据荷兰媒体报道,宾利首款跨界车将被命名为“Bentayga”，这一名称来自加那利群岛中大加纳利岛的一块石头，该车将于2016年上市。按照宾利的说法，这款车“将是市场上最豪华，动力最强劲SUV”，如果搭载W12引擎，还将成为“目前在售最快SUV”。宾利还将于2017年推出插电混动版，由于已经有近30%潜在买家表示对这款车感兴趣，因此该车也将成为最畅销版本。这款车采用大众MLB Evo平台，除了6.0升W12和插电混动版（纯电动模式下可行驶48公里）还将提供取自奥迪的4.0升V8双涡轮增压汽油和4.2升V8 TDI柴油引擎。至于价格，宾利老板杜翰墨已经表示，该车售价将超过目前的高端SUV，预计起价为13万英镑（约合人民币125.84万元）。

 

Bentley crossover could wear the Bentayga nameplate

Dutch media is reporting Bentley has trademarked the "Bentayga" moniker which could be used for their upcoming crossover.

 

Like it or not, Bentley's first ever crossover is confirmed for a 2016 market launch and chances are it will be commercialized with the "Bentayga" designation. The name is derived from a rock formation found in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands (Canaries), a Spanish archipelago located off the coast of Morocco.

 

Previewed by the criticized EXP 9 F concept, the model will be according to Bentley the "most luxurious and powerful SUV on the market" and when configured with the W12 engine it will be the "fastest SUV on sale." It will be followed in 2017 by a plug-in hybrid version which they expect to be the best-selling version as almost 30 percent of potential buyers have expressed their desire to go for the hybrid.

 

The high-riding Bentley will be based on the MLB Evo platform and besides the 6.0-liter W12 and plug-in hybrid setup (offering 30 miles electric range) it will likely be offered with a twin-turbo V8 4.0-liter along with a 4.2-liter V8 TDI sourced from Audi but further tweaked by Bentley's engineers.

 

In terms of pricing, Bentley boss Wolfgang Dürheimer has already said it will be more expensive than current high-end SUVs and will carry an estimated starting price of ￡130,000 ($204,000 / €164,000).