RE: Bentley Bentayga 'Fly Fishing by Mulliner'

[jakeb]

"Hello, yes i was wondering if you have a Fly Fishing Edition by W O Bentley?"

"No luck dad? Never mind"

"Oh You Dooooooo! Yes my name, it's W O Bentley"

[TooMany2cvs]

jakeb said:

"Hello, yes i was wondering if you have a Fly Fishing Edition by Matthias Muller?"

"No luck dad? Never mind"

"Oh You Dooooooo! Yes my name, it's Matthias Muller"

[NomduJour]

myhandle said:

The car is by far the most desirable in this category

I would disagree - it's a hugely cynical horror which looks laughably bad. The sub-Mitsuoka styling, the awful proportions, the fact that it's so obviously a tarted and blinged Q7 underneath the plastic chrome glitz.

[TooMany2cvs]

NomduJour said:

myhandle said:

The car is by far the most desirable in this category

I would disagree - it's a hugely cynical horror which looks laughably bad. The sub-Mitsuoka styling, the awful proportions, the fact that it's so obviously a tarted and blinged Q7 underneath the plastic chrome glitz.

TBF, there aren't many other quarter-million-pound Chelsea tractor softroaders with a bait box in the boot, so it's not hard to be the "most desirable".

[fatboy b]

I just followed the link to the "Driven" article, and really wish I hadn't.

[otolith]

Not sure what's vomit inducing about it, not my cup of tea but looks utterly unremarkable for that sort of car?

[carinaman]

The red fleece won't scare the fish away?

I love that shade of green. It would look good on many cars.

Stinking of bait or fish wouldn't make that car any more attractive.

[AW111]

carinaman said:

The red fleece won't scare the fish away?

I love that shade of green. It would look good on many cars.

Stinking of bait or fish wouldn't make that car any more attractive.

While I find the concept a bit ludicrous, in fairness :

1. Fly fishing doesn't involve bait.
2. Fly fishing seems to rarely involve actually catching fish.
3. The target market probably own a dog or two.

So I don't think smell will be an issue.

[Talented009]

Quickmoose said:

It could almost be April 1st.
Why have they not done a footballer's wife version? Surley they'd be more likely t spec leather lined, shopping holdalls, small dog holders and makeup centres etc
Anyway, on this basis, the Bentayga has a long and successful niche filling future ahead of it, congrats Bentley.
And thank god niches are all it's going to fill, because IMO it's god-awful.

The wag edition in celebration of the original wag, will feature exclusive "fake bright orange tanned" diamond gold stitched leather interior, the interior will feature instruments that will be coated in specially sourced and genuine Argos gold.
Standrad features will include purple alcantara and a beats by dre bass engineered sound system.
Each wag edition car will come with a bespoke makeup bag that costs £10,000 each, and a handmade grocery storage unit, that has been specially designed in a in house studio to store numerous hair dye,tv magazines and the tesco roast.
The car will only be available in Chelsea wall white.
Customers will have teh choice to choose between orange or pink side mirrors and door handles.
Extra options such as sporty decals will cost £5,500
Each benetayga wag edition owner will get a discount on benteyga mulliner matching tracksuits if a carbon fibre bonnet and a carbon fibre spoiler are purchased as part of our sports dynamic package.

Edited by Talented009 on Thursday 21st July 16:52

Edited by Talented009 on Thursday 21st July 16:55

[iphonedyou]

Blackpuddin said:

Anybody else feel slightly nauseous, or just me?

I think it's quite nice. It's certainly not vomit inducing offensive.

[carinaman]

AW111 said:

While I find the concept a bit ludicrous, in fairness :

1. Fly fishing doesn't involve bait.
2. Fly fishing seems to rarely involve actually catching fish.
3. The target market probably own a dog or two.

So I don't think smell will be an issue.

Valid points.



