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Bentley Bentayga

MODEL TESTED: Bentley Bentayga V8

PRICE: £157,800 ENGINE: 4.0-litre V8, 542bhp

Running costs

20.2mpg (on test)

Practicality

Boot (seats up/down)

484/1,774 litres

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

4.5 seconds/180mph

THE Bentayga is Bentley’s best-selling model, and as with the Range Rover, it’s possible to ramp up its price well beyond the £157,800 starting point. We’re testing the standard V8 petrol model here (there is no diesel option), but the car in our pictures is the higher-spec, driver-focused V8 S model.

Design & engineering

BENTLEY has tapped into the vast resources of the Volkswagen Group for the Bentayga’s platform, but there’s much more to this luxury SUV than just rebranding some

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