2017 Bentley Bentayga First Drive Review - Motor Trend

We tiptoe gently over the edge, and point the nose down the hill. Every so often there's a sickening lurch as gravity overcomes the tenacious traction of the big Pirelli Scorpion tires, and the occasional crunch of metal on rock as topography triumphs over technology. The bad news is they now want us to go back up. One of the test drivers shows us how it's done, deftly horsing the big SUV up the rock ledges. All four wheels spinning, more than $200,000 worth of leather-lined, wood-trimmed Bentley scrabbles over the lip and back onto the trail. The 2017 Bentley Bentayga (prototypes shown here) is a truly extraordinary beast. a 12-cylinder, ultra-lux SUV with a claimed top speed in excess of 170 mph, and the off-road chops to take it places few, if any, buyers will ever dare take it. The product of the fastest vehicle development program in Bentley's history — just 42... "When we started, we had no idea what a Bentley SUV should be," says Guest. Extensive research revealed that potential buyers wanted something that offered the practicality of an SUV, but also wanted something sporty and, of course, fitted and finished like a proper Bentley. Source: www.motortrend.com