Wheels UAE – July 26, 2019

The SUV segmenttoday propsuptheglobalautomotive

industry. Whilelessermotoristshavehadanextensive arrayof

optionstochoosefromformany yearsnow,themore privileged

carownerwas lefttochoosefromamonga RangeRover, Porsche,

Mercedes-BenzorBMW. Thismeantthere wasn’t any SUV

offeringthatwouldn’t lookamissinanuberelitegaragealongside

a Phantomora Mulsanne. Bentleypresenteda solutiontothis

fi rst worldproblembyintroducingtheBentayga,andsoon

Goodwoodalsojoinedinwithwhattheonepercentersofthe

motoringworldwereallwaitingfor;Cullinan,thefi rst ever

Rolls-RoyceSUV.

Wealreadydroveit latelast yearatitsgloballaunchintheUS.

Wetestedit thoroughlyonandofftheroadthen,butthisweek

wegotanopportunitytoglidealongmore familiarroadshere

intheUAE.Ourlocalreviewofthemost luxuriousSUVever

startsonpage 30. Wehavealsodrivenanotherhighlyanticipated

car, thenewToyotaSupra,andyou canreadourtest drive

reportfrompage 20 onwards. Thisissuealsoseesansurplus

ofMercedes-Benzstoriesintheformoftwo drives– theGLC

CoupeinFrankfurtandtheE53Coupein

Dubai– anda newsreportontheall

newGLBClasscompactSUV.

Asusual,there’s a lotmore inthe

magthatyou willhopefullyenjoy

readingover theweekend.We’llbe

backwithanotherentertainingissue

onJuly5.Untilthen...

“Effortless power is
suppliedby a buttery
smooth6.75-litre twin-
turboV12whichhas
563 horsesand850Nm
of torque withall the
oomphsentto thefour
wheelsvia an eight-
speedZF automatic.”
imranmalikonthe
rolls-royce cullinan

“The first timethecar
subtlyslowed for a
bendthenaccelerated
outagain,I thought
I’d imaginedit, that
somehow theslope
of theroad hadcaused
it to slow.”
timansellontheglc
coupe’sself-driving
capabilitiesandmore

luxury

reimagined

sonythomas

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