Land Rover eyes Bentley Bentayga fighter

Land Rover is open to creating a halo model to take on the Bentley Bentayga ultraluxury SUV, Land Rover's design chief says.

A new Range Rover model could be created to sit above the current flagship, Gerry McGovern said last month on the sidelines of the Automotive News Europe Congress here. "Why not? We've realized that the Range Rover has got this big expanse across its price range, so it's not a very big step to get into Bentayga country."

McGovern wants to expand the number of Land Rover models bearing the luxury Range Rover badge beyond the four it has now: Range Rover, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Velar. The fact that some models might be a similar size doesn't bother him.
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MDarringer - 7/11/2017 4:05:01 PM

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Which low-rent crossover will they base it on? I mean Bentley had the VW Toedrag in house.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/11/2017 10:30:28 PM

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I would assume the Range Rover. They would not choose the Velar to make their top model. As the SVR is already $200k USD, I am not sure what they could do to convince someone to pay $300k for one. Maybe 700hp and Ostrich leather seats. Time will tell.

MDarringer - 7/12/2017 12:07:31 AM

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The fact that people buy the Bentiguan floors me. In person, it does not look like it's worth any more than a Q7.