Bentley redesigns the Bentayga SUV as a key vehicle under a new business strategy

Bentley has redesigned its Bentayga SUV as a key vehicle in the restructured line of the famous British automaker.

The $ 177,000 The vehicle is the first model under Bentley’s “Beyond100” business strategy, which aims to reinvent the 101-year-old company for the next century. The plan includes swinging electrified vehicles while continuing to sell a plug-in hybrid model of the Bentayga.

The 2021 Bentayga unveiled on Tuesday evolves the vehicle’s exterior design with new LED lights as well as a larger matrix grille. The rear of the vehicle has also been updated for a sleeker, less square appearance.

Much of the notable changes to the SUV occur indoors. Specifically, a new center console and next-generation infotainment system displayed on a “Bentley ‘wing’ dashboard” featuring a 10.9-inch screen with edge-to-edge graphics. A large group of fully digital driver information is also behind the wheel.

In the rear seats, there’s extra legroom and a larger touchscreen remote control tablet. The vehicle also has on-board air ionizers, which improves the purity of cabin air, Bentley said.

“With the new Bentayga, we are positioning the pinnacle of the luxury SUV segment to be even higher, even further from the competition,” said Adrian Hallmark, Bentley President and CEO, in a press release.

The Bentayga will continue to be powered by a 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 with 542 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. Its top speed is 180 mph and it can reach 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, according to Bentley. The hybrid and performance-oriented variants of the Bentayga will follow the standard model later this year.

Bentley has sold more than 20,000 Bentayga SUVs, which take more than four days to build by hand, since the vehicle went on sale in 2016. It represented 45%, or approximately 4,950, of the more than 11,000 vehicles sold by the company. in 2019.