Mansory unleashes tuned, 691bhp Bentley Bentayga

“When in doubt, add carbon fibre” is, we suspect, Mansory’s motto. Its Bentayga is covered in the stuff. The front apron, two-piece spoiler, bonnet, side-skirts, mirror housings – all carbon, and all eminently, um, 'challenging'.

No tuned SUV would be complete without a welcome but pointless ECU flash. Power is up to 691bhp from 600bhp, torque is up by 111lb ft to 774lb ft and the top-speed is up by 6mph or so. There’s also a sports exhaust to liberate some more noise from the normally hushed W12. 

Weirdly-shaped steering wheels are nothing new, but this one’s especially odd and therefore worthy of mention. What possible reason could Mansory have had for disfiguring a perfectly good, perfectly round steering wheel? Answers below please.

Judgement call, clearly, but we’d have the white one. Black looks messier, for some reason. 

Or to be specific, the diamond-polished rim surface “underlines the car’s noble aesthetic”. If anything, that Mansory’s lightweight 23s don’t look massive under the Bentley’s considerable flanks underscores just how big this SUV is to begin with. 

Which is why Mansory’s integrated more LED running-lights into the Bentley’s front-end. Good for intimidating peasants out of your way.

The world’s foremost tuning show in Las Vegas is where the Mansory Bentayga will make its public debut. If last year’s show is anything to go by, it’ll look pretty tame in comparison…