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The EX-Factor

03.05.2012

TECHNOLOGY

When Bentley introduced the Continental coupe, the two-door luxury sports car turned heads. Now, the British luxury marque is looking to break necks with the EXP 9 F Concept; its first SUV. Featuring styling cues synonymous with Bentley: the matrix grille, rounded headlights and “haunch” around the flank, the EXP 9 F’s styling cues are designed to evoke the immediate recognition for the brand, while placing it in a new realm.

“EXP 9 F had to represent the absolute pinnacle of the sport utility sector, setting a new benchmark for this type of vehicle. The style had to reflect Bentley’s sporting character despite its radically different package and purpose together with sculptured, flowing surfaces in keeping with the Bentley tradition,” said Dirk van Braeckel, Director of Design for Bentley in statement.

The concept SUV’s powertrain is based around the Bentley 6.0 litre, twin-turbocharged W12 engine, but Bentley has hinted that the recently launched 4.0 litre, twin-turbocharged V8 (as see on the Continental GT V8) or a hybrid drivetrain could meet the performance requirements slated for this SUV, should Bentley move this car into production.

Revealed today at the Geneva Auto Show, the Bentley EX 9 F is still a concept car, but if there’s a demand, it could be rolling onto the streets in the near future.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000371092952 Bruno Santos

Love it
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000371092952 Bruno Santos

Love it
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000371092952 Bruno Santos

Love it
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003320820969 Nana Monae Irick

shit is bananas!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003320820969 Nana Monae Irick

shit is bananas!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003320820969 Nana Monae Irick

shit is bananas!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615312717 Prince Andrew Rich

MAMA MIA!! WOW!
http://www.facebook.com/CaptHandsome Tom Horne

love it but looks a lot like a Rover Sport for probably 4 x the cost.
Hugh Jass

so its gonna look EXACTLY like the BMW X5 but with a different front end…BORINGG!!!!!!
Hugh Jass

so its gonna look EXACTLY like the BMW X5 but with a different front end…BORINGG!!!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Andrei-Ionita/100000430551607 Andrei Ionita

I smell some Range Rover inside…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=82600257 Mitch Phillips

ehhh looks like a Cayenne, or a Range Rover Sport….and the front looks stupid..
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=82600257 Mitch Phillips

ehhh looks like a Cayenne, or a Range Rover Sport….and the front looks stupid..
http://profile.yahoo.com/UEZKD5OKXMPYHX5KOSAWEQWPJI kumi

this is pure copy cut from Range! which retarded designer did this garbage?
Anonymous

Too sick. I wish I could afford it.
http://twitter.com/NSNdebele elebedNSN@

Range Rover.
http://www.facebook.com/b4rryc Barry Craig

lovely car nice badge.. if you got it and your daft enough… buy 2 ..just ask yourself who your trying to prove yourself to.???.. surely there is better ways to fill your efforts ???…your much more than a expensive new car buy a classic older car and restore it to better than a bentley spec ..were all individuals pay a tradesman inspire the youth who knows what would happen if this kind of thinking became fashionable. Not so miserable Scotsman: )
FreshKidME

oooh hell naaah! this is so WRONG! for so many reasons… plus it’s UGLY!
don’t do it, please don’t do it (drake voice)
Anonymous

Am in love with da car
http://twitter.com/WonTwoOneToo WonTwoOneToo

“we dont drive X5′s. we give em to baby mommas” this looks like an X5
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000299760690 Emmanuel B Mwamba

discussin
http://www.facebook.com/people/Toby-DesirEd/100001049716589 Toby DesirEd

X5 redone
Gregory Land

They put that out. You gonna have everyone driving around in the Range Sport….lol
siphiwe khumalo

that’s a dream to us,so let it be true.
http://www.facebook.com/DeeMinimum Dee Minimum

Fuckin X5 mutant hybrid… SHAME ON YOU!! Scrap it………………… RIGHT NOW!
http://profile.yahoo.com/F7FH3PPETXD3ZE3RJPLOFFSPDE TIMOTHY

ilov this car
http://twitter.com/angryblackmale angry black male

trash!
http://twitter.com/Jon__Persson Jon Persson

They got a picture of Range Rover Sport, Porsche Cayenne and a BMW X5 and basically just paired the three together to create this. gg.
http://www.facebook.com/twantom Tomas Wantom

This would give Range Rover a run for its money. I looooove this ride. Want me one of this
http://www.facebook.com/people/Vusi-Mkhize/100000441306497 Vusi Mkhize

sometimes it`s good 2 stick @ what u do best!!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Andriejus-Krivonosovas/100000904104189 Andriejus Krivonosovas

LOVE IT 2 !!!!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mzwandile-Teflon-Nova-Dlamini/100002985181308 Mzwandile Teflon Nova Dlamini

a combination of all best suv’s, X5, Range Rover and Q7….. should have went for a fresh design, stunning intrerior though, so welcoming, and some sick complimentary mags. An allround man’s car.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mzwandile-Teflon-Nova-Dlamini/100002985181308 Mzwandile Teflon Nova Dlamini

a combination of all best suv’s, X5, Range Rover and Q7….. should have went for a fresh design, stunning intrerior though, so welcoming, and some sick complimentary mags. An allround man’s car.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000544610831 Ridol Abed

OMG <3
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001943797470 Kev Webbie

fucking crazy in thts it nothing else to say >>>>
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001014319410 Tom Puiseux

it’s like an range rover…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Andre-Passley/100003613064551 Andre Passley

just sick
http://www.facebook.com/full.of.his.grace Béné Diction

vivement sa sortie!!!