RE: Bentley Bentayga - official
Discussion
Come on! All makers have to have an SUV these days - niche marketing Gone mad - but only just seen it in Autocar
It looks fine and surely the interior will be fabulous. W.O. Just moving with the times. after all, they offered dozens of variants in the 30s, depending on the coach builder.
It looks fine and surely the interior will be fabulous. W.O. Just moving with the times. after all, they offered dozens of variants in the 30s, depending on the coach builder.
sealtt said:
J4CKO said:
That was kind of my point, rather than casting aspersions on the collective PH buying power, I think the folk with money to buy stuff like this mix in entirely different circles, mostly not UK based, I am sure it will sell over here but most will go abroad where restraint is perhaps in shorter supply.
If everyone has stuff like that then it doesn't perhaps seem so huge and flash ?
I live in Cheshire so will see them soon.
I don't think the problem is that it's too huge & flashy - look how many thousands of brand new £100k Range Rovers with all the trimmings are on our roads. I think the problem is that it just looks like a slightly fancier Q7, from the outside anyway. And I don't think a big paycheque in your pocket makes that any more of an exciting proposition than it does to most other people.If everyone has stuff like that then it doesn't perhaps seem so huge and flash ?
I live in Cheshire so will see them soon.
I'd expect a lot of FFRR owners watched this with interest, as until now for a luxury 4x4 there was no real competitor, however the design is such a flop it's far more likely to attract VAG customers, say your Cayenne Turbo owner or a Q7 owner who recently got that big promotion, etc. The odd RR Sport owner may defect, however I can't imagine many from FFRRs doing so - and that is the demographic who clearly want the luxury 4X4 experience and who also have the means to buy one of these things.
However, I think we all understand enough about the modern world to appreciate that outside of us types this isn't an issue of any great concern. We are all focusses as a society on the concept of Bella Figura. So long as it looks good on the outside what it is under the skin has no relevance.
slider2 said:
Jumping Jehosephat! That's abominable.
Pity the L322 isn't still made. Far prettier if an SUV is needed. Imo
Agreed. Although the L322 was a bit of a shock to the senses initially, and again after the facelift, the subsequent L405 and now the Bentayga have only served to reinforce what a good design it was from the start.Pity the L322 isn't still made. Far prettier if an SUV is needed. Imo
I feel ashamed for the human race when flying your pretty wife, in her cashmere shawl, separately by aeroplane, whilst transporting your two perfect kids by a humongous SUV is considered to be a lifestyle we should aspire to. Bentley seems to conveniently forget that the picturese scenery they set the commercial in will disappear should we all adopt this aspirational and quite frankly selfish lifestyle.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
maseratimark said:
I feel ashamed for the human race when flying your pretty wife, in her cashmere shawl, separately by aeroplane, whilst transporting your two perfect kids by a humongous SUV is considered to be a lifestyle we should aspire to. Bentley seems to conveniently forget that the picturese scenery they set the commercial in will disappear should we all adopt this aspirational and quite frankly selfish lifestyle.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
You tell 'em, princess. Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
maseratimark said:
I feel ashamed for the human race when flying your pretty wife, in her cashmere shawl, separately by aeroplane, whilst transporting your two perfect kids by a humongous SUV is considered to be a lifestyle we should aspire to. Bentley seems to conveniently forget that the picturese scenery they set the commercial in will disappear should we all adopt this aspirational and quite frankly selfish lifestyle.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
maseratimark said:
I feel ashamed for the human race when flying your pretty wife, in her cashmere shawl, separately by aeroplane, whilst transporting your two perfect kids by a humongous SUV is considered to be a lifestyle we should aspire to. Bentley seems to conveniently forget that the picturese scenery they set the commercial in will disappear should we all adopt this aspirational and quite frankly selfish lifestyle.
Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
Hey maseratimark, which Maserati do you drive? Is it the eco-Maserati? Oh no, they don't make one. Maybe you should become Priusmark before getting all high and mighty about the planet?Oh I forget, just like their customers, they don’t give a dame, because they can afford to wreck the planet, as their wealth will protect them from having to suffer the worst of the consequences that will engulf poor people in the developing world.
Can't believe no one else has noticed that there isn't a single shot of this actually off-road anywhere. The photos in the article have the "off-road" shots with the car very clearly photoshopped in, and the video only goes so far as taking it down a high-quality gravel track. I've been down more adventurous things in my Elise.
herebebeasties said:
Can't believe no one else has noticed that there isn't a single shot of this actually off-road anywhere. The photos in the article have the "off-road" shots with the car very clearly photoshopped in, and the video only goes so far as taking it down a high-quality gravel track. I've been down more adventurous things in my Elise.
But let's be sensible here, these types of SUV have grown out of the saloon and estate market rather than the original offroad market. They will never go offroad, no one will ever buy one to go offroad and they are bought as alternatives to big saloons etc. The offroad market has remained as it was and is still a very niche sector as few people actually need to go offroad as almost all domestic properties are linked to work and ahopping enviroent a by roads.
What I don't get is why any of the makers of luxury, onroad SUVs even mention going offroad as we all recognised this as superfluous over a decade ago.
NomduJour said:
If a Range Rover or Discovery had no off-road ability, or couldn't tow 3.5 tonnes, it would be useless to a lot of people (including me). They're not all fashion accessories.
Indeed. It's the only product that straddles what are two very clearly defined car sectors, high position onroad cars and high position offroad cars. I can't think of another product that genuinely sits between the two.
As can be clearly seen, the majority of people who want the benefit of sitting higher up want this within an onroad package of which this Bentley is currently about to be at the pinnacle of.
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