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Mike Sinclair5 Mar 2015
NEWS

We can build it: Bentley

Brit brand says it can build Geneva EXP10 Speed 6 concept

Bentley's Geneva show-stopping EXP-10 Speed 6 Concept (pictured) is entirely production feasible. That's the inside line from John Paul Gregory, one of the stunning two-door's hands-on designers and Exterior Advanced Design Leader at the Brit brand's standalone Coventry 'Skunk Works' studio.

Speaking at this week's Geneva show, 'JP' told motoring the car's design not only is a stepping stone towards a new design language for the marque, but that it was 'package protected' to ensure that were the green light given it could be built.

"Obviously it's a show car, but we can build it. Yes, we can," Gregory told motoring.com.au, channeling Bob the Builder.

"There are some very fine intricate detailing in the lights and in the evolution of the grille and so on, but they are all entirely production possible," he explained.

Lower, wider and sportier in the 'metal' than it appears in images, the EXP-10 Speed 6 is strictly a two-seater. Although it retains undeniable Bentley styling cues, face to face its proportions are more racer than limousine.

It is underpinned by Volkswagen Audi Groups new MLB large car architecture. This is the same mechanical tool kit Porsche will use for the next Panamera.

The new Bentley also introduces a new descriptor into the car design vernacular. Gone is 'flame surfacing'. The EXP-10 features "fuselage surfacing", says Gregory.

"We started with very complex but flowing surfaces," Gregory explained to motoring.com.au drawing attention to the area from behind the front wheel along the door and into the rear Continental-style haunches.

"Next time you get on a plane look at how the wing and fuselage blend into each other. That's the harmony we were inspired by," Gregory said.

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