In the ultra-luxury brand SUV camp, the most expensive one is Rolls-Royce Cullinan, but the best-selling one is Bentley Tim Yue. Since the release of 20 15, Bentley Tim Yue has sold more than 20,000 vehicles worldwide in five years. It is also the best-selling model under the Bentley brand.
However, it is said that most Tim Yue car owners will not drive this car to cross-country. Is it because of insufficient performance? No, it's pain money. If you just shave it, it may cost tens of thousands.
Then I think I may be luckier than most Tim Yue owners, because I not only put Bentley Tim Yue on the track, but also ran several cross-country laps.
Beyond in Bentley brand? 100 plan released 1 month later, Bentley brought a mid-term modified model of Tim Yue, and it is a brand-new Tim Yue V8 model that we test-drive in Bentley Experience Center.
Since the listing of 20 15, Bentley Tim Yue has created a brand-new market segment and set a benchmark for ultra-luxury SUVs. Xintianyue further upgraded this luxury.
For example, the appearance of the car body draws inspiration from the body design adopted by the third-generation new Continental GT and the new Fit car, which contains concise modern aesthetic concepts; The interior is the first Bentley model, painted with dark diamond-shaped aluminum wire drawing; The windshield wipers with heating and cleaning functions were introduced for the first time, and each wiper was equipped with 22 cleaning nozzles; Wireless Apple? CarPlay in-vehicle system became standard for the first time, supplemented by wired connection system. In terms of performance, 48v active electronic anti-roll bar technology is introduced to improve vehicle handling performance.
Do you believe that SUV can drive the feeling of a sports car with a mid-engine
It may be a bit exaggerated to say this, but the driving performance of Xintianyue is indeed the best among all SUV models I have contacted (forgive me for not having experienced Lamborghini Urus, so I don't know who is better).
What impressed me most on the track was its cornering control ability. You know, this is a big guy who is more than 5 meters long, nearly 2 meters wide and weighs nearly 2.4 tons. This size is very unfavorable for the control of the center of gravity of the vehicle.
However, thanks to the support of Bentley 48V active electronic anti-roll bar technology, Xintianyue's dynamic performance in corners is actually excellent. The suspension is tight and the body roll is small. Although the tires have started howling, the posture of the car body is still very stable and the center of gravity shifts naturally. This feeling is a bit like driving a sports car with a mid-engine, which is not only convenient to control, but also very comfortable to ride. The comprehensive performance is better than most SUV models.
In terms of power, the new Yueyue standard is equipped with four driving modes, namely Bentley mode, sports mode, comfort mode and user-defined mode. In sport mode, the throttle response will be more active. The 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 gasoline engine has a maximum power of 550Ps and a peak torque of 770 Nm, which can give people a strong feeling of pushing back at any time. The acceleration time of new Yue Yue is only 4.5 seconds, and the top speed can reach 290 kilometers per hour.
It is worth mentioning that this engine also has the cylinder closing function, which automatically closes four of the eight cylinders under suitable conditions to improve fuel efficiency, so that the comprehensive fuel consumption of the newly added V8 is only 65,438+03.3l/100km.
I'm serious about taking part in the Tim Yue cross-country race.
Xintianyue's guide price is only 2.462 million yuan, but with various optional fees, it's crazy to drive a 700,000 Audi Q7 for cross-country, and the only reason to drive a more than 3 million Tian Yue for cross-country is probably that this car is not mine.
Of course, we only cross-country in the designed venues. Each subject looks challenging, but it is definitely within the range of vehicle performance. Real field crossing may break through the limit of vehicles at any time, and bumps are inevitable. This is the difference between a field experience and a real off-road experience.
The experience of this site mainly includes wading, crossing the axis, steep slope and side slope. Through the "Bentley Dynamic Driving Mode" (Drive? Dynamics? Mode) and optional all-terrain kit (all-terrain? Specification), in addition to the four highway modes mentioned above, the newly added V8 can easily switch between four highway modes: snow, gravel, grassland and desert.
The water depth of the wading section is 400mm, and it is easy to wade through. In the continuous hump section, Xintianyue relies on a full-time four-wheel drive system with a Torsten central differential. When one or more wheels are idling, the system can quickly lock the corresponding wheels and distribute power to other wheels, so as to get out of trouble easily.
When facing the challenges of side slopes and steep slopes, the test is the rigidity of the car body and the driver's ability to control the vehicle. Fortunately, the throttle of Tim Yue is well controlled, and the all-terrain feedback system can also provide some auxiliary angles of view to help drivers correct the vehicle trajectory, so there is no need to worry too much about driving this car off-road.
abstract
Among the ultra-luxury SUV models, the most direct competitor of Bentley Tim Yue should be Lamborghini Urus, both of which are Volkswagen MLB? Evo is built on the same platform, but the performance is actually similar. The biggest difference may be brand attributes, such as Tim Yue's preference for luxury and Urus's preference for sports.
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