Bentley SUV officially confirmed for 2016 launch, built in Crewe

Bentley officially announced today that the SUV’s got the green light from the board of the VW Group to pass on production. The production version of the EXP 9 F Concept, will be released in 2016 for the construction will create 1,000 new jobs at the Bentley factory in Crewe, England, the company is investing more than £ 800 million (€ 932 million).

The British SUV will be a thoroughbred Bentley, making it the most luxurious and most powerful SUV on the market. Rumored to be called the Falcon and it has a different design than that of the original, which is not loved by the public.

Will be built on the common platform of the MLB Evo VW Group, on which will be built also the future Audi Q7, Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne. The Bentley has put aim to sell 3.000 SUV annually in price from 160,000 to 200,000 EUR. It is no version with three rows of seats and mechanical will be wearing the W12 6.0-liter company performance 600 hp and 800 Nm of torque, the new V8 4.0-liter TFSI and a new V6 plug-in hybrid prepared. The latter gives him electric range of 30 km with a 0-100 km/h can do in less than 5 seconds.