In a recent interview with Autocar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bentley's chief Wolfgang Dürheimer has announced the company's first SUV will cost more than £130,000.
"All of the current luxury SUVs, the BMW X5s, the AMG-powered Mercedes, the Range Rovers, they all end at around £128,208," he said. "We aim to solve this problem".
Set to go on sale in 2016, the Bentley SUV is expected to ride on the MLB Evo platform and will be offered with three engines, including a 4.0-liter V8 twin-turbo, a 6.0-liter W12 and a plug-in hybrid version confirmed for 2017.
The Bentley SUV will be built in Crewe, United Kingdom where the company plans on hiring 1,000 people and will invest £800 million to get the facility ready for the SUV.
