Someone Took a Bentley Bentayga to the Nurburgring and It Was Awesome

Here's what it looks like when you take a $230,000 ultra-luxurious SUV to the Green Hell.


The Bentayga is Bentley's first attempt at making an ultra-luxurious, super-capable SUV. It's got all sorts of features and tech any $230,000 luxury car should have, in addition to all of the advantages of being a sport utility vehicle. It's built for comfort, and bought by those who can afford a second, sporty car. Which is why we have no idea to as why someone was just caught lapping a Bentayga at the Nurburgring.

The Bentayga is based on the new Audi Q7, but in place of an unexciting diesel engine, Bentley put a 600-horsepower, twin-turbo, 6.0-liter W12. Sure, it's mighty fast, but it's not built to set a lap time.

It's not unheard of for automakers to test their super-luxurious offerings at the 'Ring—the Bentayga was even spied there during development. But this probably isn't a test vehicle. Our guess? It's a Bentley owner out having a lark on an open-lapping day. Or maybe it's a high-performance Bentayga Speed prototype?

Whatever the reasoning may be, we're not against seeing Bentley's first SUV slap some curbing and slide around the legendary Nordschleife.

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