Bentley is reaching to launch a quicker, sleeker-looking version of the Bentley Bentayga SUV, with the corporate conjointly designing a brand new sports automotive to feature to the vary. The new SUV are going to be on the lines of the BMW X6M, consistent with Bentley insiders, although it will be dearer and quicker than that automotive.
The Bentayga coupe-SUV can create its debut in 2017, and will even seem in construct gloss as early because the Geneva Motor Show in March. Our exclusive image shows however the new hot Bentley may look, complete with sloping coupe-style roofline and bulging wheelarches.
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Bentley wares director Peter Guest aforementioned the new automotive are going to be “much a lot of biased towards on-road performance. however it'll still have four doors and 4 seats”. He added: “It may not have the maximum amount bags house because the Bentayga. however it'll be far more sharply titled, lots quicker, lots a lot of dramatic.”
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We expect the new model to use associate degree uprated version of the prevailing car’s six.0-litre W12. It’ll get larger bumpers, larger wheels and a sportier stance, whereas conjointly being less bluff and a lot of mechanics. this may facilitate shave precious tenths off the Bentayga’s already-impressive four-second 0-62mph sprint time. A 200mph high speed isn’t out the question, either.
The coupe-SUV can depend upon the success of the new Bentayga, that has surpassed all initial sales expectations, despite a beginning worth (before options) of quite £160,000. a protracted list of extras is probably going, as well as 22-inch wheels, a sports exhaust and firmer suspension set-ups.
Inside, we have a tendency to expect the sloping roofline to marginally have an effect on headroom, whereas the Bentayga’s 430-litre boot could suffer. however that’s unlikely to have an effect on sales, though, as established by BMW’s X6.
As well because the super Bentayga, Bentley has its sights assail associate degree all-electric hypercar. each cars can debut “some time next year”. the primary could even seem in construct gloss as early as March’s Geneva Motor Show.
In the meanwhile, Bentley has conjointly confirmed that there'll be 2 more versions of the regular Bentayga: one battery-powered by a VW cluster turbodiesel, and another with petrol/electric hybrid power. each can endure sale within the next 12-18 months, once deliveries of the W12-engined cars have begun in March.