From:

http://www.myjeeple.com/newsite.html

[TooMany2cvs]

Talented009 said:

The wag edition in celebration of the original wag, will feature exclusive "fake bright orange tanned" diamond gold stitched leather interior, the interior will feature instruments that will be coated in specially sourced and genuine Argos gold.
Standrad features will include purple alcantara and a beats by dre bass engineered sound system.
Each wag edition car will come with a bespoke makeup bag that costs £10,000 each, and a handmade grocery storage unit, that has been specially designed in a in house studio to store numerous hair dye,tv magazines and the tesco roast.
The car will only be available in Chelsea wall white.
Customers will have teh choice to choose between orange or pink side mirrors and door handles.
Extra options such as sporty decals will cost £5,500
Each benetayga wag edition owner will get a discount on benteyga mulliner matching tracksuits if a carbon fibre bonnet and a carbon fibre spoiler are purchased as part of our sports dynamic package.

That's the entire production run, isn't it?

[Davey S2]

ReaperCushions said:

Back to the H&H edition Rangie...

I have to say I love this kind of detail:

Looks like one of Chemical Chaos's cowboy belt buckles

[Talented009]

TooMany2cvs said:

That's the entire production run, isn't it?

Yeap factory white body paint, with black glossy dipped rims,black leather with faux carbon and a custom tacky number plate seem to be the pinnacle of automotive desirability.

I am surprised that the car was not called "the mulliner flying fish"
The flying fish features Artic salmon leather interior

Edited by Talented009 on Monday 25th July 15:20

[Aeroresh]

Im sure more than half the posters on this thread have been brain washed by the perception of a typical driver portrayed within the media with more than a splash of jealousy for my liking.

Worrying really.

The car is a showpiece to demonstrate what could be done if desired, thats all.

At the end of the day even top line Range Rovers feel flimsy, less tactile and far less luxurious compared to the Bentayga, so the justification for the higher price tag is somewhat warranted, its all relative. It might not be the prettiest, but hey ho.

[NomduJour]

Difficult to argue that the interior quality at least is a step above (as you might expect for over £60k more), but it's a terrible design - even Bentley's design director Stefan Sielaff says it is in need of urgent "consolidation".

No excuses at this price level.

[rxe]

ReaperCushions said:

Back to the H&H edition Rangie...

I have to say I love this kind of detail:

IMO it's gash, even on a gun.

I get putting vast amounts of engineering expertise into a rifle and charging appropriately. A Steyr in .338 Lap Magnum is a thing of engineering beauty, and will deliver insanely small groups at bonkers ranges. It doesn't need silly scrollwork, it needs precision.

In contrast, a shotgun is a pretty close relative of a blunderbuss, the ammo is very variable (ever actually weighed the charges in a box of cartridges?), and being honest, my £10 single barrel "barn gun" shoots just as well as my (cheap) Beretta, and both shoot just as well as the seven grand Spanish thing that one of my mates has.

Now you have to admire the hand work that is put into a high end gun - it's pointless, but it is beautiful. That door handle is moulded ally, distressed to look "old", about as genuine as uPVC windows in a thatched cottage.

[jhonn]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

..but to pimp the boot space ONLY for 80k is crackers.

The fact that it costs 80k is actually the attraction - if it was 'cheap' it would not be desirable to the buyers of such vehicles.

This phenomenon of conspicuous consumption has a name - 'Veblen goods' - google it, it's quite interesting.

[RobDickinson]

Yep, the people who would buy this wouldnt even glance at the cost. and likely would only see it a couple of weekends a year

[CS Garth]

I like the fact that Bentley realise their car is bit toppy price wise and thus are making an effort to make it appeal to the man in the street.

I'd like to see the Eric Bristow darts themed wagon or something more specifically for badger baiting/cock fighting.

Obviously Golfists are already well catered to so perhaps a bikram hot yoga version (no air con, some bird sits on the back and farts at random) or adult colouring book version to increase mindfulness?