The 2016 Bentley Mulsanne Speed is a car built for the Melanies of this world

This is the type of car you buy when you often must write, take calls, or otherwise work while you are being driven to your summer home, says Hannah Elliott

My friend Melanie has long honey-brown hair and legs tanned from her summer-weekend habit of surfing.

She rides a vintage Honda motorcycle, has a powerful job producing fashion shows, and speaks four languages, including her native French, which produces the intoxicating accent most men first notice when they speak to her.