The high-riding Bentayga has stood proud as Bentley’s range-topping mannequin because the Mulsanne retired in 2020. The model is cementing its first SUV’s flagship positioning by launching an much more luxurious evolution of the extended-wheelbase model known as EWB Mulliner.
Developed, as its title implies, by the in-house Mulliner division, the long-wheelbase SUV rides on 22-inch wheels fitted with self-leveling middle caps and wears a model-specific Double Diamond grille. Designers additionally added a chromed decrease entrance grille, a Mulliner-branded badge on every fender, and two-tone door mirror caps. The listing of choices contains an look package deal known as Mulliner Blackline Specification that replaces many of the vivid trim items with gloss black elements and provides gloss black-finished 21-inch wheels for a extra refined look.
We doubt anybody will yell “shotgun!” earlier than taking an extended journey within the Bentayga EWB Mulliner, as the very best seats in the home are within the again. Provided with 4 or 5 seats, the SUV comes commonplace with the Bentley Airline Seat possibility that brings 22-way power-adjustable rear seats, an computerized climate-sensing system that detects whether or not the occupants are sizzling or chilly and adjusts the heating or the air flow accordingly, and postural adjustment know-how that constantly modifications the form of the seat to ease stress factors. Two seating modes can be found: Loosen up reclines the seat to almost 40 levels and deploys a footrest whereas Enterprise strikes it to its most upright place.
Mulliner additionally added diamond-quilted leather-based upholstery, wooden inside trim, wool ground mats and a three-dimensional diamond-milled end on the middle console, and it lets consumers select certainly one of eight three-color upholstery mixtures created particularly for the flagship Bentayga. Alternatively, clients can work with the model to design a one-of-a-kind inside. The crowning glory is an analog clock on the dashboard.
If in case you have one thing to have fun, Bentley may help: there’s area for a bottle and two champagne flutes on the rear middle console.
Energy comes from a 4.0-liter V8 that is twin-turbocharged to 542 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. It spins the 4 wheels through an eight-speed computerized transmission, and it sends this lounge on wheels from 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and on to a high pace of 180 mph. The listing of normal options contains rear-wheel steering, a 48-volt anti-roll management system and an air suspension system.
Bentley hasn’t launched pricing info for the 2024 Bentayga EWB Mulliner, however count on it to begin effectively into six-digit territory.
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