The Bentley EXP 9 F is a

concept car A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle, show vehicle or prototype) is a car made to showcase new styling and/or new technology. They are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or ...

produced by Bentley and first shown to the public at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, and is the concept

SUV A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive. There is no commonly agreed-upon definiti ...

for the Bentayga. A luxury SUV capable of seating four adults, the concept was designed by

Dirk van Braeckel Dirk van Braeckel (born 19 February 1958 in Deinze), is a Belgian car designer. He is known for the designing of various models for Volkswagen Group, especially for the Bentley brand. Career Born in Deinze, after leaving school, van Braeckel st ...

and developed by

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's based design department. The concept is powered by a re-engineered version of the existing 6.0-litre petrol

W12 engine A W12 engine is a twelve-cylinder piston engine where three banks of four cylinders are arranged in a W configuration around a common crankshaft. W12 engines with three banks of four cylinders were used by several aircraft engines from 1917 unt ...

, but in production could also be available with a V8 diesel engine or a V6-based plug-in hybrid powertrain. It is based on the

Volkswagen Group PL71 platform The Volkswagen Group E platform was a series of automobile platforms shared among multiple marques of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) ( 4x4s in the European market). It was co-developed by Volkswagen Group and Porsche AG. All platform users shared ...

, the same platform used in the other

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large SUVs including the

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Porsche Cayenne The Porsche Cayenne is a series of mid-size luxury crossover sport utility vehicles manufactured by the German automaker Porsche since 2002 (Type 9PA or E1), with North American sales beginning in 2003. It is the first V8-engined vehicle built b ...

and

Volkswagen Touareg The Volkswagen Touareg (German pronunciation: ) is a car produced by German automaker Volkswagen Group since 2002 at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant. A five-seater mid-size luxury crossover SUV, the vehicle was named after the nomadic Tuareg peo ...

. In July 2013, Bentley announced the production of an SUV Model for 2016, based on the next-generation Volkswagen Group large SUV platform. Called

Bentayga The Bentley Bentayga is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV produced by Bentley Motors since late 2015. It is the first SUV to be produced by the brand. Its body is manufactured at the Volkswagen Zwickau-Mosel Plant in Germany, then painted by Pa ...

, Bentley's first production SUV will become the company's fourth model alongside the Continental GT, Flying Spur, and the Mulsanne.

Gallery

File:2012-03-07 Motorshow Geneva 4601.JPG, EXP 9 F at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show

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