Eduard Huma
Bentley’s next sport-utility project keeps gathering attention before any official presentation. Current talk around the brand points toward a second crossover model, one expected to arrive beside the Bentayga rather than replace it. Two names continue to circulate, Mayor and Barnato, with Barnato linked to Woolf Barnato, the racing driver from the nineteen-twenties who backed Bentley during its early years.
The future model carries added weight inside the company because the project is tied to a first. If current reports hold, this would become Bentley’s first all-electric series-production vehicle. Existing Bentayga versions stay in place with internal-combustion-engine and hybrid powertrains, while the new entry is described as electric-only.
Technical direction appears linked to Porsche. When it will arrive, the new SUV will sit on the carmaker`s new Premium Platform Electric, also known as PPE, and which is actually the same platform also underpinning other new models like Cayenne Electric or Macan. This will enable a four-digit power for a higher-power trim. The benchmark mentioned nearby is Porsche Cayenne Electric, rated at up to 1,139 horsepower.
Bentley has not moved toward a second-generation Bentayga yet. Attention inside the brand seems fixed elsewhere, on this separate model line. Spy photographs published recently suggest a square-back body, with proportions closer to a traditional upright SUV than to a fastback design. Positioning in the range points toward coexistence with the Bentayga, not a higher or lower slot.
Digital artists reacted quickly. Nikita Chuicko, known online as kelsonik, prepared a fresh interpretation for Kolesa using recent spy material as a guide. The result presents a full exterior proposal for the possible Barnato and gives shape to details hidden under camouflage in recent test vehicles.
The front section carries a different light treatment from current Bentley products. Slim headlamps sit beside LED daytime-running-light graphics, while the grille area is fully enclosed. From the side, the relation to Bentayga is easy to notice. The roofline, door treatment, and rear proportions stay close to Bentley’s existing crossover formula.
Rear styling follows the same route. The CGI project keeps familiar volume rather than pushing into a new silhouette. Chuicko also places both vehicles side by side in digital comparisons, which makes the overlap easier to read.
Bentley’s role in this segment already runs deep. The company has built ultra-luxury cars since 1919, and by 2026 reaches 107 years. Since late 2015, Bentayga has stood at the center of a class later joined by Lamborghini Urus SE, Ferrari Purosangue, and Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
