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[SCOTT27]

Uniform VAG.

 

[klier]

This picture is what stuck me as most funny:

Go f' ing home Bentley, you're drunk.

What a horrible abomination. Interior is decent though.

 

[Gor134]

Nice Audi.

You mean AUDI

 

[Swissbob]

Compared to this car, even the XM is a beauty.

 

[Gor134]

I cannot believe Bentley has stooped this low. Proportions look FWD (which tbh, so does the Bentayga but neither of them should!) and the front and rear are completely un-Bentley like.

 

[vios1]

I do not like it at all, most of the current car design lost of soul and brand value. It is not like the 80's and 90's most car designer really develops a unique design language that reflects its brand identity and values which I do not see it clearly recently.

Maybe with the help of AI the design has become soulless OR car manufacturers do not have a clearer brand direction?. IMO.

 

[Design FIRST]

The EXP15 Concept is certainly not "pretty" by any possible stretch of the imagination. However, I suspect that "prettiness" is not the objective. But rather the sampling of more "technical", more minimalistic exterior surface sculpturing. Precision vs. voluptuousness. Other than that, most of what we see on the concept's exterior will not come into fruition on an actual future production model. Closer to production reality may be the interior and foremostly the dash/instrument panel. That's my take, anyway.

 

[klugscheisser87]

I see a mix of already vanishing trends here.
The result is very disturbing.
I can’t unsee Zeekr, Mazda and Polestar influences.

 

[Design FIRST]

I can actually envision this "working". A slight reduction of the "vertical mass" of the lower 2/3s portion of the silhouette-meaning less metal between the crests of the wheelarches and those of the front fenders/rear haunch plateaus. Deleting the "piano hood" in favour of a more conventional, far smoother alternative. Significantly turning down the volume on those front fender vents. Deleting those humps above the rear window. Moving back the bases of the A-pillars a bit. "Lower, smoother, more unadultrated clarity".

 

[Merc1]

I don't have a problem with the concept itself, but it doesn't say Bentley at all. Is this the preview for the next Bentayga?

M

 

[Design FIRST]

Is this the preview for the next Bentayga?

M

Not necessarily a preview for any specific Bentley model, but rather a preview of an upcoming design paradigm in terms of exterior surfacing and interiors, for the brand in general. My guess is that this EXP15 concept along with the Mulliner Batur will point the way. The upcoming "Urban SUV" based on an evolution of the corporate PPE electric platform should provide a far more clear, palpable indication of where Bentley design will be going in the future.

 

[Design FIRST]

New renderings of the 2027 Bentley Urban SUV, based on the VAG PPE electric architecture:

 

[SCOTT27]

New renderings of the 2027 Bentley Urban SUV, based on the VAG PPE electric architecture:

It looks Chinese. The Bentling.

 

[Matski]

New renderings

It's Ai Slop.

Here, have some more:

 

[SCOTT27]

I am seeing (current) Porsche Cayenne.

 

[Design FIRST]

I am seeing (current) Porsche Cayenne.

...and the underpinning electric PPE architecture will be just that of the upcoming electric Cayenne.

I don't mind AI generated images, personally. AI is now an integral element of the design and engineering process. And when I think of some of the dog's breakfast's presented by some "old school" designers of the past..,***cough...Pontiac Aztec...FIAT Multipla,,,R231 M-B SL...*** maybe AI assisted design ain't so bad after all.

 

[Centurion]

Render could be mistaken for a genesis.

 

[klier]

Render could be mistaken for a genesis.

Like Matski said, these are no renders.

You almost wish they were, but this is indeed just lazy AI.

I don't mind AI generated images, personally. AI is now an integral element of the design and engineering process.

Which is something entirely different from a random text-to-image app.

AI renders should be forbidden here.

 

[Design FIRST]

AI renders should be forbidden here.

...or...simply make the individual decision to catagorically dismiss them and carry on. After all, there may be an automotive design aficionado or two on these forums that may appreciate the input. Otherwise, it is surely no biggie simply ignoring them.

 

[klier]

No I think AI drab should be all out against the TOS

When everyone can make them in a minute it makes no sense posting them.