LUXURY Volkswagen model Bentley has engaged its bespoke (customized) commissioning division Mullinar to construct EWB (prolonged wheelbase +180mm) variations of the Higher Giant Bantayga SUV.
The brand new 5305mm lengthy Bentayga EWB Mulliner joins the Flying Spur Mulliner, Continental GT Mulliner and Continental GT Convertible Mulliner on the prime of their mannequin households.
Anticipated to be priced at over $514,000 plus on-road prices, it’s costlier than the likes of Lamborghini’s Urus Peformante at $465,876 +ORC however cheaper than the Ferrari Purosangue at simply $728,000 +ORC.
Bentley says the Bentayga EWB Mulliner defines a brand new pinnacle for the Bentayga household and certainly the Bentley mannequin vary boasting a brand new degree of recent craftsmanship to the already potent mixture of supercar efficiency, go-anywhere skill, driving dynamics and limousine rear cabin.
With the longer wheelbase comes extra cabin house than competitor autos and enhancements designed to optimise consolation for passengers and the motive force alike in what Bentley refers to as “the world’s most luxurious SUV to this point”.
The automobile has distinctive design options inside and outside that make a placing assertion, all “curated” with painstaking care by Mulliner.
For instance, the rear compartment is offered in 4+1 and four-seat configurations, that includes as commonplace, the Bentley Airline Seat specification upholstered in Mulliner Concord Diamond Quilt which, the maker says, is probably the most superior automotive seating system on the earth and provides 22-way adjustment.
The 2500kg behemoth has the identical powertrain as Porsche’s Cayenne Turbo; a 4.0-litre twin-turbo petrol V8 producing 404kW and 770Nm that’s ample to propel the automobile from 0-100km/h in 4.6 seconds and onto a v-max of 290km/h. The engine is mated to an eight-speed automated gearbox and powers all 4 wheels.
Holding all this in test is the corporate’s KA chassis that features Bentley Dynamic Trip with a 48V lively anti-roll management, rear wheel steering and three-chamber air springs. It’s mentioned to provide the Bentayga EWB Mulliner the identical dynamic skill because the smaller/lighter commonplace wheelbase mannequin that Bentley says makes the EWB an achieved driver’s automotive in addition to an expensive SUV limousine.
Already imposing to have a look at the Bentayga EWB provides to that with Mulliner 22-inch wheels in polished or gray painted and polished finishes. The wheels have self-levelling wheel caps that stay upright because the wheels rotate.
Then there’s Mulliner’s distinctive “Double Diamond” entrance grille and chrome entrance decrease grille complemented by Mulliner wing vents, with two-tone mirror caps in Satin Silver and physique color. A Blackline Specification (darker look) is offered as an choice.
Varied illuminations are solid on the tread plates welcoming passengers into the lushly wool carpeted inside obtainable in eight x three-colour combos.
Grand Black veneer trim showcases the mirror-finish polished fascia achieved by Bentley’s wooden store. It has overlays of silver Mulliner lettering and the Bentayga silhouette to the passenger fascia, the Bentley “B” on door waist rails and Mulliner chrome patterning on the rear picnic trays.
A 3 dimensional diamond milled end to the centre console offers one other visible and tactile spotlight.
The olive tan leather-based all through the cabin makes use of a sustainable tanning course of utilising an natural by-product of the olive oil business.
On the centre of the sprint is a Mulliner clock flanked by chromed bullseye air vents that present a focus on the console that includes a silvered face and a bezel in a technical knurled end.
Mulliner was established to reply to the necessities of Bentley’s most discerning clients and has turn into famend all through the automotive world for crafting among the most particular person Bentleys ever created.
