Mumbai, January 2023: Unique Motors, the official associate for Bentley in India, has introduced the launch of the all-new Bentley Bentayga prolonged wheelbase for the Indian market. Bentley is bringing a brand new deal with Wellness to its mannequin vary with this grand new touring SUV that builds on the strengths of Bentayga to change into a brand new luxurious flagship, extending the most recent product vary to 5 fashions.
The Bentayga prolonged wheelbase is the product of a nine-figure funding by Bentley to construct a brand new mannequin that gives the very best rear cabin expertise since a Mulsanne, while retaining the Bentley hallmarks of easy efficiency, beautiful hand craftsmanship, and countless personalization. The Bentayga Prolonged wheelbase is now obtainable to order in India for an approximate worth of INR 6 cr (ex-showroom – Delhi), topic to change charge fluctuations, customization, and authorities taxes.
Commenting on the launch, Satya Bagla, Managing Director, Unique Motors mentioned: “The brand new Bentayga Prolonged Wheelbase is the following chapter within the Bentayga story. This new SUV has a rear-cabin expertise corresponding to the legendary Mulsanne. Each Bentley will get you to your vacation spot feeling extra relaxed than while you began your journey, and but with the prolonged wheelbase we’ve been capable of go additional due to the adoption of the
world’s first Wellness expertise embedded inside our unmatched inside cabin design.”
“These developments, together with the excellent abilities of Bentley’s craftspeople, make the Bentayga prolonged wheelbase the final word luxurious SUV to drive or be pushed in,” added Mr. Bagla
Introduction to the Bentayga EWB
The Bentayga prolonged wheelbase builds on the most recent second-generation Bentayga, extending the wheelbase and rear cabin area by an additional 180 mm. With body-in-white adjustments to the underfloor, facet panels, door, and roof, Bentley’s design crew has ensured the strains’ proportions proceed to exude fashion and presence. This will increase the ends in the wheelbase of the automotive stretching from 2995 mm to 3175 mm with an total size of 5322 mm. The elevated size is all within the rear door, creating an exceptionally luxurious rear cabin space. With a bigger cabin area than every other luxurious competitor, an emphasis on Wellness, and the introduction of the world’s first auto local weather and superior postural adjustment rear seat, extraordinary journeys are assured.
The brand new Bentley airline seat specification is probably the most superior seat ever fitted to a automotive, with 22 methods of adjusting
the world’s- firsts in a brand new auto local weather sensing system and postural adjusting expertise.
In relaxed mode, the seat can recline to 40 levels whereas the passenger seat has motored forwards, and beautifully- leathered, trimmed footrests deploy from the again of the entrance passenger seat. In miss mode, the seat strikes into its most upright place to make engaged on the transfer extra comfy.
The auto local weather seat expertise senses occupant temperature and floor humidity after which determines whether or not to use warmth, air flow or each concurrently to maintain the occupant at optimum thermal well-being. In the meantime, the postural adjustment system robotically makes micro-adjustments to the occupants’ seating place and stress factors by measuring stress throughout the seat floor. The system can apply 177 particular person stress adjustments throughout six absolutely unbiased stress zones over a 3-hour interval bettering consolation and minimizing fatigue all through a journey.
The Bentayga EWB incorporates a extra superior stitching design created utilizing digital craftsmanship. Diamonds could be seen elongating symmetrically from the middle of the setback’s shoulder panels and alongside the size of the door, reflecting the extension of the automotive itself.
The brand new inside fashion of the rear door additionally features a distinctive design showcasing the optionally available ‘metallic overlay in veneer’. utilizing a skinny metallic strip simply 0.07 mm thick, an intricate design is bonded by hand on the floor of the veneer earlier than the half is lacquered and polished.
New options like Bentley diamond illumination (the place gentle is emitted by way of small perforations within the mushy area door trim) exhibit how expertise combines with modern craftsmanship to ship extremely fashionable design in luxurious supplies. With 24 billion trim combos alone and (a complete variety of attainable specs operating into the trillions) the cabin of the Bentayga prolonged area base he’s able to providing probably the most particular person Bentayga ever.
