4,000-6,000 range based on my mediocre knowledge of he process. That said, it probably doesn’t matter as far as actors are concerned; generally speaking, they wouldn’t be entitled to royalties in perpetuity. They are usually contracted to play their role, and draw a nominal fee. The company who hired them is ultimately the owner of the intellectual property, and is not only in charge of distribution (television, youtube, whatever), but also the recipient of ad revenue from sources such as KZfaq. If I’m not mistaken, Motorweek was actually part of a Public programming channel on Cable, and therefore would be a pseudo government entity

Yeah.

When your wealthy fuel economy doesn't matter.

@@edgarbeat275 Economy make ppl wealthy.

@@jareknowak8712 opps sorry I ment fuel economy 😀 I will edit But you are right 🙂

@@jareknowak8712 Smart investments and knowing the law make people wealthy.

@blackandgold51 lol

Or a Town Car/ Grand Marquis...Can be inexpensively maintained and a 90s one could be a daily driver.

Very expensive timing belt job which also runs the water pump. Buy a Corolla.

Rolls Royce wouldn't tell them

"perfectly adequate"

@@jst7714 .But they had to tell the (West) German TUV the net hp and torque figures. Just like Ford did with the 1967 Mustangs so called 200, 225 and 271 hp gross figures. For the Mulsamne Turbo, it was 295, 315 hp to 329 hp depending on destination and at least 457 lb-ft or up to 487 lb-ft. That's a good FE Ford Shelby or Super Cobra Jet, or 455 Super Duty or Corvette 454 or 440 Six Pack. And it's thirst. Not quite a 12.9 second quarter like the best factory Muscle cars of 1969...but good enough for 15.2 to 15.8s and 145 mph or so....

By the drum when they start leaking

@@stringer-ik1pc you are a really good mechanic though I could tell the way you handled my big wrench... Great mechanic especially when you get on your knees!!!

mercedes didn't have anything that could compete with this back in '91 probably a W126 560 SEL but that would have been slower W140 came out in '91 but the fast ones didn't exist yet

Don't be a dog

It was a hand-built car with the absolute best quality materials. That's why it weighs over 5,000lbs, gets 10/13 MPG, and cost $181k.

Spoken like a commoner. /end snobtalk

so having fulll power seats, self leveling suspension, 6.75 turbo v8 isn't special to you? spoken like a poor

@@ShaiyanHossain Considering you could buy 3 separate cars that had those features... and a house for 181k in 1991. No most definitely not. it's a terrible value for a car nobody even remembers