Mansory Bentayga: Mammoths Are Not Extinct !
MANSORY BENTAYGA
MAMMOTHS ARE NOT EXTINCT !
Words: Tommaso Mogge
Photography: Mansory
It is said that enormous creatures like giant reptiles have lived on this planet many years before mankind. Then ice age came and almost every living thing has been annihilated, thus leaving space for new species, including our human ancestors. But at the dawn of civilization, some imposing cattle resisted and among them we have the Mammoth, a kind of Xl-sized elephant covered with hair – today, hundreds of thousands of years later, I firmly believe that they still live among us. Not that they try in any way to hide, also because it’s one of the most controversial SUV of last year, able to sell exactly where it was intended to do, satisfying those customers who cannot just accept something ordinary. Extraordinary is the word that comes to my mind looking at the vision of German tuner Mansory on the mammoth 4×4 by Bentley. In the sense that it represents in every way something that goes beyond what we are commonly accustomed to face on the road, further raising the concept of luxury and exclusivity once you are lucky enough to open the door and take a look at the inside, or more simply discovering the countless details that characterize the most extreme body kit it offers.
We are talking about the most noble declination, the one driven by a 6-liter W12-cylinder, able to make the “school run” with your children a proper problem for some rainforest on the other side of the world. The important dimensions of the Bentayga are accentuated by the wide body offered by Mansory, which provides new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, front hood, rear spoiler, a new diffuser and much more, all in carbon fiber – and of course, what did you expect? The huge rims are 23 inches, although 22 are available, but to tickle the most demanding buyers there are different designs and the ability to configure your model with a set of forged carbon fiber wheels. Regardless of the reference color of the bodywork, which can be a classic black or a two-tone, maybe with other exposed carbon, the luxurious side of the Bentley SUV inevitably ends up in the background, leaving white paper to that animalistic and rough look that a 2-and-a-half-ton off-roader can boast, once peeping into a random driver’s rearview mirror. Everything is customizable here, even the headlight caps, while inside the cabin the typically British class to which Bentley-wagen has not given up, gives way to the opulence of materials that as a maximum objective have to magnetize the attention of the your pupils. Easy to find the four leather armchairs finished in colors that are anything but sober, without counting even in this case that the almost endless opportunities to make unique the dash, the central tunnel (front and rear), the sky, door panels and even floor mats, are confirmed as large as the size of the engine, ready to put the exclamation mark on one of the best performing SUVs in the world.
When we talk about Mansory, you all know, there is not only so much aesthetic effort, but also a substantial upgrade in terms of performance. Not that the Bentayga needed more power, compared to the standard 600 horses of the W12, but the German tuner decided that it could not work. Here is how they ended up putting 91hp more under the front bonnet, for a total of 691 hp and about 1050Nm of torque. To manage this internal combustion madness, a perfect distribution of power on both axles and a weight that in this case indirectly allows optimizing a similar cavalry, making this Mammoth of modern times one of the fastest animals in the wild. Launching it at full speed requires only the appropriate road and once the 8-speed automatic g’box has led you to the driving license’s danger zone, it will be unstoppable, also thanks to the new exhaust system that will make everything even more dramatically engaging. But it does not end here, even if a maximum speed of 311 kph could even close every argument without leaving open any possibility of objection, because despite it weights as an office, this Mansory goes from 0 to 100 in just 3.9 seconds – just like a new Porsche 911 S, if equipped with PDK, are you with me? Of course the cost is not affordable to all budgets, ‘cause for a car fitted with aesthetic kit and full mechanical upgrade, you need at least € 368,000. As a “standard” Bentayga is not an SUV for everyone, the Mansory’s creature will not find the preferences of all Bentley 4×4 lovers, but for those who do not want, even in the most remote of situations, the risk of confusing their new purchase in the Golf Club parking lot, you do not have to look elsewhere.
MANSORY BENTLEY BENTAYGA
Layout – front-engined, all-wheel-drive
Engine – W12 cylinder – 5.950cc – twin-turbo
Transmission – 8-speed automatic gearbox
Power – 691 hp / 1.050 Nm
Weight – 2.500 kg
Acceleration – 3,9 sec.
Top Speed – 311 kph
Price – from € 368.000