There seem to be some rather confusing—or conflicting—reports surrounding Bentley’s efforts regarding their SUV. Not too long ago, CARandDRIVER reportedly confirmed that Bentley’s head of design, Luc Donckerwolke, had “canned” or “binned” the EXP 9F Concept, which received rather mixed reviews. But Donckerwolke also shared with C/D that Bentley is still adamant about manufacturing an [...]
CARandDRIVER has learned that Bentley’s chief designer, Luc Donckerwolke, has cancelled the production of the EXP 9F Concept. Instead, Bentley seeks to work on a sportier and more “contemporary interpretation of an SUV,” which in less complicated vernacular, sounds like a crossover is in the works implicitly judging by the word usage. Additionally, progress has [...]
After much debate, Bentley landed on adding an SUV to its ultra-luxury line up with the EXP 9 F concept, which recently was met with much criticism at the Paris Motor Show. Matin Broomer, a Bentley spokesman, indicated that the same occurred at Pebble Beach this year, so the concept may be redesigned entirely, and [...]
In a recent interview with Inside Line, Bentley CEO Wolfgang Durheimer provided some additional details on the company’s first SUV, as previewed by the EXP 9 F at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. While most of the media and fans thought the car was a bit awkward looking, Bentley customers thought the car was pretty good [...]
Over the weekend, the Bentley EXP 9F Concept SUV made its North American debut in Monterey, California at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Speaking about the concept at the show, Bentley officials said that it is now ‘a foregone conclusion’ that the company will produce the unibody SUV. Customers at the event. where Bentley [...]
Bentley has just dropped some new video footage and pictures of the EXP 9 F for your viewing pleasure. Check out more news on the Bentley EXP 9 F. Last we remember, Bentley said that it was working on another iteration of the concept after the original EXP 9 F received negative criticism at its [...]
The production version of the Bentley EXP 9 F SUV Concept won’t hit roads for at least another two years. Why? Well, after receiving a negative response to the EXP 9 F Concept, Bentley is working on a new SUV concept to gauge further market interest. So, what do you do in the mean time? [...]
While we have no idea what the Bentley SUV will be called when it enters production (we really hope it isn’t called the EXP 9 F SUV), new reports state that the model will enter the Dakar rally race in 2013. CAR magazine has learned that Bentley is currently buying back the Race Touaregs that Volkswagen [...]
Following the debut of the Bentley EXP 9 F SUV Concept at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, the automaker is showing the concept at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show. After receiving much criticism for its awkward exterior design, Bentley has confirmed that it is working on a redesigned version, but the concept shows up to [...]
We know that Bentley is reworking the styling on its EXP 9 F SUV, which was unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show to much criticism. However, the redesign isn’t coming anytime soon. The company will show off the same EXP 9 F SUV Concept that was shown in Geneva at the 2012 Beijing Motor [...]
