Bentley has unveiled the EXP 15 design vision at California’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, signalling styling cues for future models, including the marque’s first fully electric car.
The grand tourer concept is not slated for production but would guide forthcoming Bentley design programmes.
The EXP 15 adopts a modern take on classic Bentley proportions: an upright grille, a long “endless” bonnet and a rear-set cabin.
Its stance references the 1930 Speed Six Gurney Nutting Sportsman coupé, known as the “Blue Train”. Inside, a three-seat layout prioritises comfort and introduces novel in-cabin storage designed for pets or hand luggage.
Bentley said the concept crystallises five exterior tenets that would shape its next generation of grand tourers: Upright Elegance, Iconic Grille, Endless Bonnet Line, Resting Beast and Prestigious Shield. Together they aim to express muscularity, heritage and a new electric identity without departing from Bentley’s luxury brief.
Bentley design director Robin Page said the concept was a “strong statement of intent” and that feedback from Monterey Car Week’s audience of collectors and enthusiasts would inform the brand’s design evolution as it develops electrified grand tourers.
During Car Week, the EXP 15 was photographed along 17-Mile Drive and reunited with the original “Blue Train” coupé, shown with the permission of its owner. Both cars travelled from Bentley’s factory in Crewe, UK, where the EXP 15 was first revealed in early July.
