Bentley Bentayga EWB Goes Into Manufacturing In The UK

The Bentley Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase is now formally in manufacturing. The stretched luxurious SUVs hits the meeting traces on the automaker’s manufacturing facility campus in Crewe, rising the Bentayga household to a complete of 5 fashions. Since its launch, the Bentayga EWB has accounted for about 40 % of all new Bentayga orders and is at the moment Bentley’s best-selling mannequin.

Unveiled in Could this 12 months, the Bentayga EWB takes 132 hours of labor from Bentley’s expert craftspeople. The method consists of 10 hours simply to curate the wooden for every mannequin and extra hours are wanted for all of the totally different customization choices. The primary Bentayga EWB clients have already personalised their orders and are quickly going to obtain their bespoke autos of the corporate’s “new sector-defining pinnacle mannequin.”

The Bentayga EWB isn’t just an extended model of Crewe’s most luxurious product in Bentley’s present mannequin lineup. It will get particular therapy within the type of the so-called Airline Seat possibility, which packs 12 electrical motors and presents 22-way adjustment. To make sure the optimum seating place, the chairs can carry out as much as 177 strain modifications. Greater than 50 % of the agency’s clients go for this characteristic.

By way of dimensions, the Bentayga EWB is 3,175 millimeters (125 inches) lengthy or 180 mm (7.1 in) longer than the usual mannequin between the axles. The purchasers can have it in both an ordinary five-seat or an unique four-seat configuration with two captain’s chairs.

There’s only a single engine possibility for the Bentayga EWB. It’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine, good for 542 horsepower (398 kilowatts) and 568 pound-feet (770 Newton-meters) of torque. Regardless of its measurement, the stretched SUV reaches 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in simply 4.5 seconds, in accordance with the most recent info launched by Bentley. The highest pace stands at 180 mph (290 kph).

“In our Crewe, UK Dream Manufacturing unit, we mix the best ranges of innovation, craftsmanship, and sustainability,” Peter Bosch, one among Bentley’s highest-ranked executives for manufacturing, feedback. “Every automobile produced comprises main know-how and is an artisanal piece of artwork, handcrafted utilizing solely the best of supplies, in true Bentley trend.”

The Bentley EWB is now on sale solely in sure markets.