It’s called Torcal.
Big deal? Maybe not to the rest of us. To the Bentley crowd, though, this matters. September 23 is the day. The mask comes off then.
The name traces back to El Torcal de Anteuera, a natural reserve in Andalusia, Spain. Sharp limestone rocks, caves, the sort of place that looks jagged on purpose. Twisty even. Bentley insists it nods to the Latin “torquere,” the root of torque. A bit on the nose for an electric car? Probably. But hey, they do what they want. It fits their pattern, too. Bentayga. Bacalar. Batur. Natural landmarks as identity markers.
So, what are we buying?
Not a sedan. Definitely not a coupe. A teaser shot showed the rear end, or at least what looked like the rear end. Roofline stayed high, stretching back all the way. Confirmed: it’s an SUV. Taillights were thin, almost diamond-shaped, with a black badge. Subtle. If you can call any Bentley subtle.
But size-wise, there’s a shift. It’s smaller.
The gas-guzzling Bentayga? That’s the big one now. This Torcal is a step down, physically, if not spiritually. Underneath that hand-stitched leather lies something familiar to Porsche drivers. The platform shares DNA with the Porsche Cayenne EV. Which tells you a few things about the guts.
800-voltage architecture. Dual motors. 400-kilowatt charging potential.
Fast charging. High torque. No surprise there. Bentley isn’t entering the electric game to go for a Sunday cruise at 20 mph. They want the punch. They have to, really. Can you imagine a Bentley without acceleration?
We’ve already seen prototypes testing, hiding under wraps. More details will leak before that September reveal. Inevitable.
What will it actually cost to save the planet in style? We’ll have to wait.
