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The Bentayga Coupe Bentley's CEO Wants to Build Is Awaiting Production Approval

Bentley is currently in the midst of a high-riding revolution, with the British automaker now in the midsts of developing an expansion plan that would turn the Bentayga into a full range of models.
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The Crewe specialists are weighing the various options, with the most feasible versions (in the order of their production likelihood) being a coupe-like mode, a long-wheelbase version and even a performance-orientated model that could remind collectors of the Continental GT3-R.

I’m confident that it [the Bentayga Coupe] will happen and our team is working on the case for this car, but it is not yet approved for production,” Bentley CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer told Autocar. “We are the first in the luxury SUV space and at the moment unopposed, but there are lots of rivals coming to the sector. The question we need to answer is if there is space for all these different bodystyles,

Given the Flying B badge requirements, the challenge for the Bentayga Coupe would be to keep the rear passenger headroom at a generous level, while switching to a sloping roofline.

As for the elongated Bentayga derivative, which Bentley might have already begun testing, we need to look no further than in Range Rover's yard to understand the business case for such an SUV appears to be solid. Factor in Bentley's Mulsanne EWB and such a model seems almost certain.

When it comes to the velocity-focused Bentayga derivative, we're not talking about the Bentayga Speed, which has reportedly been confirmed by the CEO at the Beijing Motor Show back in April. Instead, this model would be built around the idea of delivering a sharper response, but the carmaker has strict requirements when it comes to such proposals.

"If we have enough people who want the car, and they are new to the brand rather than people who will choose this Bentley rather than another one, then we will consider it,” Rolf French, Bentley's Engineering Chief, told the British publication. "We can make dynamically focused cars that are extreme, but only for very special occasions,

To us, this sounds like a model that could come out towards the end of the Bentayga's life cycle, so it's a bit early to discuss it. For now, we can keep our eyes on next year's plans for the Bentayga - now that a diesel option has been added to the range, the Bentayga will become the first Bentley plug-in hybrid next year.
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