Bentley SUV spy photos?

[Yperion]

Is this Cayenne test mule the first hint to an SUV from the traditional British make Bentley? We guess so! Rumours have suggested for a long time that the car will be coming and German owner Volkswagen is certainly keen on broadening the range of Bentley.

An SUV would fit perfectly to the image of the British make. On top, it would make perfect sense to let Porsche do the basic engineering as the Stuttgart firm was heavily involved in developing VW’s own Touareg SUV – and, of course, their own Cayenne.

Besides these two plus Audi’s new Q7, a Bentley SUV would be the fourth model to be built around the same platform and technique – and there might even be a Lamborghini derivative, though latest information from Sant’ Agata say that the Lambo 4x4 is still some years away.

While underpinnings wouldn’t differ much from those used for the three existing SUVs, power is likely to come from both, the Arnage’s 6.75-litre V8 with 475 bhp and the Continental GT’s 6-litre W12 TwinTurbo developing 560 bhp.

Source: WCF

 

[Alx]

Saw this earlier, thanks for posting.... Not nice form the outside,kinda looks dated in the picture. Hope they make a more intersting exterior. But im sure it will look AWESOME inside, if it is ever produced.

 

[LaArtist]

ohh my god VAG loves to make wierd suv´s.. good going..
it looks like a damn A-hole

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

ohh my god VAG loves to make wierd suv´s.. good going..
it looks like a damn A-hole

LMAO..so true!

I hope they build it like that, just so they come off looking like A-holes.

Oh why oh why are all the new Bentleys so ugly.

 

[LaArtist]

its tragic really.. allthough bentley now is going better than ever..and im sure this A-hole will sell..but still imho they ruined it..

 

[Alx]

It probably wont look like this in final. Or at least i hope not.

 

[Deutsch]

the prototype you're looking at is not a Bentley SUV but the Panamera.

 

[siko]

Bentley SUV?!!?!

 

[SDNR]

I think I'm going to be SICK!!!

What are they thinking

 

[Yperion]

ohh my god VAG loves to make wierd suv´s.. good going..
it looks like a damn A-hole

That's only a photoshop.

I don't understand why Mercedes fans call Benlteys ugly. The latest Mercedes models (apart from CL and ML) are not exactly good looking and for me look a lot worse than any Bentley. At least Bentley has it's own design language and doesn't borrow from others...

 

[SDNR]

That's only a photoshop.

I don't understand why Mercedes fans call Benlteys ugly.

Surely even you Yannis (with your crazy and irrational obsession with everything VAG does) can see that this thing is shocking ...can't you?

Even the grotesque, Range Rover-based, Bentley "Dominator" SUVs made especially for the Sultan of Brunei in the 1990's have more going for them ...wouldn't you say?

 

[Centurion]

The wheels and tires on the car look like non SUV one, which make me think that it is a Panamera mule.

 

[Yperion]

Surely even you Yannis (with your crazy and irrational obsession with everything VAG does) can see that this thing is shocking ...can't you?

I didn't said that i like it but there is too much critisism with everything Bentley does. Bentley is not a "common" luxury car maker like Mercedes , Audi or BMW so it's obvious that their designs will be more unusual.
I would expect someone like yourself who is supposed to know about design , not to mention your knowlegde about cars, to appreciate them more (and no i 'm not talking about this aweful photoshop but for the rest).

Also i can't see myself as being more crazy about Bentley than you are about Mercedes. I haven't started any thread about how great Bentleys used to be 20 or 30 years ago.

 

[YoungWarrior]

Oh no not another pointless SUV.

 

[SDNR]

I didn't said that i like it but there is too much critisism with everything Bentley does. Bentley is not a "common" luxury car maker like Mercedes , Audi or BMW so it's obvious that their designs will be more unusual.
I would expect someone like yourself who is supposed to know about design , not to mention your knowlegde about cars, to appreciate them more (and no i 'm not talking about this aweful photoshop but for the rest).

Also i can't see myself as being more crazy about Bentley than you are about Mercedes. I haven't started any thread about how great Bentleys used to be 20 or 30 years ago.

Yannis, I am very familiar with Bentley ..my father has got a Flying Spur, before that he had an Arnage, and prior to that, a Turbo R .. ......I just don't like the Flying Spur at all ...I will concede that they have very good interiors though.

 

[dOmInIX]

They're saying they are going to make SUV for over a year! Maybe they already made it!

I agree with Artist, lol!!!

 

[Yperion]

Source

 

[PanterroR]

From: WCF

 

[Centurion]

I don't like the rear. It looks like it is going to open for a confin. More over I'm very suprised they are using the Cayenne and not the Q7 or tourag as a cover up. I hope the car won't be a Cayenne clone.

 

[PanterroR]

I don't like the rear. It looks like it is going to open for a confin.

I don't like anything in those pics...