An interview with Luc Donckerwolke - CAR magazine.
I don't often buy magazines anymore, but this time i was pleasantly surprised there was an interview with 'our' Luc, chief designer at Bentley. Make sure to put on your reading-glasses ! ;-) Bim...
A Bentley SUV?
I saw the Bentley EXP SUV at the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn and found it a strange looking not cohesive thing. Can the design be rescued? Can an SUV be a true Bentley? Time will tell, but give me that latest EXP 2-door coupe, that car looks beautiful!
Bentayga :-)
VW specifically put Luc on the SUV job as the EXP SUV was a disaster :-) I have a feeling this has been the toughest job ever for our friend; i am absolutely no fan of any SUV so i don't think even Luc will have designed something i will like .. after all...
One needs to embrace SUVs...
In order to design a class leading SUV, one needs to embrace SUVs. I myself am a big fan of the Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen. But admittedly those aren't great cars from a driving perspective. Have you driven the Audi SQ5, Merced...
Well said Patrick!
personnally i grew up with real off roaders in africa and south America so i was not too convinced about those crossovers. But i must say that the combination of off road capabilities with sporty performances is quite an amazing cocktail. To be able to mi...
Use those SUVs...
A designer would have to utilize those SUVs, take them on camping trips, take them on all sorts of purposeful missions to see the importance of an SUV in the customer's life. It's a combination of storage space, the capability to trailer horses, camping t...
Oh believe me i did all of that, i went in the desert for so long i was happy to find the
The rain back in england. I did extreme dune driving and got the SUV buried in the snow, mud and sand, went extreme fast driving in high speed facilities. But then the project management and the financials appy their red tape...
I remember the dune photos...
Totally makes sense that you immersed yourself in SUV culture to experience it all for yourself. You went one step further by introducing the SUV to your own household. The bean counters always seem to intervene right when the fun starts...
Years ago when still working ...
.. at my uncle's company and something went wrong ... i always told everybody it was his fault :-) ... i didn't have to lie that much actually LOL ! Bim
I have to admit that
Exp 10 Speed 6 is the FIRST ever Bentley that really got my blood pumping. Bravo to Luc. Needless to say I'm a big fan of his... ...
On the look out to pick up the magazine
Very cool interview, will have to find a copy. First the EXP-10 concept, now this new SUV. Looking forward to hearing more developments. Regards, ED-209
Well Ed , i am afraid that is going to be it for now...
As i handed in my notice to pursue another challenge but first i am on garden leave until 1st of april 2016 ( non compete) So now time for hobbies and to learn another language...
I was pleasantly surprised to see ...
... Luc in the magazine ... hurry up as they will sell out very quickly thanks to my post .... better be calling CAR for some royalties :-) Bim