RE: Bentley Bentayga Diesel: Review
Discussion
CPWilliams said:
legless said:
That steering wheel looks suspiciously like the one in my B9 A4.
Nice enough for a repmobile. Not so sure about a 'luxury' product.
VAG have spent some R&D cash on their latest gen of steering wheels - the small centre bosses/ airbag units are very nice. Makes other options look awfully bulky. Nice enough for a repmobile. Not so sure about a 'luxury' product.
Edited by legless on Monday 25th September 19:48
T16OLE said:
djfaulkner said:
All-Terrain Specification £4,955
City Specification £4,330
That just seems wrong.City Specification £4,330
I'm not questioning the car per se, massive market for these for some reason. Yet, what's the logic for buying a diesel? Even driving it 24/7 the depreciation cost will be higher than any fuel you can consume?
In other words, even spending 15,000 £ on petrol per year won't make enough of a difference to buy a 200k diesel?
In other words, even spending 15,000 £ on petrol per year won't make enough of a difference to buy a 200k diesel?
Pica-Pica said:
RSK21 said:
Pica-Pica said:
Even the, presumably petrol,version I encountered could not escape from a 335d.
Obvs.
Remapped ?
Point being I bet he couldn't give a s
t that he "could not escape".I know a chap with one of these, gentleman farmer and a nicer more down to earth chap you couldn't wish to meet. He absolutely loves it.
I don't understand the sheer hate for these. Whilst the styling is, in my opinion, hideous from the front and boring at the back, I totally understand why some would love these cars.
Lovely and comfortable place to be, nice driving position, performance aplenty for most people with a very nice interior.
Or are people on PH more concerned with how something looks rather than how good something is at what it's supposed to do?
Lovely and comfortable place to be, nice driving position, performance aplenty for most people with a very nice interior.
Or are people on PH more concerned with how something looks rather than how good something is at what it's supposed to do?
Rethw said:
Is it just me or does that interior already look quite dated, maybe the the colour choices?
That's the first thing I thought, the interior is horrible! I'm sure it's a nice enough place to be but it looks like someone retro fitted some modern looking vents and a TV in the dash.RSK21 said:
Pica-Pica said:
RSK21 said:
Pica-Pica said:
Even the, presumably petrol,version I encountered could not escape from a 335d.
Obvs.
Remapped ?
Point being I bet he couldn't give a s
t that he "could not escape".I know a chap with one of these, gentleman farmer and a nicer more down to earth chap you couldn't wish to meet. He absolutely loves it.
335d drivers always want to prove something.
jhonn said:
Not really - people buy these things because they are expensive - got to have some way to show the proles how affluent you are.
(If they were 'reasonably' priced they wouldn't be as attractive to the clientele that do buy them.)
If that were the case then these things would be £200k with no options. As it is now, people will see your £130k Bentley and not know that you actually paid £200k for it.(If they were 'reasonably' priced they wouldn't be as attractive to the clientele that do buy them.)
Bentley have successfully appealed to the ostentatious wing of the conspicuous consumption class of buyer with the Bentayga. The fact that it looks dated is beside the point of the car. That point is to provide effortless on road performance in great comfort and at a very high price.
Yuck!
Ugly car, ridiculously over priced. At the end of the day without the big w12 petol lump in its just an Audi Q7 in a posh labeled frock.
Bet the diesel version out sells the petrol 2:1. There are alot of possers out there who's pockets aren't quite as deep as they want people to believe.
Ugly car, ridiculously over priced. At the end of the day without the big w12 petol lump in its just an Audi Q7 in a posh labeled frock.
Bet the diesel version out sells the petrol 2:1. There are alot of possers out there who's pockets aren't quite as deep as they want people to believe.
Oddly enough I was in the position of following one of these, a petrol one I guess, in a petrol V8 Range Rover the other day.
I was delivering the RR - and the estate manager I delivered it to just took off in the Bentley. To meet up with another car which had gone to the wrong office on the estate.
Some spirited driving ensued. I couldn't even keep him in sight. But despite this, the Bentley is just so ugly. It's actually too ugly.
It's fking hideous. Normally things like that don't bother me. But there are limits!
Not much insight there I admit.
The Range Rover, by the way, is still an absolutely superb motor car. I don't see how they can avoid cocking up the next one. I really hope they don't. I wonder where they will get an engine worthy of it from.
I was delivering the RR - and the estate manager I delivered it to just took off in the Bentley. To meet up with another car which had gone to the wrong office on the estate.
Some spirited driving ensued. I couldn't even keep him in sight. But despite this, the Bentley is just so ugly. It's actually too ugly.
It's f
king hideous. Normally things like that don't bother me. But there are limits!Not much insight there I admit.
The Range Rover, by the way, is still an absolutely superb motor car. I don't see how they can avoid cocking up the next one. I really hope they don't. I wonder where they will get an engine worthy of it from.
CABC said:
Bentley Veblen.
A manufacturer should actually come out with that. it'll sell more. An ironic statement for the Rooneys.
Ha! I'm studying economics at the moment so I get that...A manufacturer should actually come out with that. it'll sell more. An ironic statement for the Rooneys.
Re: Diesel - anyone seeing a huge blobby SUV assumes it's a diesel anyway. Doesn't seem to have put people off Range Rovers, X5s or Cayennes and the like.
After a run of disastrous FFRR's that were forever in being repaired or recovered, we bought one of these earlier in the year, not particular interested in looks but more of a tool to do the things we want to do as family without fear of being stranded at the side of the road in a LR product.
Looks are not to everyone's taste but as a overall package it is truly a astonishing car, we have been been down to Switzerland a few times skiing and took it too Portugal for the summer, covering nearly 900 miles in a day coming back. Performance, comfort and refinement are a different world to the Range Rover as is the huge boot space, we loved our's so much we've just bought another, taking delivery last week. Unless you've lived with one and experienced it you would be hard pushed to comment based on looks alone.
Looks are not to everyone's taste but as a overall package it is truly a astonishing car, we have been been down to Switzerland a few times skiing and took it too Portugal for the summer, covering nearly 900 miles in a day coming back. Performance, comfort and refinement are a different world to the Range Rover as is the huge boot space, we loved our's so much we've just bought another, taking delivery last week. Unless you've lived with one and experienced it you would be hard pushed to comment based on looks alone.
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