Black Bentley Bentayga head-on, matrix grille and quad headlights

Black on Black

Black BentleyBentayga

Five hundred and forty-two horsepower, five seats and a cabin stitched by hand — the least theatrical way in Los Angeles to spend this much money.

Rental in Los Angeles · from $1,299

Nobody photographs a Bentayga at a red light. That is precisely what it is for.

The Bentayga is Bentley's answer to the question of what you drive on the days you are not making a point — a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 under a bonnet the length of a hallway, five seats trimmed in hand-quilted hide, and a ride that treats the 405 as a rumour. In black on black, because it was never asking.

Specification

Horsepower
542
0–60 mph
4.4s
Top speed
180mph
Seats
5

4.0L twin-turbo V8 · AWD

Black Bentley Bentayga from a low front three-quarter beneath palm trees
01Gloss black on gloss black, down to the wheels and the badge surround. In Beverly Hills sun it is the only car on the street with no highlights to give it away.

Bentley builds two kinds of car: the ones that announce themselves and the ones that simply arrive. The Bentayga is the second kind, which is the harder trick and the more expensive one. Everything you notice about it — the weight of the door, the silence at seventy, the way the seat holds you on a canyon road — is something somebody engineered specifically so you would not notice it.

What you get in exchange is the only car on this list that works for a whole week. Five seats and real luggage space, a V8 that will still reach sixty in four and a half seconds when the road opens up, and a cabin quiet enough to take a call in. It is the car you book when the trip matters more than the entrance.

Everything here was engineered
so that you would not notice it.

Steering wheel and instrument dials of the Bentley Bentayga
The analogue Bentley clock set into the dashboard of the Bentayga

02A wheel with the winged B at its centre, and beside it an analogue clock marked EST. 1919 — Bentley has been putting a clock in the dashboard for longer than most manufacturers have existed.

Cabin of the Bentley Bentayga in black diamond-quilted leather
03Diamond quilting across every panel, milled metal where other cars use plastic, and a glass roof the length of the cabin.
Wheel of the Bentley Bentayga with the winged B centre cap and a BENTLEY brake caliper
Illuminated S tread plate in the door sill of the Bentley Bentayga

04Calipers with the name cast into them behind blacked-out wheels, and a tread plate that lights up when the door opens.

The particulars

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Queries

How much does it cost to rent a Bentley Bentayga in Los Angeles?
The black Bentayga is $1,299 a day, with multi-day stays discounted. Delivery to our Beverly Hills partner hotels is complimentary.
Is it a five-seat car you can actually use?
Yes — five seats, a boot that takes luggage for the whole car, and a ride that makes the 405 disappear. It is the one on this list you can book for a week and never think about again.
How far ahead should I book it?
There is one black Bentayga in the fleet, and it is the car people hold for an arrival or a wedding weekend. Name the date early and it is yours.

The diary

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Arrive without explaining yourself.

Tell us the date and the address. The Bentayga is delivered hand-detailed at the hour you name, and the rest of the week takes care of itself.

Check dates & reserve or call +1 (424) 303-6496

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