RE: Bentley Bentayga V8: Driven
Discussion
Ninja59 said:
They already are, although they still are "expensive", but most W12 cars from 2016 seem to have lost £30-40k off list (excluding options), which based on the above means they have probably lost a shedload more!
One of the YouTubers I loosely follow buys up older expensive cars, attempts to fix them and move them on after vlogging about them - Hoovies Garage (no apostrophe - not sure if intended).Anyway, he bought what he claimed to be the cheapest Bentley Continental GT in North America and had to admit defeat when it's electrical gremlins were unfixable.
So, I think you're right - depreciation will be inevitable for these but it would still be a brave person who takes one on.
Watchman said:
One of the YouTubers I loosely follow buys up older expensive cars, attempts to fix them and move them on after vlogging about them - Hoovies Garage (no apostrophe - not sure if intended).
Anyway, he bought what he claimed to be the cheapest Bentley Continental GT in North America and had to admit defeat when it's electrical gremlins were unfixable.
So, I think you're right - depreciation will be inevitable for these but it would still be a brave person who takes one on.
Is he not the one that bought a Phantom recently? I could be wrong though.Anyway, he bought what he claimed to be the cheapest Bentley Continental GT in North America and had to admit defeat when it's electrical gremlins were unfixable.
So, I think you're right - depreciation will be inevitable for these but it would still be a brave person who takes one on.
I agree probably like so many cars now the cost of replacing electrical gremlins can be eye watering.
Ninja59 said:
Is he not the one that bought a Phantom recently? I could be wrong though.
I agree probably like so many cars now the cost of replacing electrical gremlins can be eye watering.
He did. Nutter. Well... he must be doing something right - it'd cost a small fortune to buy all those cars up. Unless he started with a large fortune. I agree probably like so many cars now the cost of replacing electrical gremlins can be eye watering.
Confession... At a massively different economic scale I bought a second hand Merc GL a couple of years ago for less than half of its original price, and yet it has cost me a little under £5000 to put things right - stuff that was probably skimped during the first ownership. But that's on a car worth £70K new. I can't imagine the costs associated with second hand Bentley ownership, unless the shared platform elements offer some economies of scale.
timsturbo said:
Getting a bit bland putting same engine in everything in group
Bentayga = Audi 4.0V8
Cayenne Turbo = Audi 4.0 V8
Lamborghini Urus = Audi 4.0 V8
Audi RS6 = Audi 4.0 V8
A great engine no doubt but each brand needs its own identity ?
Not sure in what planet the engine in any of those applications is even remotely bland.Bentayga = Audi 4.0V8
Cayenne Turbo = Audi 4.0 V8
Lamborghini Urus = Audi 4.0 V8
Audi RS6 = Audi 4.0 V8
A great engine no doubt but each brand needs its own identity ?
...and using engines across brands is common sense, especially with such different tuning in each.
Ares said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I don't get it. If you want a quick SUV, there's stuff like the Merc GLC43, Audi SQ5 and no doubt many others that are £80K cheaper and look far nicer.
Or you save more and get a bike, or a transit van. Equally comparable.
swiveleyedgit said:
Cool story, Derek Bell pulled up at the Hunaudieres restaurant in one of these on the Friday morning before this year's race, if it's good enough for him...
As a test driver / consultant for Bentley, I imagine it was 'just' a company car and he is obliged to drive one.As posted above, probably a better place to be seated in looking out, than outside watching it pass by.
I really don't get the whole obsession with these huge SUVs. In the UK the infrastructure just isn't built for them. Manoeuvring around a multi-storey car parks, getting in and out of the car in tight parking spots can be hard enough in my Octavia, let alone that enormous monstrosity.
Can't help but be impressed with the engineering though. 2.5 tonnes, 0-60 in 4.4 secs and 25mpg.
Can't help but be impressed with the engineering though. 2.5 tonnes, 0-60 in 4.4 secs and 25mpg.
I sort of like these, they aren't beautiful but they are imposing and grandiose.
However, its like a higher budget version of signwriting "Hello, I am a bit of a C*** " down the side of your existing car to a lot of folk, I am no socialist party member, I am not jealous but I would feel so obnoxious driving one, would be ok in the "Golden Triangle" in Cheshire I suppose, or Knightsbridge, posh bits of Essex but having to drive it through less well off areas would feel so conspicuous, where a Conti GT wouldnt, as much, i think its the height of it magnifying it, though in more sober colours they blend in a bit better. I would have to have a more low key car as well.
A pink one with your name on, that takes some bottle to drive/lack of awareness or just not giving a toss.
However, its like a higher budget version of signwriting "Hello, I am a bit of a C*** " down the side of your existing car to a lot of folk, I am no socialist party member, I am not jealous but I would feel so obnoxious driving one, would be ok in the "Golden Triangle" in Cheshire I suppose, or Knightsbridge, posh bits of Essex but having to drive it through less well off areas would feel so conspicuous, where a Conti GT wouldnt, as much, i think its the height of it magnifying it, though in more sober colours they blend in a bit better. I would have to have a more low key car as well.
A pink one with your name on, that takes some bottle to drive/lack of awareness or just not giving a toss.
JuanGandini said:
In the UK the infrastructure just isn't built for them.
They're not just built for the UK - LA, Dallas, Dubai, and many, many other places would accommodate these with ease; in fact, they're not even that big compared with say a Chevrolet Suburban, Mercedes GL-Class or Nissan Armada. In fact a Phantom or even Mulsanne would be more car, even if they don't sit quite as high...Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I've seen a few of these now...always in the outside lane arrogantly bullying other cars out of the way. I even saw one bully a BMW out of the way by sitting 1" from his bumper last week - good to get a bit of their own medicine I guess.
Thing is, in something like that, anything you do looks a bit arrogant, sat still in traffic, people are watching you in stuff like that, wanting to confirm their diagnosis of you being a 
, and with it being so big, you have no chance, even if you drive like a saint. Also, in fast stuff, you can go fast, a lot of folk dont have a clue how much faster that car is than their 1.2 litre hatch, so they can be thrapping the nuts of it, doing 80 and thinking thats plenty fast enough, but in something like that, its barely ticking over, so you end up behind them and want them to move, so you end up looking aggressive.
Edited by J4CKO on Thursday 9th August 12:38
sidesauce said:
JuanGandini said:
In the UK the infrastructure just isn't built for them.
They're not just built for the UK - LA, Dallas, Dubai, and many, many other places would accommodate these with ease; in fact, they're not even that big compared with say a Chevrolet Suburban, Mercedes GL-Class or Nissan Armada. In fact a Phantom or even Mulsanne would be more car, even if they don't sit quite as high...Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff