RE: Why Bentley has to build its SUV
Discussion
No one's doubting the business case for selling a Touraeg 'in drag' for £150k with Porsche having proven the concept.
What we want to know is why push/test the business case to the 'limit' with something that looks so ridiculous and may be a potential laughing stock when seen on the road.
The new big saloon looks bad enough in reality - all droopy and saggy - surely they don't need another one that raises more questions than answers over styling?
What we want to know is why push/test the business case to the 'limit' with something that looks so ridiculous and may be a potential laughing stock when seen on the road.
The new big saloon looks bad enough in reality - all droopy and saggy - surely they don't need another one that raises more questions than answers over styling?
Hi all, I think this is the way that a lot of car companies will be heading over the next few years due to the world and the markets we live in. Bentley producing this car in its current guise or not, is and will make sure that Bentley produce W12 engined vehicles in various formats for the future, a massive amount of research will have happened prior to releasing the car and im sure Bentley are confident will be a success, and if the biggest market is China and they end up selling a collosal number of the EXP 9, then it gives the smaller markets within Europe the opportunity to be able to purchase cars that are more performance orientated which then show the company (I.e. Bentley) in a better light, as I'm sure that Bentley themselves do not want to pull too far from its race car and pedigree history.
Besides The EXP 9.... would you rather something unique and probably a sight more reliable than the default choice from LRJ.......I say watch out Range Rover Bentley are on a charge with this!.......I love it! (and I'm serious :-)
Besides The EXP 9.... would you rather something unique and probably a sight more reliable than the default choice from LRJ.......I say watch out Range Rover Bentley are on a charge with this!.......I love it! (and I'm serious :-)
SOD IT !
I will not be buying any SUV (sounds like a sexually transmitted disease too) - no matter who's daft badge is on it !!
I'd rather have my Transporter Van anyday - and my '71 Elan Sprint, MkIV R32 & 993 C4S.....Just to stuff the Chelsea Tractor Brigade.
Duh.....Rant over
Ha ha, :-). Ooops !
I will not be buying any SUV (sounds like a sexually transmitted disease too) - no matter who's daft badge is on it !!
I'd rather have my Transporter Van anyday - and my '71 Elan Sprint, MkIV R32 & 993 C4S.....Just to stuff the Chelsea Tractor Brigade.
Duh.....Rant over
Ha ha, :-). Ooops !
V8mate said:
Sunday Times InGear is reporting that Bentley will be be redesigning the car following recent feedback.
Surely this "recent feedback" can't be the first feedback they are getting on it. Building concept cars is not cheap. At some point, enough important people within Bentley must have decided that this car looked good enough to be made into a concept and displayed at a major motor show.This car is hideous, and the exterior design looks lazy - as if somebody has simply dropped a Mulsanne visual onto a Range Rover profile. I really can't understand how they thought it was acceptable, even bearing in mind the desire to appeal to the middle east/BRIC countries. The only thing I can think of is that Bentley decided, very late in the day, that they *had* to have an SUV concept displayed at Geneva, and that this was a rush job. However, this is not borne out by the stunning interior.
Could PH get an interview or Q&A with the designers? That would make interesting reading...
looking at the books on Bentley doesn't make for good reading, when VW have pumper over a billion into the brand just to buy and set up the Crewe factory.
Running at a lost for the last few years in the last 3, I would be thinking this could be the curtain call.
Funny when w.o set the company up, it was about racing cars..
Running at a lost for the last few years in the last 3, I would be thinking this could be the curtain call.
Funny when w.o set the company up, it was about racing cars..
Oakman said:
SOD IT !
I will not be buying any SUV (sounds like a sexually transmitted disease too) - no matter who's daft badge is on it !!
I'd rather have my Transporter Van anyday - and my '71 Elan Sprint, MkIV R32 & 993 C4S.....Just to stuff the Chelsea Tractor Brigade.
Duh.....Rant over
Ha ha, :-). Ooops !
Ooooh... harsh from someone driving a squashed Beetle... :-ppppI will not be buying any SUV (sounds like a sexually transmitted disease too) - no matter who's daft badge is on it !!
I'd rather have my Transporter Van anyday - and my '71 Elan Sprint, MkIV R32 & 993 C4S.....Just to stuff the Chelsea Tractor Brigade.
Duh.....Rant over
Ha ha, :-). Ooops !
LordFlathead said:
Flying Toaster said:
I've been wondering what this Bentley looks like all week, and I've got it. I present to you, the Geely Englon.
I think it's the first case of a western manufacturer copying a chinese one.
That car needs a punch in the mouth I think it's the first case of a western manufacturer copying a chinese one.
Geely has a large share in LTI and that would be scary if they made them.
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