SPYSHOTS: Production Bentley SUV sighted on test

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A production prototype of Bentley’s new SUV has been sighted by our Euro spy photogs, and we’re glad to see it’s wearing a different, more palatable face compared to the EXP 9 F Concept from two years ago.

The EXP 9 F arranged Bentley’s signature twin round headlamps in a top and bottom arrangement on each side, but the production car protoype you see here reverts to arranging them side by side like Bentley’s sedans and coupes.

The SUV will most likely get a 2015 debut, with production scheduled to begin in 2016. Both a regular engine as well as a plug-in hybrid option are expected to be available.

The hybrid option was previewed at Beijing 2014 installed in a Mulsanne – it featured a 6.75 litre twin-turbo V8 mated to an electric motor, with an estimated output of 630 horsepower, approximately 25% more than the combustion engine’s 505 horsepower.

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Paul Tan

After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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