Bentley Bentayga: Its Beauty (Thankfully) Is More Than Skin Deep
I don?t know about you, but when I think of Bentley, I think of low slung, powerful coupes and sedans with long hoods that offer impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabins. With the introduction of Bentayga, however, my world view will have to change, because surrounding an impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabin is the tall, squat […]The post Bentley Bentayga: Its Beauty (Thankfully) Is More Than Skin Deep appeared first on Pursuitist.
I don?t know about you, but when I think of Bentley, I think of low slung, powerful coupes and sedans with long hoods that offer impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabins. With the introduction of Bentayga, however, my world view will have to change, because surrounding an impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabin is the tall, squat body of an SUV, one whose proportions seem so out of character with the Bentleys I know, that as good as Bentayga drives and as comfortable as it is, it somehow seems wrong.That?s not to say that Bentley shouldn?t build an SUV. Apparently every car company must have one, because because of the profit hey deliver to the company?s bottom line. No, Bentayga seems wrong in that it is built on an Audi Q7 platform, which dictates the length, width, height, front and rear overhang, windshield placement and rake that all seem so un-Bentley-like.Yes, it has the familiar matrix grill. Yes, there are the brand?s signature quad round headlamps. It also has the flared rear fenders you find on Continental. All ...
I don?t know about you, but when I think of Bentley, I think of low slung, powerful coupes and sedans with long hoods that offer impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabins. With the introduction of Bentayga, however, my world view will have to change, because surrounding an impossibly luxurious and ostentatious cabin is the tall, squat body of an SUV, one whose proportions seem so out of character with the Bentleys I know, that as good as Bentayga drives and as comfortable as it is, it somehow seems wrong.That?s not to say that Bentley shouldn?t build an SUV. Apparently every car company must have one, because because of the profit hey deliver to the company?s bottom line. No, Bentayga seems wrong in that it is built on an Audi Q7 platform, which dictates the length, width, height, front and rear overhang, windshield placement and rake that all seem so un-Bentley-like.Yes, it has the familiar matrix grill. Yes, there are the brand?s signature quad round headlamps. It also has the flared rear fenders you find on Continental. All ...
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