Bentley Bentayga

Any Bentley is, of course, a huge indulgence but the hybrid Bentayga at least lets you own one with a clean conscience or, at least, greatly reduced tax bill. Thank the 82g/km CO2 rating for that, this alone slashing your Benefit In Kind liability compared with the 302g/km of the equivalent V8 if you’re running it on the company. Or, more likely, your company. In day to day driving the ability to cover around 25 miles without firing up the petrol engine at all will help cut costs, though for your typical Bentley owner the convenience of not having to fill it up all the time will be of greater importance. Based on usage patterns of the previous Bentayga Hybrid, Bentley asserts that the majority of journeys were carried out in the EV mode, and 90 per cent of owners travel less than 30 miles a day so could conceivably treat it as an electric vehicle with the bonus of an onboard petrol engine for longer trips. Be aware that if you do the economy quickly dives, and on a 220-mile motorway trip we only saw 28mpg. Horses for courses but where the hybrid suits city or suburban driving if you regularly cover big miles you might actually be better off sticking with the petrol V8.