Gallery: Bentley Gives the World Its First Ultra-Luxury SUV
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Bentley has officially revealed its first SUV, the Bentayga.
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It's the fastest production SUV on the planet, and almost certainly the most luxurious.
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The Bentayga has a new twin-turbocharged 6-liter 12-cylinder engine that propel it to 60 mph from a standstill in a wowza-quick four seconds flat.
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The interior's just as luxurious as you'd imagine.
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Naturally, the Bentayga comes loaded with the latest generation of active safety features like traffic sign recognition and cross traffic alert.
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If you find yourself somewhere without a valet, it can park itself in a parallel or perpendicular spot.
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The seats are covered in leather pulled from cows that live only in cooler European climates—where they are subjected to fewer biting insects that might mar the hides.
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Bentley mocked up the whole interior in clay to get everything perfect before moving to production.
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The doors close with a vault-like thump, shutting out noise from the outside. Knobs are knurled to give them a more tactile feel (and more expensive appearance), and the sound they make is the type of detail Bentley engineers sweat over.
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The customer can order a Mulliner Tourbillon clock, machined in solid gold (white or rose) , with a mother-of-pearl or black ebony face, and eight diamond indexes.
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Competition's coming: Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini all have SUVs in the works.
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