Bentley Plans to Debut Bentayga Plug-In Hybrid At Geneva

Only 30? You would think for the price they could at least do 50...

Nobody wants a 2.9 liter V6 Bentley with 462 hp.  A plug in hybrid V8 would be much more fitting for Bentley.  The only place this hybrid Bentayga makes sense is China where they have a displacement tax at 3 liters and they are looking to mandate EV’s.

12 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

Nobody wants a 2.9 liter V6 Bentley with 462 hp.  A plug in hybrid V8 would be much more fitting for Bentley.  The only place this hybrid Bentayga makes sense is China where they have a displacement tax at 3 liters and they are looking to mandate EV’s.

Europe as well as asia had displacement taxes and they are all looking to up them to push the autos into EV mode. I think they do not sell enough to justify the high cost and even the rich while many here say they do not care about the tax or gas price, actually do.

Just sad that european automakers can only look at 20 to 30 miles on pure electricity. when it has been proven you can do so much better. 

Pathetic engineering and vision by these companies. 

I actually think 20-30 miles is plenty of range for a plug-in hybrid because you aren’t going to be in EV only that much  and a lot of commutes are less than 20 miles anyway.  

The problem with any plugin even if it had 100 mile range is you still have 2 power systems and you still burn gas.  A mild hybrid almost makes more sense from a cost-benefit standpoint until you can switch to full electric.