RE: Bentley Bentayga 'Fly Fishing by Mulliner'

[otolith]

Fetchez la vache said:

otolith said:

Fetchez la vache said:

Having said that, I'd have loved to hear the boardroom discussion & justification (market research?) when the idea of this came up...
I'd have thought an edition with a gold football carry-case and more interior vanity mirrors would have been more up owners streets.

Hmm...

Well, blow me down with a feather. I think you have it

That photo is from only a week or two back - suspiciously "on-trend"...

[Roma101]

This is ridiculous.

[Impasse]

Yet again a manufacturer knows more about their customer than the populace of PH. It's a very regular and ultimately predictable occurrence. Face it Phers, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

[torchy6]

Impasse said:

Yet again a manufacturer knows more about their customer than the populace of PH. It's a very regular and ultimately predictable occurrence. Face it Phers, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

Well said Impasse, this is a phenomenal car as a real owner pointed out above; despite what the jealous, pseudo humorous PHissants have to say!

[TooMany2cvs]

Impasse said:

Yet again a manufacturer knows more about their customer than the populace of PH. It's a very regular and ultimately predictable occurrence. Face it Phers, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

Hold on one sec...

Taking the piss out of the Bentaygo itself is one thing - and it's not exactly a new one, either.

But that isn't this thread. This thread's taking the piss out of a far narrower target than that - this Mulliner Fly-Fishing jobby. The PH article says no price - a quick google finds other sources saying it's an extra £80k over the standard starting-from-£160k... So that's a quarter of a million, almost exactly. The difference is enough to get some very nice tin. For what? A glorified bait box in the boot...?

[Impasse]

TooMany2cvs said:

Hold on one sec...

Taking the piss out of the Bentaygo itself is one thing - and it's not exactly a new one, either.

But that isn't this thread. This thread's taking the piss out of a far narrower target than that - this Mulliner Fly-Fishing jobby. The PH article says no price - a quick google finds other sources saying it's an extra £80k over the standard starting-from-£160k... So that's a quarter of a million, almost exactly. The difference is enough to get some very nice tin. For what? A glorified bait box in the boot...?

So you're saying that Bentley have stuffed up here and won't sell a single one of this lucrative special edition? Maybe you should be employed by them and advise them exactly what will sell to their customers.

[wemorgan]

TooMany2cvs said:

Hold on one sec...

Taking the piss out of the Bentaygo itself is one thing - and it's not exactly a new one, either.

But that isn't this thread. This thread's taking the piss out of a far narrower target than that - this Mulliner Fly-Fishing jobby. The PH article says no price - a quick google finds other sources saying it's an extra £80k over the standard starting-from-£160k... So that's a quarter of a million, almost exactly. The difference is enough to get some very nice tin. For what? A glorified bait box in the boot...?

Because this is what their customers want. This is not your regular car buying decision. Does the buyer want this car or to refit his jet, that's closer to how they think.

Edited by wemorgan on Tuesday 19th July 17:11

[TooMany2cvs]

Impasse said:

So you're saying that Bentley have stuffed up here and won't sell a single one of this lucrative special edition?

God, no. Hotcakes.

It's playing straight into the hands of a market who just cannot help but prove the old adage about taste and money.

[ChasW]

I hear that Rolls will be bring out a competitor soon.

[jhonn]

I suspect that he reason Bentley are promoting this is to broaden the appeal of the car to the more traditional moneyed huntin', shootin' & fishin' crowd - the type that would typically buy a top spec Range Rover for their country pursuits.

If it gets a few of them to start thinking that it's a credible alternative then it's achieved its purpose - it's already got the 'top dawg' 4x4 status symbol for the city sewn up.

As an aside - Range Rover marketed their Vogue with a bespoke picnic hamper years ago - these are very collectible now.

I think Bentley are right in their thinking - I just don't think that the car has the off-road credibility (and history) to carry it off successfully.

[J4CKO]

Why not just go to Waitrose for fish, catching it yourself, urghhh.

[Itsallicanafford]

I would love to be able to afford one of these as you would be in a bracket where you would also have a couple of super cars, a few houses, a holiday home somewhere nice...maybe even your own jet...sounds like a thoroughly enjoyable existence...

[jonnM]

P4ROT said:

Think I'll wait for the facelift....

That thing needs a face transplant

[W12GT]

Vile. The epitome of vulgar.

[fatboy b]

Steven_RW said:

fatboy b said:

...The chrome detailing around the rear lights is just comical...

Edited by fatboy b on Tuesday 19th July 11:45

Is that really the stand our feature to you on that car?

I clicked on the image to get the larger picture and even then the chrome (crap or otherwise) didn't really figure as a key aspect of the back end of the car.

Steven RW

Not from these pics. I had the misfortune to see a convoy of them a few weeks back. I honestly almost crashed I was laughing so much. I also used to work at Bentley, and had to walk past the car park of completed cars every day. The Conti is almost half decent, but the Mulsanne and Flying Spur are cringeworthy. The SUV was in design when I was there, and I said then that it was never going to be a looker. It's based on a Q7, so not an American-sized SUV as previously said. Unsure I'd spend all that cash on such a compromised car.

[mikEsprit]

Maybe it's just the aftermath of seeing a Bentley GTC in the wild a couple of days ago, but I think it looks good and that green is superb.

Holding out for the Fox Hunting Edition, though.

[RobDickinson]

j90gta said:

Believe the first one has been ordered by J.R. Hartley!!

He can afford one with all those book sales!

Honestly its not exactly for the common man is it, but I think Bentley know their market.

Theres heaps of wealthy toffs who enjoy fly fishing. The market in NZ for high end fly fishing tourism is huge, $2k+ per night accommodation at stations far off the beaten track plus chopper transits etc, this would fit right in to that market and be a great selling point for it. As for it being £80k more, I doubt people ordering it would even notice let alone blink.

[otolith]

Southern English chalk streams are fairly expensive;

http://m.sportfish.co.uk/tuition/fly-fishing-day-r...

Salmon fishing in Scotland, more so.

[AW111]

torchy6 said:

Well said Impasse, this is a phenomenal car as a real owner pointed out above; despite what the jealous, pseudo humorous PHissants have to say!

I don't see much jealousy in this thread, but that seems to be the standard insult used by the hard-of-thinking when people don't fawn all over an expensive car.

I have a 4wd hack (with full-length rod racks inside) for towing the boat and going off-road to fishing spots - it gets backed into salt water, driven over salty sand, and scraped through bushes on overgrown trails.
Would you use a Bentley for that?

[RobDickinson]

AW111 said:

Would you use a Bentley for that?

Your still thinking like someone cares about the cost of this.

For the multi millionaire/billionaire who likes to fly fish the odd weekend having this parked at the Scottish gaf doing nothing but rust for 48 weeks a year is irrelevant.