Bentley EXP 9F tagged posts

From a media interview with the Bentley CEO, Wolfgang Dürheimer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the brand’s first SUV, which to be officially announced in 2016, will come with a starting MSRP more than GBP 130,000 (approx. $221,448 with today’s USD/GBP FX rate).

Please note that this is the price estimate for the UK market only, and the actual US market price will usually not follow the direct FX rate conversion value.

The Bentley SUV is expected to break the speed of 200mph, with at least two engine options: the twin-turbo 4.0L V8 and the twin-turbo 6.0L W12. This new model will be built in Bentley’s manufacturing plant at Crewe, UK.

Below is some spy shots of the Be...

Bentley previewed the EXP 9F concept SUV about 2 years ago, the concept has a rigid and masculine styling.

But from the latest spy-shot we get recently, it looks like Bentley revised the exterior considerably, which looks to be more sleek, and the height is lower. Now it is more like a bigger version of the Porsche Macan.

The Bentley SUV will be based on Volkswagen’s MLB Evo platform, which is designed for longitudinal, front-engined, front-wheel drive based automobiles (maybe not familiar to some folks, many of the AWD VW cars, including Audi A4/5/6/7/8, plus the Porsche Macan, are placing the engine 100% in front of the front axle, which is a typical property of FWD pla...