Bentley is planning to introduce a faster, sleeker-looking version of the Bentley Bentayga SUV, with the business likewise planning a new sports cars and truck to add to the range. The new SUV will be along the lines of the BMW X6M, according to Bentley insiders, though it’ll be much more costly as well as quicker than that car.
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The Bentayga coupe-SUV will make its debut in 2017, as well as may even appear in idea guise as early as the Geneva motor Show in March. Our special picture shows exactly how the new hot Bentley might look, total with sloping coupe-style roofline as well as bulging wheelarches.
Bentley product line director Peter guest stated the new cars and truck will be “much much more biased towards on-road performance. however it will still have four doors as well as four seats”. He added: “It may not have as much luggage area as the Bentayga. however it will be much much more aggressively styled, a great deal faster, a great deal much more dramatic.”
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We expect the new design to utilize an uprated version of the existing car’s 6.0-litre W12. It’ll get bigger bumpers, bigger wheels as well as a sportier stance, while likewise being less bluff as well as much more aerodynamic. This will assist shave valuable tenths off the Bentayga’s already-impressive four-second 0-62mph sprint time. A 200mph top speed isn’t out the question, either.
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The coupe-SUV will develop on the success of the new Bentayga, which has surpassed all preliminary sales expectations, in spite of a starting cost (before options) of much more than £160,000. A long listing of extras is likely, including 22-inch wheels, a sports exhaust as well as firmer suspension set-ups.
Inside, we expect the sloping roofline to marginally impact headroom, while the Bentayga’s 430-litre boot may suffer. however that’s unlikely to impact sales, though, as proven by BMW’s X6.
As well as the very Bentayga, Bentley has its sights set on an all-electric hypercar. Both cars and trucks will debut “some time next year”. The very first may even appear in idea guise as early as March’s Geneva motor Show.
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In the meantime, Bentley has likewise verified that there will be two even more versions of the routine Bentayga: one powered by a VW group turbodiesel, as well as one more with petrol/electric hybrid power. Both will go on sale in the next 12-18 months, when deliveries of the W12-engined cars and trucks have begun in March. The first-ever Bentayga is because of roll off the production line in Crewe, Cheshire, at midday on Friday, 27 November.
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