Car of the Year Awards 2026: Best luxury car interior
Why shouldn't your car be an extension of your own home? Well, if you’re lucky enough to live your life surrounded by fine furniture in an exquisitely crafted character property, stepping into the Bentley Bentayga is like leaving your living room for the intimate cosiness of your study.
Those fortunate folk who get to commission a Bentayga get a greater choice of interior finishes than Farrow & Ball could dream of offering, with a near-infinite palette of colour choices and a vast array of decorative surfaces. There are soft leathers, deeply lacquered veneers and polished metals, all deployed in a tasteful rather than merely ostentatious way.
This all puts you in a great mood to get some work done when you settle behind your desk, and the Bentayga relishes your commands. The thumping 542bhp V8 engine takes your orders and runs with them, crossing out long distances as if they were completed events in your diary. Even in fast corners, the Bentayga obliges obediently, yet you’re kept as relaxed as you’d be in your Eames lounge chair.
The BMW X7 is a better all-rounder, but if attention to detail is everything to you, Bentley’s luxury SUV is unmatched in this regard.
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