The first electric Bentley
The next extraordinary Bentley
An unofficial cinematic study of Bentley's first all-electric SUV — presence without noise, craft without compromise.
Revealed in London · 23.09.2026 · 19:19 BST
A Bentley you hear before you see — and now you hear nothing at all.
Everything the Grand Tourer stands for — the long bonnet, the haunched shoulders, the quiet authority — with the one thing that always announced it removed. What remains is pure presence: mass without noise, power without theatre.
- W12 idle≈ 62 dB
- City street≈ 55 dB
- Library≈ 40 dB
- Torcal, at rest0 dB
Indicative — a concept study of quiet
Sculpted from one motion
The Torcal silhouette is drawn in a single unbroken gesture — a long clamshell bonnet falling into a raked roofline, then away over a powered haunch.
Illuminated spine
A wide diamond-textured grille panel carries a single glowing vertical blade — a lighthouse signature in place of an air intake the car no longer needs.
Segmented gaze
Oval lamps with jewelled internal segments sit at the grille's corners, holding the marque's level, unhurried stare.
The powered haunch
One shoulder line runs the length of the body and gathers over the rear wheel — Grand Tourer muscle, translated to an SUV stance.
Honeycomb tail
A blade of crystal-red honeycomb light closes the tailgate — the one warm note in an otherwise moonlit palette.
Named after stone
Like Bentayga, Bacalar and Batur before it, Torcal takes its name from an extraordinary landscape.
El Torcal de Antequera rises above Andalusia in southern Spain — a labyrinth of pale Jurassic limestone, laid down beneath an ancient sea some 150 million years ago and lifted skyward by colliding continents. Nature stacked it into towers, cliffs and corridors, recognised within a UNESCO World Heritage site — shaped over millions of years, and evolving still.
Torquere
The name also traces to the Latin torquere — to twist — the same root that gives us torque. Effortless twisting force: the hallmark of every Bentley for 107 years, now delivered in silence.
- LandscapeKarst limestone, Andalusia
- Formed≈ 150 million years ago
- RecognitionUNESCO World Heritage, 2016
- From LatinTorquere → torque
Effortless, electrified
An 800-volt architecture beneath a Bentley-crafted body. All figures below are indicative concept targets, not confirmed specifications.
⚠ Indicative concept targets — a design study, not a production specification.
The workshop, electrified
Controls cut from optical crystal that gathers the cabin light and holds it. Diamond-knurled metal milled from solid. Open-pore veneer laid by hand. A cabin that trades the transmission tunnel for a floating deck of glass and cool-touch aluminium.
- Crystal controlsCut glass, lit from within
- Diamond knurlingMilled from solid
- Hand-laid veneerOpen-pore, book-matched
- Hushed cabinAcoustic double-glazing
London. 23.09.26.
The Torcal breaks cover on 23 September 2026 at 19:19 BST. Leave an address and choose when to be reminded — no noise before, none after.