Watch Derek Bell Manhandle a Bentley Bentayga at Goodwood

Apart from being unreasonably big, unnecessary luxurious, and unfathomably expensive, Bentley Bentayga also wants to be known as one of the world’s fastest and best performing SUVs. That is the point the British automaker tried to drive home at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed by hiring 74-year-old racing driver Derek Bell for the drive up the hill.

Don’t think for a second, though, that old Derek is going to stop half way up the 1.16 mile course to have a wee in the bushes. For one thing, this awesome dude has in his resume no less than five Le Mans wins. What’s more, he’d been involved from the very beginning in the development of Bentley Bentayga. He knows this beast inside out:

Bentley Bentayga W12 Specs:

• Engine capacity: 5950 cc
• Max power: 600 bhp/ 447 kW / 608 PS @ 5000-6000 rpm
• Max torque: 900 Nm / 664 lb.ft @1350 rpm
• Acceleration: 0 – 60mph 4.0 secs / 0 – 100 km/h 4.1 secs
• Max speed: 187 mph / 301 km/h
• Fuel consumption:
  • Urban: 14.9 mpg / 19.0 litres/100 km
  • Extra urban: 29.4 mpg / 9.6 litres/100 km
  • Combined: 21.6 mpg / 13.1 litres/100 km
• CO2 emissions: 296 g/km
• Emission Controls: EU 6 and US LEV III

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