This thing looks funky.
interior looks cool though - standard bentley 
That reminds me of a story I’d read in Reader’s Digest years ago:
One of the golfing buddies of the author had recently purchased a Rolls Royce and was constantly talking about it and showing it off. After a round one day, his buddy offered him a ride home, and he accepted. As he slipped into the passenger seat and buckled up, his friend said, “I’ll bet you’ve never ridden in a Rolls Royce before.”
“Well,” he replied, “never in the front seat.”
It’s hard to imagine a chauffer-driven SUV. Kinda’ thwarts the point.
Neat car, but I am having a hard time imagining their target customer not choosing a Porsche Cayenne Turbo S for 2/3 of the price. Those customers who will pay anything for a thoroughbred British luxury car will be disappointed that the Bentayga shares a platform with other VW Group SUVs, like the Toureg.
The interior is stunning. Note the trademark Bentley wood trim. I have not seen another car with leather on this many surfaces… However, I don’t see such a meticulously constructed environment going with the sports utility image.
Why? SUVs are not hardcore off-road vehicles, they are suburban family vehicles. As for being fun to drive, they’re not exactly S2000s either…
Some people want more exclusivity. To them, it’s like, you can either spend close to $200k and have a fully spec’ed car that starts off in the $60k (and there are cars of the same gen that are in the $30-40k pre-owned) or you can buy the car with a starting price that’s even higher.
And some of these people already have the top of the line, most expensive SUV. They might have been driving the Cayenne Turbo S for the last 5 years or so and ready to try something new.
I can see it now:
The plexiglass barrier behind the front seats lowers – silently, of course – and the chauffer turns to his passenger:
“Shall we peel out, m’lord?”
new cars are one of the most awful things to spend money on. valuation declines so freaking fast
Reminds me of when Cadillac put lipstick on a Cavalier.
I guess I just don’t see the attraction to these “super-luxury” items. I could pay $200k for a car, but I don’t think I’d get 5x as much value as I would get from a $40k car.
You do understand diminishing marginal utility, no?
Fair enough. Once you have that sort of money, who wants to be the same as mere Porsche drivers.
However, I still wonder if they are conscious towards the shared platform. Other than the Bentley engine and acre of cowhide, this is a VW SUV. It’s not like a $250k Ferrari where 95% of the car is not shared with something else.
^ Do Bentley Continental owners care that they are driving an Audi A8/VW Phaeton?
I understand the concept. But I’m not sure how it applies here.
Actually, I don’t know. Paris Hilton doesn’t seem to mind. Speaking for myself, I do care that an Audi TTS in a nice Golf and that a Porsche Cayman is its own car. I don’t know if this should actually matter, or if other people care.
buying this car is equivalent to what one does after beating a game like GTA. You have so much money and no real interest so you spurlge the money just to see what it would feel like driving a Bentley on a dirt road.
This car will definitely take the crown away from the Hyundai Accent as the fastest depreciating car in the US.