Bentley sells a lot of Bentaygas. Through the first half of 2024, the luxury SUV accounted for 41 percent of the brand’s total sales, and it would go on to become the automaker’s best-selling vehicle by the end of the year. With new trims joining the lineup this year, Bentley is setting its big SUV up for even more success.
It only makes sense, then, that the company would want to expand its SUV lineup by one with an even smaller, slightly more affordable alternative to the Bentayga dubbed an “Urban SUV.” The new model will undercut the Bentayga in price and become the brand’s first fully electric SUV.
Originally scheduled to debut sometime this year, Bentley’s Baby SUV was delayed slightly until 2026. Aside from a single teaser image, we don’t know much about Bentley’s next big—er, small debut. But we have some ideas.
Here’s what we do know.
What Will It Be Called?
One thing’s for certain: It won’t be called the “Bentley Urban SUV.” That’s just a descriptor the company is using ahead of an official name drop. The new SUV will follow in the same lineage of the brand’s many luxurious nameplates before it—Bentayga, Continental, Flying Spur, etc. We don’t have any guesses, but it will undoubtedly be something fancy.
What Will Bentley’s New ‘Urban SUV’ Look Like?
While there will certainly be shades of the larger Bentayga in this smaller SUV’s DNA, Bentley will likely look to its latest concept car for design inspiration. Love it or hate it, the new EXP 15 previews the brand’s future EV design direction.
Translated to a compact SUV frame, the EXP 15’s rectangular “grille,” upright headlight design, and slim taillight fixtures give our exclusive rendering a… unique look. It may not be the prettiest SUV in existence, but we fully expect many of those design elements from the EXP 15 concept to make their way to a production SUV.
Bentley ‘Urban SUV’ Rendering by Motor1
Photo by: Theophilus Chin | Motor1
Bentley ‘Urban SUV’ Rendering by Motor1
Photo by: Theophilus Chin | Motor1
As with any Bentley, this new SUV will be highly customizable. The company touts an impressive “46 billion different option configurations expected to be available at launch.”
Size-wise, new president and Bentley CEO, Frank-Steffen Walliser, confirmed that the Urban SUV will be less than 16.4 feet long, which is just a few inches shy of the Bentayga (16.8 feet long). So, don’t expect a truly tiny vehicle.
What Will Power It?
Bentley has already confirmed that its Urban SUV will be fully electric. Since the company has yet to produce a production EV, though, it’s unclear exactly what kind of capacity the battery pack will have. Bentley will borrow a version of Volkswagen Group’s PPE platform, which underpins its corporate cousins, like the Audi Q6 E-Tron and the Porsche Macan Electric.
CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser says that the range will be “amazing,” and that the charging speed will be “extraordinarily good,” telling Top Gear that this new SUV will “push the boundaries in charging speeds, energy density, package, power of the electric motors, efficiency of the motors, all that stuff.”
That said, don’t expect 600 or 700 miles of range on a single charge. As Walliser noted in an interview with Auto Express: “You don’t need an 800-mile range! I think 350 to 400 miles, and charging stations available to charge fast. Bentley customers don’t want to wait.”
Walliser also says that the propulsion sound is very important, and that the electric SUV will make an “exhilarating” noise.
Bentley ‘Urban SUV’ Rendering by Motor1
Photo by: Theophilus Chin | Motor1
How Much Will Bentley’s ‘Urban SUV’ Cost?
Bentley hasn’t hinted at any pricing information for its new Urban SUV. The larger Bentayga starts at $207,050 for 2025, but this SUV should be a bit more affordable as it attempts to capture a new audience. A starting MSRP of around $150,000 for Bentley’s Baby SUV would make sense.
When Will Bentley’s ‘Urban SUV’ Debut?
As mentioned, Bentley originally planned to debut its new Urban SUV sometime this year. But, the company has since delayed that rollout and promises to reveal its new SUV late in 2026 for an on-sale date of early 2027.
Where Will It Be Built?
Bentley’s new Urban SUV will be built at the automaker’s headquarters in Crewe, England. The new SUV will be the first in a line of battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicles that the automaker plans to launch every year until 2030 as part of its “Beyond100+” business strategy.
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