Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing2017 Bentley Bentayga W12VIN SJAAC2ZV5HC015918 | 7,938 milesThe first SUV Bentley ever built, in twelve-cylinder launch form - and this one was ordered as a four-seat touring car rather than a family vehicle.Why We Acquired This VehicleWhen Bentley built its first SUV, it did not build a modest one. The Bentayga arrived for 2016 carrying the 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged W12 - the engine from the Continental and the Mulsanne - and at launch it was the fastest and most powerful production SUV in the world. Crewe did not adapt an existing vehicle to a new segment; it set out to prove that a Bentley could be a Bentley on any surface, and the W12 is the version that made the argument.What drew us to this particular example is how it was specified. The order sheet runs well beyond the usual, and it moves in one clear direction: the long-distance driver-assistance suite, the flagship audio, the rear cabin reconfigured into a two-seat compartment with its own console, and the exterior brightwork and paint upgraded rather than left standard. This is not a Bentayga ordered as transport. It is one ordered to be traveled in, and to be looked at. The verified appointments are detailed in full below.It is finished in Ghost White Pearlescent over a Linen interior - a pale, luminous combination that suits the Bentayga far better than the dark specifications most examples wear, and one that shows the car has been cared for. At 7,938 miles it has covered barely a thousand miles a year and presents accordingly.At a GlanceHighlights Naim for Bentley Premium Audio System 22-Inch 5-Spoke Directional Polished Alloy Wheels Touring Specification Event Specification 4 Seat Comfort Specification with Rear Center Console Comfort Headrests to Rear Outer Seats Veneer Specification for 4 Seat Veneered Picnic Tables Bentley Rear Entertainment Extended Range Pearlescent and 3 Coat Finishes Bright Chromed Lower Bumper Matrix Style Grille Body Colored Lower Bodywork Union Flag Exterior Badge Heated 3 Spoke Hide Trimmed Steering Wheel Deep Pile Overmats to Front and Rear Exterior: Ghost White Pearlescent | Interior: Linen 7,938 miles 6.0-Liter Twin-Turbocharged W12 8-Speed Automatic Transmission All-Wheel Drive SJAAC2ZV5HC015918+ Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specificationThe Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to FinishOur PerspectiveAt Perfect Auto Collection, we do not measure a vehicle by its badge alone. We ask a quieter question: how does it present, and would we be proud to place it in our own collection?This Bentayga answers quietly, which is the correct way for a Bentley to answer. The pale pearlescent paint and the chromed lower detailing give it a softness that most examples of this car do not have, and the Linen cabin carries that through. Open a rear door and the intent becomes obvious: two individual seats, a console between them, wood where other cars have plastic. Under all of it sits the W12 and the full touring hardware. The result is a car that was ordered by someone who understood what a Bentley is for.Why Enthusiasts Value This ModelThe Bentayga is the first sport utility vehicle in Bentley history, and the W12 is the engine it launched with. That combination will never be repeated. Bentley has since moved the range toward V8 and hybrid power, which leaves the twelve-cylinder cars as a closed chapter - the last of a configuration Crewe built for decades and has now set aside.The appeal of the car itself is straightforward to anyone who has driven one. The W12 is not a loud engine; it is an enormously torquey one, and it moves a vehicle of this mass with a quietness that no other SUV drivetrain quite reproduces. Around it sits a cabin built the way Bentley builds cabins - hide, veneer, and knurled metal, assembled by hand at Crewe rather than pressed and clipped together.What informed buyers look for is specific: a heavily specified car rather than a near-base one, low and honest mileage, and a color combination chosen with some thought. Those are the examples worth seeking out, because with a car built to this standard the specification is what separates a listing that claims a car is special from one that can show it.Factory and Vehicle HighlightsNaim for Bentley Premium Audio SystemThe Naim for Bentley system is the range-topping audio available in the Bentayga: a 1,920-watt, 21-channel amplifier driving twenty speakers, including mid-range drivers, tweeters, super tweeters, advanced bass speakers, and a 300-watt subwoofer.Why it matters: Naim is a British high-end audio manufacturer that builds home equipment first and automotive systems second, and this is one of the most powerful factory installations ever fitted to a production car. The Bentayga cabin is one of the quietest rooms Bentley builds, which gives twenty speakers an unusually clean canvas to work against.22-Inch 5-Spoke Directional Polished Alloy WheelsThe car rides on 22-inch five-spoke directional wheels in a polished alloy finish.Why it matters: Twenty-two inches is the largest wheel Bentley offered on the Bentayga, and