PRIOR CONVICTION
Matt Prior
I’ve been following the online reaction to last week’s unveiling of the Bentley EXP 15 concept car. Ever see something online and sigh and think that you know what the comments are going to be like? That’s how I felt when I saw the studio pictures of the car.
I feel like I could have told them. And while I know that what people say on social media is not a true representation of what the public thinks, especially those who can afford a Bentley, there is enough ‘Jaguar-lite’ and ‘yikes’ sentiment to see that this is a challenging car.
Bentley must have known that, mustn’t it? The EXP 15 is not set for production but that doesn’t mean it won’t inform the cars Bentley will make in future. The company has form here: remember the EXP 9 F from the 2012 Geneva motor show? It was not exactly a looker, was not widely gracefully received, and while not destined for production in that form, it did preview the Bentayga, which arrived looking even worse.