RE: Bentley SUV - inside line

[trashbat]

TobesH said:

Bentley have been raiding the BL design back catalogue

The last poster was mean to you, but this did make me chuckle - little bit of truth to it

[NomduJour]

300bhp/ton said:

NomduJour said:

300bhp/ton said:

It easily looks as good and more elegant than a Range Rover does

Tell us how good your Camaro is.

Why be a dick?

Just trying to get a level on your judgment.

Although Bentley have said it won't look like the EXP9 F concept, the concept is a real dog's breakfast.

[The Moose]

rtbpfd said:

I'm just wondering when Ferrari and Lamborghini will make an SUV?
I can imagine the big Lambo now in bright orange

You mean like the LM002..

[SlowV6]

I think the interior is epic. Like how I imagine a Zonda interior for 4x4s might look like.

Another upside of the inside is you can't see the outside, which to my eyes is utterly hideous.

[trashbat]

Also, everyone is at it, Maserati for one, with the wish-it-wasn't-but-at-least-it's-money Levante:



Green lit for production in the last week or so.

[Willy Nilly]

Even by the low standards SUV's already set, that is awful.

[PhilboSE]

I quite like it - for what it is. Though I'd like to see the new front as well.

What a lot of people fail to understand is that there isn't a real premium product in that sector apart from the RR. If you want a plush executive barge or sports car, there's lots of choice. But if you want a plush 4x4, then it's slim pickings and there's pretty much nothing that has 7 seats.

[E38Ross]

Impasse said:

E38Ross said:

Whilst I don't like it, I'm willing to bet you it won't hurt it's reputation. It's less of a "travesty" than porsche (sports car company) building the cayenne.... Bentley (a luxury car company) making a luxurious 4x4.

Isn't the case nowadays that it's Porsche (the 4x4 company) making sports cars?

My point is more than it hasn't hurt their reputation or their cars. Neither will this.

[Zod]

trashbat said:

Also, everyone is at it, Maserati for one, with the wish-it-wasn't-but-at-least-it's-money Levante:



Green lit for production in the last week or so.

I thought the name for this excrescence was Kubang.

[trashbat]

Zod said:

I thought the name for this excrescence was Kubang.

That was the name of the concept for the same.

[rtz62]

167 votes
1.07 average
Bentley, you need to take a read of this, look at the voting response, and bin the concept before it drags you under.

[NomduJour]

rtz62 said:

Bentley, you need to take a read of this, look at the voting response, and bin the concept before it drags you under

They aren't going to be able to build them fast enough. China will be awash with them.

[Waddi]

Thought it looked familiar....

[Impasse]

E38Ross said:

My point is more than it hasn't hurt their reputation or their cars. Neither will this.

Oh indeed. In the same way Porsche have coined it in with their 4x4 and kept the company afloat, this will be highly profitable for Bentley.
Which can only be a good thing.

[Bill Carr]

rtz62 said:

167 votes
1.07 average
Bentley, you need to take a read of this, look at the voting response, and bin the concept before it drags you under.

[E38Ross]

Bill Carr said:

rtz62 said:

167 votes
1.07 average
Bentley, you need to take a read of this, look at the voting response, and bin the concept before it drags you under.

Indeed. I bet at least 166 of those 167 won't be able to afford one, so no worries for Bentley.

[mybrainhurts]

story said:

Will it really be a properly capable off-roader though, or is that something best left to the Range Rover? "It needs to have an ability off-road," says Davis, "but it doesn't need to be a huge mud-plugger that'll go ploughing through fields. I don't think that's the expectation, but it can't just be a car on stilts. It's got to perform in the environment it looks like it's designed for.

That'll be uphill on snow, gentle slope, then..?

[George111]

300bhp/ton said:

George111 said:

Whatever it reminds you of, it's not good looking is it ! The interior is lovely but Bentley have had trouble with their exterior design for some time now.

It easily looks as good and more elegant than a Range Rover does. I think the biggest trouble is, it's popular on PH to hate SUV's and 4x4's and anything that is drastically different from before. If this same SUV had been displayed as anything but a Bentley I'm sure many more people would say it looks good.

I wouldn't, a pig is a pig whatever badge you put on it

[iSore]

A Scotsman said:

This is a mistake which could destroy Bentley's reputation.

That boat left about 10 years ago.

[300bhp/ton]

George111 said:

300bhp/ton said:

George111 said:

Whatever it reminds you of, it's not good looking is it ! The interior is lovely but Bentley have had trouble with their exterior design for some time now.

It easily looks as good and more elegant than a Range Rover does. I think the biggest trouble is, it's popular on PH to hate SUV's and 4x4's and anything that is drastically different from before. If this same SUV had been displayed as anything but a Bentley I'm sure many more people would say it looks good.

I wouldn't, a pig is a pig whatever badge you put on it

Fairy nuff.

Just out of curiosity, what SUV's do you think look good?