the proportions of this body genuinely need it - a smaller wheel leaves the arches looking underfilled. The polished finish is the decision that matters against Ghost White: it keeps the car bright and formal rather than adding a dark note it does not want.Touring SpecificationThe Touring Specification is Bentley's long-distance driver-assistance package, adding adaptive cruise control with traffic assistance, lane departure and lane-keeping systems, head-up display, and night vision.Why it matters: This is the package that turns the Bentayga into an actual continent-crossing car rather than a fast one. Bentley has built its reputation on covering long distances without fatigue, and this equipment is the modern expression of that idea - it is also the option group most commonly left unticked, which makes its presence here worth noting.Event SpecificationThe Event Specification adds Bentley's tailgate-mounted seating, deploying from the rear of the vehicle for use at outdoor events.Why it matters: It is the most characteristically Bentley box on this order sheet - equipment designed around race meetings, country events, and shooting weekends rather than around commuting. It also turns the rear of the car into a place to sit and watch from, which is not a use case any other manufacturer engineers for.4 Seat Comfort Specification with Rear Center ConsoleThe 4 Seat Comfort Specification replaces the standard rear bench with two individual rear seats, separated by a full-length rear center console and fitted with additional adjustment and comfort functions.Why it matters: This changes what the car fundamentally is. A five-seat Bentayga is a luxury family vehicle; a four-seat Bentayga is a chauffeur-capable touring car with two proper places in the back rather than three compromised ones. It is the single most consequential option on this build and it cannot be added later.Comfort Headrests to Rear Outer SeatsThe rear seats are fitted with Bentley's comfort headrests, which are deeper and more heavily padded than the standard items with wings to support the head laterally.Why it matters: They exist for one reason: sleeping. On a long journey the head needs somewhere to rest that is not a window, and this is the detail that separates a rear seat you tolerate for four hours from one you actually rest in.Veneer Specification for 4 SeatThe veneer specification extends Bentley's wood treatment through the rear compartment, including the rear center console of the four-seat configuration.Why it matters: Without it, the rear console of a four-seat car is finished in a lesser material and the wood simply stops at the front seats. Carrying the veneer all the way back is what makes the rear compartment read as the same room as the front rather than a separate, cheaper one.Veneered Picnic TablesFold-out picnic tables are mounted to the backs of the front seats and finished in matching veneer.Why it matters: They are a direct inheritance from Bentley's saloon tradition, where the rear compartment is expected to function as a place to work or dine. Finishing them in the same wood as the rest of the cabin, rather than in plastic, is the difference between a feature and a piece of cabinetry.Bentley Rear EntertainmentThe Bentley Rear Entertainment system adds dedicated screens and media for the rear compartment.Why it matters: Combined with the two individual rear seats, it completes the back of this Bentayga as its own environment - occupants who are being driven get their own screens and their own console rather than sharing the driver's systems.Extended Range Pearlescent and 3 Coat FinishesThe Ghost White Pearlescent finish comes from Bentley's extended paint range and is applied as a three-coat pearlescent rather than a standard solid or metallic.Why it matters: A three-coat pearlescent is applied and cured in more stages than ordinary paint, and the effect is a white that shifts and glows in changing light instead of sitting flat. On a body with as much surface area as the Bentayga, that depth is the difference between a large white car and a luminous one.Bright Chromed Lower Bumper Matrix Style GrilleThe lower bumper grilles are finished in bright chrome with Bentley's matrix mesh pattern in place of the standard darker treatment.Why it matters: It is the choice that keeps the front of this car formal rather than aggressive. Against pale pearlescent paint...

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Touring Specification, Extended Range Pearlescent And 3 Coat Finishes, Body Colored Lower Bodywork Non, Bright Chromed Lower Bumper Matrix Style Grille, Union Flag Exterior Badge, Bentley Rear Entertainment, Heated 3 Spoke Hide Trimmed Steering Wheel, Veneered Picnic Tables, Veneer Specification For 4 Seat, Deep Pile Overmats To Front And Rear, Event Specification, 4 Seat Comfort Specification W/Rear Center Console, Comfort Headrests To Rear Outer Seats, Audio System : Naim For Bentley Premium Audio System, Wheels and Tires : 22 in. 5-Spoke Directional Polished Alloy Wheels, Audio System : Naim For Bentley Premium Audio System, Wheels and Tires : 22 in. 5-Spoke Directional Polished Alloy Wheels