Huge Dreams for Bentley Begin with a SUV

For the second time in under two years, Wolfgang Dürheimer is again the CEO of Bentley and Bugatti, after a short interval as Audi's R&d boss and head of motorsports exercises. Once again at the winged B, he's looking to include new models in an offer to take volumes considerably higher.

The main is the Bentley SUV, the advancement of which started amid Dürheimer's initial residency. (Indicated above is a rendering of the SUV from our Sneak Preview story.) Come 2016, Bentley arrangements to construct no less than 3000 cases of the new section. "The Geneva Show [concept] auto was an incitement," concedes the CEO, "yet I'm pleased with it. Since outline is an evolutionary methodology, the front and backsides have following been changed. We did however hold the trademark back backside line, the excellent grille, the Bentley headlamp subject, and the extents."

In light of a stage imparted to the following Porsche Cayenne, the body in white of the SUV, likely named Falcon, will be supplied by Volkswagen Group's Bratislava station with last gathering occurring in the U.k. We can expect four powertrain alternatives: the 6.0-liter W-12, with enhanced productivity (chamber deactivation, a 48-volt electrical framework, and an enhanced transmission with drifting mode); and the Audi-sourced 4.0-liter V-8, offered as a twin-turbo fuel unit, as a 500-hp module cross breed with a 30-mile range, and as a 408-hp turbodiesel. On the other hand, Bentley may pioneer the mammoth 544-hp/737 lb-ft 5.0-liter V-10 turbodiesel, one of Volkswagen Group overlord Ferdinand Piech's pet activities. In the event that that arrange happens as expected, it would likely be mated to another ten-velocity double grasp gearbox. "Diesel and Bentley are not contrary terms," accentuates Dürheimer.

Asked what Bentley has in store past the SUV, Dürheimer sets restoring the Azure convertible and the Brooklands roadster however says, "A fifth auto line is my top need."

"At this time, we're taking a gander at two alternatives," the director expounds. "One is a two-seater sports auto underneath the Continental GT, the other is another model situated between the Flying Spur and the Mulsanne." 

The previous would be situated to test the Aston Martin Vantage, with a front-mounted V-8 motor driving the back wheels. While a car is an absolute necessity, a roadster is additionally a solid plausibility. So are in-your-face lightweight subsidiaries, badged Gt3 in AWD pretense and Gtr3 in much more amazing RWD spec.

The other hopeful could be a 2+2 kin to the (proposed yet more than once postponed) car rendition of the cutting edge Porsche Panamera; then again, it could simply be a bigger four-entryway car subsidiary of the Flying Spur.

With respect to the current Bentley models, we'll see a Mulsanne makeover for 2016, an all-new and drastically lighter Continental GT in ahead of schedule 2017, the new GTC in 2018, and Flying Spur for 2019.

Past rounding out the model lineup, Dürheimer is looking to characterize Bentley's future in different ways.

"I need to comprehend what comes after wood and calfskin. I need us to win races once more engine game is near my heart. What's more I am resolved to contemporize the brand, including a dash of corrosive green, which rolls out a decent improvement from the customary British Racing Green".