Bentley has a brand new model of their greatest promoting SUV for these homeowners who moderately be pushed than drive themselves. With a 7 inch wheelbase stretch, the EBW (which stands for Prolonged Wheelbase) mannequin gives an improved rear-seat expertise, particularly in the event you add the optionally available 22-way-adjustable Airline Seat bundle.
The Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase is the results of a nine-figure funding by Bentley to create a brand new mannequin that gives the perfect rear cabin expertise since a Mulsanne, while retaining the Bentley hallmarks of easy efficiency, beautiful hand craftsmanship and countless personalization.
The success of the Bentayga outlined and enabled the expansion of the luxurious SUV market because the first unveiling in 2015. During the last seven years, the Bentayga has proved its credibility by way of real off-road functionality, hybrid know-how, record-breaking efficiency, and bespoke specs. The Bentayga stays Bentley’s best-selling mannequin, and has turn out to be the benchmark in opposition to which different luxurious SUVs are measured. The Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase as soon as once more redefines the zenith.
The Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase builds on the newest second-generation Bentayga, extending the wheelbase and rear cabin area by an additional 180 mm. This improve leads to the wheelbase of the automotive stretching from 2995 mm to 3175 mm, with an total size of 5322 mm. The elevated size is all within the rear door, creating an exceptionally luxurious rear cabin space. With a bigger cabin area than some other luxurious competitor, an emphasis on wellness, and the introduction of the world’s first auto local weather and superior postural adjustment rear seat, extraordinary journeys are assured.
The brand new Bentley Airline Seat specification is probably the most superior seat ever fitted to a automotive, with 22-ways of adjustment and world-firsts in a brand new auto local weather sensing system and postural adjustment know-how.
In Loosen up mode, the seat can recline to 40 levels, while the passenger seat is motored forwards and a superbly leather-trimmed footrest deploys from the again of the entrance passenger seat. In Enterprise Mode, the seat strikes into its most upright place to make engaged on the transfer extra comfy.
The auto local weather seat know-how senses occupant temperature and floor humidity after which determines whether or not to use warmth, air flow or each concurrently to maintain the occupant at optimum thermal wellbeing. In the meantime, the postural adjustment system routinely makes micro changes to the occupant’s seating place and strain factors, by measuring strain throughout the seat floor. The system can apply 177 particular person strain adjustments throughout six absolutely impartial strain zones over a three-hour interval enhancing consolation and minimizing fatigue all through a journey.
The heating, air flow and air con system within the rear cabin has been enhanced to additional enhance onboard wellness. The rear air flow prompts solely when rear occupants are detected, lowering rear cabin fan noise. The rear cabin has a separate air ionisation system that improves air high quality with decrease airborne particulates. The ionisers create a static cost round pollution corresponding to mud or allergens within the air, which in flip trigger them to stay to the closest floor. The result’s the removing of such contaminants from the air that the occupants breathe.
The noise of site visitors and the on-road world exterior the automotive has a critical impact on wellbeing. Analysis that tracked hundreds of individuals over a 4 12 months interval discovered that these uncovered to site visitors noise over 70 decibels (db) had been 65% extra prone to melancholy. The Bentayga EWB is quieter inside than its rivals, by between four% and 26% relying on frequency and place contained in the automotive.
The introduction of Digital All Wheel Steering, a primary for the Bentayga, ensures that there is no such thing as a shortfall of dynamic potential regardless of the longer wheelbase. In actual fact, the turning circle is 7% lower than a typical Bentayga, at simply 11.eight meters. This additionally ensures no compromise between high-speed confidence and low pace comfort. Bentley Dynamic Journey, the 48V energetic anti-roll management system launched initially by Bentayga as a world-first, is included as normal and gives the optimum steadiness between final experience consolation, dealing with and physique management.
With the elevated cabin size, the entrance centre console has been redesigned to offer higher ergonomics and performance for the rear passengers. The rear face of the console has been prolonged for improved interplay with the contact display distant, the addition of a wi-fi charging cradle for a cell phone and a brand new air vent design.
For the primary time on a Bentley, energy closing doorways will be specified. Two switches are situated on the rear face of the prolonged centre console, comfortably throughout the attain of rear passengers. Urgent and holding the change will shut the door on the corresponding facet of the automobile utilizing devoted motors, creating a really luxurious valet-like expertise. The motors additionally interact with a lightweight handbook push on the door, for a completely built-in movement with the facility latching mechanism. The motors additionally supply light help when opening the door.
Fitted as normal to the EWB are new ‘waterfall illumination’ inside lamps offering delicate illumination to the rear cabin. The illumination is concentrated in direction of the centre of automotive, and improves the passenger’s visibility of the important thing central controls and options. The delicate illumination gives a snug ambient gentle to the rear enhancing the sensation of luxurious for the rear passengers.
4 detailed exterior adjustments mark the brand new mannequin: the longer profile, a brand new entrance grille, a brand new polished 22” 10-spoke wheel, and a repositioned sunroof, all while intentionally sustaining the extremely profitable second-generation Bentayga aesthetic.
Taking inspiration from the brand new grille on the Flying Spur, the Bentayga EWB has a ‘Vertical Vane Grille’ design that continues to be elegant whereas being visually hanging. The distinctive grille consists of brilliant chrome vertical vanes sitting in entrance of a black mesh grille. The 22-inch 10-spoke Bentayga wheel is obtainable in a brand new mirror-polished design for the Bentayga EWB.
The repositioned panoramic sunroof illustrates once more the concentrate on the rear cabin atmosphere and ensures the expertise is uncompromized. The sunroof has subsequently been moved rearwards within the automotive by 125 mm, offering the optimum place to wash the rear cabin seating space in pure gentle. The sunroof will be managed through the rear cabin Contact Display Distant, in addition to by the entrance cabin console.
The Bentayga EWB is powered by a four.Zero-litre, 32-valve twin twin turbocharged V8 petrol engine. Mated to an eight-speed automated gearbox, the V8 gives close to supercar efficiency, creating 542 bhp (550 PS) and 568 lb.ft (770 Nm) of torque, leading to a high pace of 180 mph (290 km/h) and Zero-60 mph in four.5 seconds (100 km/h in four.6 seconds).
Two enhanced specs of Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase might be obtainable at launch. The Azure gives elegant and timeless design with distinctive signatures, specializing in most consolation and well-being with an easy drive. Distinctive specification features a distinctive 22” ten-spoke directional wheel, brilliant decrease bumper grilles, Azure embroidery and badging. Different extra options embody distinctive quilted seats, temper lighting, heated steering wheel, and elevated driver’s help aids.
The First Version specification builds additional, together with Bentley Diamond Illumination, steel overlays within the veneer, Naim for Bentley Premium Audio and LED welcome lamps. Distinctive embroidery, inlays and badging determine this as a extremely unique and distinct mannequin.
The longer 2023 Bentayga EWB goes on sale later this 12 months. No pricing was introduced at press time however we will safely anticipate it is going to carry a premium over the common automotive. Bentley predicts the EWB will make as much as 45 p.c of Bentayga gross sales.
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