Bentley’s First Electric SUV Hits Nürburgring With Bold New Design

Bentley’s first all-electric production vehicle is making significant progress. In July last year, we spied a pre-production development mule wearing a Porsche body, and earlier this year, our spy photographers caught a more resolved prototype undergoing cold-weather testing in Northern Europe. Now, the electric SUV has taken to the Nürburgring to ensure its handling dynamics are sporty enough for the British brand, and without a large LED lightbar on the nose, we can get a closer look at the styling, though this is still far from the finished article. The bit that stands out the most is the oval recess between the headlights, which seems to be an enormous placeholder for the Bentley wings. This could be the most overt piece of self-branding we’ve seen on a legacy automake …