The introduction of digital all-wheel steering, a primary for the Bentayga, ensures that there isn’t any shortfall of dynamic potential regardless of the longer wheelbase. In actual fact, the turning circle is 7% lower than a normal Bentayga, regulate at 11.8 meters. This additionally ensures no compromise between high-speed confidence and low-speed comfort.
Bentley dynamic journey, the 48V energetic anti-roll management system launched initially by Bentayga as a world first, is included as customary and offers the optimum stability between final journey consolation, dealing with, and physique management.
Consolation and Wellness in Element
The Bentayga EWB provides the final word in actual passenger indulgence, with probably the most superior seat ever fitted to a automotive, three totally different seat configurations, new twin air ionizers and elevated cabin area.
That’s a normal, a 4 + 1 seating configuration is obtainable with two outer rear seats offering excellent consolation, 16 methods of adjustment, heating, air flow and 5 particular person therapeutic massage applications. There’s an occasional center seat commentating a 3rd grownup and giving entry to a ski hatch within the backboard.
A brand new function with a bigger cabin is the Bentley airline seat specification to allow most rest within the again the seat backrests reclined to 40 levels offering an excellent and cozy place to sleep in.
The extent of seat recline could be managed by way of a contact display distant Bentley’s devoted handheld contact display machine for controlling automobile features from the expensive cabin. Extra switches are positioned within the door pocket space to set the seat to most recline (chill out mode) or in its most upright place (enterprise mode).
In relaxed mode, the entrance passenger seat will traverse to its first ahead place with a purpose to maximize the area obtainable to the rear occupant. Moreover, a footrest- superbly trimmed in carpet and leather-based and surrounded with a Chrome strip will deploy from the entrance passenger seat again.
Bentley airline seat specification additionally contains 4 vital options together with a world expertise first:
· With seat auto local weather, the passenger selects their desired temperature setpoint from six totally different ranges. The contact temperature and floor humidity are there are then immediately measured- cushion and backrest independently-and the heating and air flow coronary heart adjusted to attain the required temperature. That is constantly monitored to make sure it stays fixed as optimized physique temperature is important when the main target is on the person nicely. In research which have manipulated physique temperature through exterior means, it has usually been reported that cognitive features is decreased by lowering physique temperature under regular [Wright, Hull, and Ceizler 2022]. A snug thermal surroundings may alleviate fatigue, cut back irritability, and enhance driving security [ Szczurek & Maciejewaska 2016]
· The postural adjustment features use new thigh and shoulder pockets plus further lumbar therapeutic massage pockets, to subtly but constantly change the form of the seat to ease stress factors across the physique, stopping lifeless spots and fatigue buildup. There are three totally different applications obtainable, ‘All areas of seat’, ‘Twist’ and ‘Backrest solely’. Using air pockets allow extra steady and complicated actions to be made- that are just about imperceptible to the passenger- somewhat than the linear actions ensuing from the usage of seat motors the system goes past the 2D motions typical of adjustable seats capable of make use of a three- dimensional twist to alleviate stress factors. six unbiased stress zones can present 177 changes each three hours to make sure the seat is comfy and by no means compromised, whatever the size of the journey. Research have proven that actively supporting physique weight in a dynamic method relieves pressure, which may prime psychological stress and create a scarcity of focus pure supported postures have been proven to alleviate stress from tensed muscle mass.
· Bentley airline seat specification additionally provides additional cushion and backrest bolster adjustment, cushion extension electrical headrest peak adjustment, and a deployable footrest to the again of the entrance passenger seat. The rear passenger seat on the facet of the automotive may transfer the entrance passenger seat ahead through a “VIP mode”.
New for the Bentayga EWB are heated rear doorways and middle armrests including a degree of element fully befitting probably the most luxurious SUV cabin on the planet.
Different configurations embody a four-seat consolation specification and an A5 seat choice for these wanting the flexibility to fold down the rear backrests. Seven seat configuration is accessible in the usual Bentayga, nonetheless, buyer suggestions confirmed that the area and luxurious stay a precedence for the Pentagon prolonged wheelbase house owners.
With the four-seat consolation specification, a rear middle console between the 2 rear seats offers further storage and two additional USB charging sockets, and so on. The Mulliner console bottle cooler may also be chosen, housing a completely built-in drinks cooler for a 750ML bottle and two handcrafted Cumbria crystal flutes.
