Filed under: Spy Photos, SUVs, Bentley
Bentley Building an SUV?
WorldCarFans isn't a fan site that often goes guessing into the wind, so we perked up and listened when one of its headlines suggested that Bentley might be building an SUV. The only evidence the site has are spy shots of a Cayenne test mule, but it reasons that the platform underpinning the Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7 could further be stretched to include a Bentley bruiser. While the resulting sport utility would benefit from the development already done by the other automakers, it's powerplants would be derived from the rest of Bentley's line. The Arnage's 6.5L V8 with 475 bhp would be the "base" engine, and the Continental GT's twin turbo, 6.0L W12 that produces 560 bhp would be the range topper. The above shot is just a rendering, but Bentley's corporate visage would look just fine on an SUV, if you ask us.
[Source: WorldCarFans]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Cameron 9:06AM (6/27/2006)
Eww, please don't!
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james 9:07AM (6/27/2006)
that nose looks much better on a continental. I don't find that attractive at all.
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GOKARTN 9:13AM (6/27/2006)
That would be a hip hop bling daddy dream come true.
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Rob 9:14AM (6/27/2006)
nasty!
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Tom Design 9:22AM (6/27/2006)
Um, comments about U.S. car makers ignoring the small car trend with their SUV's? I see MDX getting bigger, along with the CRV, the RAV4, and the Sorento, and Forester. Is the U.S. the only place criticized for disregard for global warming? I know that's no prize to achieve, and this country's boycott of the Kyoto Treaty is pathetic, but so is this SUV entry. Hummer is downsizing while Europe/Japan go bigger...go figure!?!
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USAFMech 9:31AM (6/27/2006)
I just threw up in my Cheerio's. Thanks.
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Kimchee 9:33AM (6/27/2006)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bryce 9:45AM (6/27/2006)
The front end appears so soft that I could envision what a Pillsbury Doughboy mobile would look like. Oh how I want to poke a Bentley Belly!!
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GDUB 9:48AM (6/27/2006)
That truly looks like puff daddy's "PUFFY" dream ride.
BS i think he calls him self Diddy now.
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CJ 9:56AM (6/27/2006)
It actually meakes sense in a way. Large SUVs (or CUVs... whatever) are the new luxury standard.
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Clarence 10:02AM (6/27/2006)
It's hard to believe that they would be stupid enough to dilute the brand like this. And on top of that, who is in the market for a VW with a Bentley grill? Leave that to the aftermarket. Anyone remember when you could buy a fiberglass hood (40 Ford style) for a VW Beetle?
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Fragmaster170 10:27AM (6/27/2006)
It looked and sound ridiculous to me at first until I remembered that another prestigious manufacturer, Aston Martin, has historically made a few shooting brake versions of their cars.
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DJ_Swammi 10:42AM (6/27/2006)
"11. It's hard to believe that they would be stupid enough to dilute the brand like this."
Come on, if Porsche - the quintessential sports car marquee - is willing to build a lumbering SUV, what should stop Bentley (besides taking one look at the monstrosity above)?
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Rick 10:44AM (6/27/2006)
It will be called the Cross Continental according to this article.
http://www.sybarites.org/2006/06/27/bentley-to-make-suv/
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Source1 10:55AM (6/27/2006)
Doesn't work, doesn't fit.
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Jason 11:00AM (6/27/2006)
Why is it everytime something has large wheels or is expensive and different... someone has to bring up hip hop or bling bling?
Trust me.. doesn't make you look like you can form valid arguments or are intelligent enough to comment on anything.
Rappers aren't the only ones buying oversized wheels and what not or these cars, if that was the truth... the markets for either wouldnt be as big as it is now.
They're just the ones that glorified it. But even so... please stop using those terms... they're tired.
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Keith 11:41AM (6/27/2006)
"Why is it everytime something has large wheels or is expensive and different... someone has to bring up hip hop or bling bling?"
"They're just the ones that glorified it."
I think you answered your own question.
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shane 11:45AM (6/27/2006)
What's next a bentley economy car?
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julian 12:10PM (6/27/2006)
horrible. not surprsing if it would use the same platfrom as a q7, vw and that porsche...and you say it looks fine by us??????????
you either must be mentally deluded or lacking in taste
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David F 12:20PM (6/27/2006)
Wow, get from the funeral home to the cemetery in record time!
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