The Mercedes EV Disaster

[ALFAitalia]

That said a Bentayga owner owns a caravan on the Haven Park in Pagham where I live.....but he does not have to tow that. Looking at his dodgy private plate hess called Bains!

 

[markjay]

I cant imagine many Bentayga owners could fit much caravanning in between their round the world cruises and first class travel to their private islands.

Well, the travelling community has certainly wrenched it up a notch!

 

[ALFAitalia]

Sorry.....wrong thread....

 

[philnewmerc]

Rest assured, it still won't convince you at half price.

Not just because it still looks like a flattened potato.

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What sir like the flattened potato if it was in NHS orthopaedic crutch handle grey?

 

[Mactech]

Bentayga??.....sorry but in my view one of the ugliest car designs in recent times. Amazing it comes from the same company that can build this this little (!) beauty!

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Oh! I dont' know. Paint them both a really lairy green colour and send them up Pikes Peak and they both come back with records. You can hardly tell them apart
I agree the Bentayga is taller, but then it's on the lift.....



This is the Bentley Motorsport workshop at Crewe in 2020. The Conti GT got record for the fastest production car up the hill and the Bentayga the fastest ever SUV...


Apart from having a herd of dead cows removed from the interiors, they really were bog stock production cars with stout roll cages.
Nope! don't see the difference.....

 

[ALFAitalia]

You do have eyes right!!!!???? I'm not saying it does go and drive well (never driven one)....I'm just saying that, in my opinion, its right up there in the ugly stakes with the Cullinan. those race spec Contis' look great though.

 

[Mactech]

You do have eyes right!!!!???? I'm not saying it does go and drive well (never driven one)....I'm just saying that, in my opinion, its right up there in the ugly stakes with the Cullinan. those race spec Contis' look great though.

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Nope! None at all, I'm an engineer I'm not arguing, I'm just telling you why I'm right....
Bentley have a styling department for that, and they do such a bad job that it has accidentally become Bentley's best selling car.....

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Nope! None at all, I'm an engineer I'm not arguing, I'm just telling you why I'm right....
Bentley have a styling department for that, and they do such a bad job that it has accidentally become Bentley's best selling car.....

And extraordinarily profitable, one is told.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

No!........the Stevio has a range of proper engines....including the Quad lump.....and they had something straight in the studio it was designed in so its not ALL curves like the EQS SUV. Still don't like it though....I'll never be an SUV fan.

Does anyone REALLY thing that this looks better....

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.....than this?......I don't think so!

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Even next years EV version still looks like a proper car that HASN'T melted!!....should be quite nippy too!!

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Of the Italian red SUVs, this is my favourite. Ferrari say that it’s not an SUV - and they’re right, even though calling it an FUV is a bit daft - but it can do everything a posh SUV can do in all real-world respects except towing. That’s easily sorted, just keep a proper SUV for that.

 

[sidehustleveteran]

LOL....this is the original design sketch of the EQS from Mercedes....along side the SUV version!

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[Bobby Dazzler]

Today was a very occasion, a trip to London with Mrs D riding shotgun. Mrs D isn’t keen on the underground so we Ubered, with all but one car being EQE.

I’ve not been driven in one before but I was very impressed. Nice cars. Generous leg space. Good ride. They are perfect for this, refined and relaxing transport.

Must resist looking at the Approved Used website.