RE: Bentley SUV - green light, go

[btdk5]

suffolk009 said:

Sadly, the world market adores these things. It can only be a matter of time before anyone building cars has one in their showroom. Look at Harry Metcalf's column in EVO for the numbers (This month or last, I forget)

Imagine if Pagani built one - bigger, more powerful and blingy-er than anything else. Maserati, Alfa, they'll all make their versions, some day. Caterham could reinvent the Mini Moke. And Lotus looking to save their business with a new Elise? I don't think so - best look at the Evoque and figure out how to make that market their own.

We're sportscar fans living in an SUV world.

Why is it sad? Hardly a lack of sports cars around....

[Mr_B]

Blukoo said:

Looks like it was built for the Queen and the Queen only.

A Queen like Liberace

[howertings]

Greg66 said:

A new standard in ugly SUVs has been set.

ETA: I like the way the photo shows that it is driving off road, even though there is a road right next to the dirt track it is driving on. Nicely illustrates its off road credentials.

It's no wonder that the car is on the dirt track as the adjacent paved section of road is only about half the width of the car - maybe that's why there's a market for another huge new SUV, with roads like this.

Mind you, the picture also seems to show quite a useful white line at the edge of the "dirt track", to warn the driver not to wander too far off off-road ......hmmmm.....

[BrightonEd]

phil1979 said:

Ghastly

Oblique reference to 'Event Horizon' there. Like it!

[trashbat]

Tackle the remotest hard shoulder! Cross any layby!

[cirian75]

martin mrt said:

A rebodied Touareg/Cayenne looking at that picture

Yup, Cayenne I think will donate its platform with the Bentley engines

[TobesH]

Actually looks a little more like... a Bentley Landcrab

[JaguarsportXJR]

I clicked the link for this story and just got an error saying "HTTP 440 Error: Bad Request". Once I'd refreshed and seen the picture of the concept I realised it wasn't joking. Bad Request indeed.

[109er]

Wills2 said:

I wonder how much it will cost, 150k?

Prices expected to be from £140k to £200k.

Roger

[Prawnboy]

just sterilising a spoon for my eyes.



p.s. good news for crewe, just ship them straight to china in big black boxes.

[Tivo]

Blukoo said:

Callughan said:

Looks worse in person.

Looks like it was built for the Queen and the Queen only.

The Queen. And Gulzar.

Is it wrong I quite like it?

[Blown2CV]

makes it look like it is to be seen undertaking lines of traffic driving along the dusty verge of a tarmac road. Roads are for commoners? I suppose tailgating lane 3 range rovers are quite new money.

[wongthecorrupter]

TobesH said:

You are a genius

[northwest monkey]

Greg66 said:

ETA: I like the way the photo shows that it is driving off road, even though there is a road right next to the dirt track it is driving on. Nicely illustrates its off road credentials.

That's the hard shoulder - it's actually broken down.

[CAPP0]

Another overblown abortion straight from the pen of the Mini Countryman/Fiat 500L. Awful looking thing(s).

[Jedimindtrix71]

It'll look great in white with a Kahn bodykit cruising around the backstreets of Bradford.

[zebedee]

If they can keep rubbing lines out on that sketch until it totally disappears, I'll be happy

[g3org3y]

So what is this going to do better than a Range Rover?

[MiseryStreak]

The only good thing about this thing is the upset it is causing Guardian readers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/23/ben...

Makes it all worthwhile.

[billzeebub]

I can hardly wait to see white versions of this cluttering up the Surrey area...oh my eyes hurt, that is horrendous!!..still, that won't stop vacuous types with more money/PCP than sense queuing up to be seen in 'a Bentley, init Trace'