Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Daily Drive: Bentley confirms luxury SUV for 2016

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It won't look exactly like the EXP 9F concept, but Bentley has confirmed that it will produce a luxury SUV....
Citing “extremely positive customer response” to the idea, Bentley has officially given its super-luxury SUV the go-ahead. Since the VW board already greenlit the project back in February, the only thing holding the vehicle back is the time it will take Bentley to set up production lines -- and perhaps to work out...

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