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A bit grotesque, I'd say.
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Agree. All down to the need to appeal to the Chinese market, apparently. And the USA.....
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Personally I think it hideous..... for the US and Chinese markets? No accounting for taste.
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I looked at that front on picture and could only see a BMW 7 series designed Jag. Bentley really just isn't trying and they are dull dull cars, even though that would be a dull car with a beast engine by design
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Yeah, I could have sworn a shooting brake was usually a 2 door "sports" car with an amended body to make it wagon adjacent. I'd call a 4 door version a wagon, estate, hatch, etc. Although I believe Mercedes and Porsche call their wagons both shooting brakes officially.
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