2020 Bentley Bentayga Hybrid priced from $160,000
Bentley’s new Bentayga Hybrid has formally entered manufacturing, the corporate introduced Tuesday, confirming the primary deliveries of the plug-in hybrid luxurious SUV for later this 12 months and with the sticker value of $160,000.
The Bentayga Hybrid makes use of a three.Zero-liter turbocharged V-6 paired to a single electrical motor built-in with the transmission, and whereas Bentley stays coy concerning the complete system energy output, we do know that the mixed gasoline engine and electrical motor produce a hair over 515 pound-feet of torque. We additionally know the electrical motor produces about 125 horsepower by itself.
2020 Bentley Bentayga Hybrid
Bentley solely offered EV mode vary figures for the European market, score it at simply over 24 miles on the WLTP cycle. By tough conversion, that ought to equate to about 22 miles on the EPA cycle, which is not horrible for a plug-in hybrid the dimensions of the Bentayga.
Bentley revealed the Bentayga Hybrid on the 2018 Geneva Worldwide Motor Present, and whereas it was considerably universally acquired because the equal of a “compliance automobile” in guardian firm Volkswagen Group’s quest to rinse off the stink of its ongoing diesel emissions scandal, Bentley insists that the Bentayga Hybrid gives a “serene and unrestricted” driving expertise.
There’s definitely no scarcity of luxurious to be discovered right here. Hybrid fashions are denoted solely by refined exterior badging and copper accents. And whereas it could begin at “simply” $160,000, the Bentayga Hybrid gives loads of improve alternatives for individuals who need the very best luxurious expertise.
2019 Bentley Bentayga Hybrid
The Bentayga Hybrid is the primary mannequin Bentley has supplied with an electrified powertrain, and whereas it could seem to be Bentley is late to the sport, this truly permits the corporate to assert that they’ve produced the world’s first ultra-luxury plug-in hybrid. It is also the corporate’s most fuel-efficient mannequin.
Bentley plans to comply with the Bentayga Hybrid with electrified variants of all of its nameplates by 2023, however the full extent to which they plan to impress every mannequin stays to be revealed. The corporate stated solely that it’ll introduce its first totally electrical automobile by 2025 when batteries have superior sufficient to supply the vary and efficiency Bentley’s grand tourers demand.