Within the realm of luxurious, so usually extra is best, and so the facelifted Bentley Bentayga is now provided in Malaysia in Prolonged Wheelbase (EWB) guise for extra spacious lodging within the second-row for what’s prone to be a chauffeur-driven car.
Measuring 5,322 mm lengthy, the Bentayga EWB sports activities all of its further 180 mm within the rear doorways, and together with the wheelbase that grows from 2,995 mm within the standard-length Bentayga to three,175 mm to yield a cabin area that’s bigger than that of some other luxurious competitor, says Bentley; when it comes to claimed figures, rear legroom within the Bentayga EWB is 1,058 mm whereas rear headroom is 972 mm.
This explicit instance of the Bentayga EWB comes specified with the Airline Seat Specification, which is essentially the most superior seating setup fitted to a automobile, says Bentley. This provides 22-way adjustment, together with world-firsts reminiscent of computerized local weather sensing and postural adjustment expertise.
For optimum sprawling area, the Loosen up mode provided within the Airline Seat Specification seating brings the power to recline as much as 40 levels, and the entrance passenger seat forward is adjusted to maneuver forwards to yield extra room and a leather-trimmed footrest deploys from the rear of the entrance passenger seat.
Conversely, a Enterprise Mode brings the seat into its most upright place to supply the very best in-car working place within the car. The also-included computerized local weather seat expertise senses occupant temperature and humidity, and the system then determines if warmth, air flow or each are required to maintain its occupant at “optimum thermal wellbeing”.
Nice changes are additionally made to the occupants seating place and strain factors by way of the postural adjustment system. This measures strain throughout the seat floor, and may apply 177 particular person strain adjustments throughout six unbiased strain zones over a three-hour interval to be able to enhance consolation and minimise fatigue over a journey.
Additional bolstering the wellness remit of the Bentayga in Azure trim is the Bentley Diamond Illumination that emits gentle by perforations within the soft-touch inside door trim, and being a Bentley, there are some 24 billion mixtures attainable for trim specification alone.
This explicit instance wears a Camel and Beluga color break up, whereas wooden trim is open-pore Koa, a wooden that’s sometimes discovered on Hawaiian islands, paired with Onyx black exterior paint and 22-inch ten-spoke directional design wheels. These are shod in 285/40R22 tyres, with Pirelli P Zero being the rubber of selection on this instance.
For suspension, self-levelling air suspension act upon double wishbones in entrance and a multi-link structure on the rear, with steady damping management and an 48-volt lively anti-roll bar system for the entrance and rear axles. Brakes are ventilated iron discs which measure 400 mm in entrance with six-piston callipers, and 380 mm on the rear with sliding callipers.
All-wheel steering permits a turning circle of 11.8 metres which is 7% smaller than that of the usual wheelbase Bentayga, bringing the twin advantages of assured dealing with at excessive speeds together with the comfort manoeuvrability at low speeds, says Bentley.
Infotainment incorporates a 10.9-inch touchscreen show with gesture management, navigation with 3D constructing show, wi-fi Apple Carplay and Android Auto, together with non-compulsory digital TV reception; additional features supported embody voice management and text-to-speech.
Connectivity additionally consists of Bluetooth, a 4G phone module, 4G Wi-Fi hotspot, together with a contact display distant and non-compulsory rear seat pill with wi-fi headphones; additionally on are six USB-C ports.
Audio for this instance of this Bentayga EWB Azure is the top-end Naim for Bentley Premium Audio that outputs 1,720 watts by 20 channels, with 20 audio system together with super-tweeters.
Security equipment within the Bentayga EWB consists of crash detection and mitigation programs, with passive security equipment comprised of driver and passenger airbags, entrance and rear aspect curtains airbags in addition to entrance and rear seat thorax airbags. Driver help programs embody the head-up show, evening imaginative and prescient, park help, visitors signal recognition and extra.
Propelling the Bentayga EWB, all 2,514 kg of it’s the 4.0 litre biturbo petrol V8 engine, the only powertrain accessible, producing 550 PS at 6,000 rpm and 770 Nm of torque from 2,000 rpm to 4,500 rpm. Outputs are despatched to everlasting all-wheel-drive by way of an eight-speed computerized transmission, with a Torsen centre differential and an open rear differential with digital differential locking.
Thus geared up, the Bentayga EWB Azure achieves the 0-100 km/h acceleration benchmark in 4.6 seconds, and a prime pace of 290 km/h.
In Malaysia, the Bentley Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase begins from RM1,091,000 earlier than duties, taxes and registration, or from RM2,508,000 with duties paid.