The heating, air flow, and air con system within the rear cabin has been enhanced to additional enhance onboard Wellness. The rear air flow prompts solely when rear occupants are detected, decreasing rear cabin fan noise. The rear cabin has a separate air ionization system that improves air high quality with decrease airborne particles. The ionizers can create a static cost round pollution akin to mud or allergens within the air, which in flip brought about them to stay to the closest floor. The result’s the elimination of such containments from the air that the occupants breathe.
Inside Design- Crafted Element with Seamless Know-how
The rear cabin of the Bentayga EWB units a brand new benchmark for combining world-class luxurious and technological innovation, demonstrating new heights of workmanship and luxury.
Bentleys’ immediately recognizable diamond quilting has been reimagined in a dramatic and modern new design. Like all nice design, the ultimate execution appears to be like easy, however the obsession to element behind it encapsulates all that’s distinctive about Bentley interiors.
Developed and executed by way of a mix of digital craftsmanship and precision expertise, the symmetrical sample on the prime of the seatbacks stretches the diamonds as they transfer away from the middle line of the seats. The doorways in flip boast an uneven sample that accentuates the size of the door and the rear cabin as a complete
Inside every diamond, the flawless leather-based is perforated with holes of lower than 1mm in diameter. Every gap has been diagonally positioned with precision by one among Bentley’s inside designers to attain a cohesive total design- ‘the digital crafting’ course of.
As soon as the leather-based has gone by way of a perforating machine the stitching of the diamonds is achieved with a specialised embroidery machine. The machine incorporates a digital camera that analyzes the perforation sample and ensures the strains of embroidery are completely parallel and equidistant between the perforation diamond. The completed result’s a superbly elegant and distinctive design.
To realize a softer panel, with delicate luxurious kind language, a finer thread (often present in Bentleys embroidered logos) and a small micro-stitch (half the size of a normal Bentley sew) have been used. This transformation of menace and innovation of producing processes has created a extra accentuated softly lofted quilting in a method Bentley has by no means carried out earlier than in manufacturing this course of is precisely the identical because the quilting course of showcased on the excursions and the seeds of the Exp 100GT idea automotive from 2019.
Enhancing the rear cabin space additional, the longer door trim panels have been redesigned. The veneered panel has been lowered and prolonged and it sweeps down to fulfill the armrest included into the rear door deal with
Bentayga EWB we’ll see the primary use of the metallic overlay within the Veneer function on Bentayga sequence manufacturing, having beforehand been used on the head Continental GT Mulliner derivatives. This optionally available function is included on the passenger’s fascia panel and on all 4 doorways. The intricate design consists of individually brushed metallic bandages crafted to be exponentially thin- simply 07 millimeters thick.
To create the inlay designs, a course of referred to as photograph etching is used a really advantageous stencil of the design is laminated to the metallic after some intermediate steps of UV gentle publicity and improvement of the laminate the primary course of is chemically etching away areas of metallic not required, leaving solely the inlay design.
Incorporates a digital camera that analyzes the perforation sample and ensures the strains of embroidery are completely parallel and equidistant between the perforation diamonds the completed result’s a superbly elegant and distinctive veneer earlier than the half is lacquered and polished.
An extra placing and stylish optionally available function launched for Bentayga EWB is Bentley diamond illumination the illumination impact is achieved utilizing LED’s (12 on every of the entrance doorways and 22 on every of the rear doorways) that emit gentle by way of small perforations 1 millimeter in diameter within the leather-based trim on the door panels.
The depth and colour of the illumination by way of the trim could be managed by the client by way of the infotainment system and touchscreen distant. The function is linked with the mode lighting to make sure constant colour and depth of sunshine all through the automotive. This dramatic function can rework the inside appear and feel of the cabin, particularly at night time
With the elevated cabin size, the entrance middle console could be redesigned to offer higher ergonomics and performance for the rear passengers. The rear face of the console has been prolonged for improved interactions with the touchscreen distant, the addition of a wi-fi charging cradle for a cell phone, and a brand new air vent design.
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