- Four years after its last facelift, Bentley decided it was time to refresh the Bentayga for 2024.
- The updates are feature-heavy, highlighted by rear-wheel steering being added as standard for the S and Azure trims and as an option for lower trims.
- Sticking to Bentley’s highly customizable reputation, there are new 21-inch wheels with three available finishes, as well as eight new paint options, bringing the total number of paint choices to 112.
The Bentayga SUV is Bentley’s most popular vehicle—no surprise considering the seemingly endless demand for ultra-luxury SUVs. It’s been four years since Bentley last freshened up the Bentayga, and as it enters the 2024 model year the high-end SUV is getting revamped once again.
Most of the changes center around newly standard and optional features, though the front grille ditches its vertical slats in favor of a new mesh grille that matches the front end on the recently updated Flying Spur. The rear-wheel-steering system from the extended-wheelbase model is ported over for the standard-length Bentayga. It will come standard on the Azure and S trim levels, and will be optional for the rest of the lineup.
Bentley has something of a reputation for customization, and to be fair, the company puts its money where its mouth is. The 2024 Bentayga adds new 21-inch wheels that are available in three finishes. There are also eight new paint colors, seven of which are satin paints. Those new paint options bring the total number of exterior paint choices up to 112.
The cushy Airline Seats from the extended-wheelbase model also makes their way over to the rest of the lineup as an option. Those are the rear seats that offer 22 different planes of adjustment and a Relax mode that reclines at 40 degrees while shoving the front passenger seat out of the way and deploying a footrest.
There are even more rear-seat focused comforts for the updated Bentayga. According to Bentley, after a rear-seat passenger chooses a temperature with the auto climate controls, the system measures the passenger’s temperature and surface humidity every 25 milliseconds and adjusts accordingly. The new posture adjustment system conforms to a passenger’s seating position and pressure points and can apply 177 individual pressure changes across six independent zones to keep the passenger’s body from fatiguing.
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Jack Fitzgerald’s love for cars stems from his as yet unshakable addiction to Formula 1.
After a brief stint as a detailer for a local dealership group in college, he knew he needed a more permanent way to drive all the new cars he couldn’t afford and decided to pursue a career in auto writing. By hounding his college professors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he was able to travel Wisconsin seeking out stories in the auto world before landing his dream job at Car and Driver. His new goal is to delay the inevitable demise of his 2010 Volkswagen Golf.
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