Check Out The Bentley Bentayga's New Continental GT-Like Rear
You certainly can’t accuse Bentley of smashing out one of those blink-and-you’ll-miss-it facelifts with the updated Bentayga. From the front, the more elliptical, Continental GT-style headlights are immediately obvious, as is the new “more upright” matrix grille.
The rear gets the most dramatic changes, though. The shape of the Bentayga’s previously rather bland bum has completely changed, with the most conspicuous changes coming in the form of a concave boot lid and lights clusters which - again - seem to be taking inspiration from the Conti.
This is a Bentley, of course, so the stuff inside is arguably more important. Happily, there are plenty of tweaks here too. The central fascia, steering wheel, door cards and seats are all new. On the tech front, there’s a new 10.9-inch infotainment display which - before you ask - doesn’t rotate as it does on the Continental and Flying Spur. Sorry.
Despite being no bigger before, rethought packaging means there’s more space for occupants. On four-seater versions of the Bentayga, rear-seat passengers can enjoy 30mm more knee room when seated upright, and 100mm more when fully reclined. Mulliner Driving Specification cars also get a new quilted leather design, with all Bentaygas available with eight different fancy veneers to choose from.
Once again, a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 is used to punt along the entry-level version of this vast, leather-line capsule. And quickly, too. It provides 542bhp and 568lb ft of torque, making for a 0-62mph time of 4.5 seconds and a top speed of 180mph. There will eventually be a Bentayga Speed with a twin-turbo W12 (which will be the only way to get the unusual 6.0-litre unit), along with a plug-in hybrid variant.
The chassis setup doesn’t deviate much from the outgoing version, with air suspension paired with electronic roll stabilisation. The rear track is, however, 20mm wider than before.
The refreshed Bentayga is expected to go on sale soon. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but we’d anticipate a slight rise in the existing starting price of £141,790.
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Imo the rear doesnt really fit the design. They should have gone for something more angular or boxy to match the cars overall shape
The Conti rear end works on the Conti because of the svelte, swoopy GT design.
Svelte and swoopy, the Bentayga ain’t! 👎
The tail lights kinda look a bit off to me, but I’m sure I’ll grow used to it. The colour makes it look striking tho!
Off topic - Did you guys kill the app?
It says you are doing maintenance and doesn’t load
App is dead, they said it a few days ago. If you want to browse CT on mobile device use your internet browser
The app hasn’t been maintained in years, please stop using it.
The new Facebook login system basicaly forced the app to be shut down from what i understood.
There were no more developers left to update the app, so they had to shut it down.
The front already looked just a little bit awkward with those disproportionately small secondary headlights, but straightening up the front of the fenders, where the headlights are mounted, and the new rear fascia just contribute to make the car look that little bit more awkward. The best-looking Bentleys to me were the first gen 2003 Continental GT and the 2005 first gen Continental Flying Spur.
So uncreative. Looks like someone just photoshopped a Continental to look like an SUV.
To me, it looks a bit off.
The rear doesn’t communicate all that well with the front.
Its hideous