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  When Smooth Ruled In the '70s, street rods experienced a revival in popularity after being knocked out of the spotlight during the muscle car era. That revival came with a change. The prominent rod builders of the late 20th century were not building early roadsters and coupes in the traditional styles of earlier years but rather in a modern style characterized by high-tech chassis with independent front and rear suspensions, extensive use of hand built components (with an abundance of billet aluminum), reshaped bodies, and the elimination of emblems and trim. The result was a super-clean, streamlined style that almost instantly became known as "smooth."

  When Bentley in 2016 launched   the Bentayga , its first-ever SUV, the company's flagship vehicle was the Mulsanne sedan.   Imposing and charismatic, the $300,000-plus Mulsanne   was German-engineered but a quintessentially British ultra-luxury car. Its interior was redolent with the rich tang of leather, the warm glow of wood, bright splashes of chrome, and a rumbling torque monster of an engine under its long hood. The last Mulsanne rolled off the assembly line in Crewe, England, in 2020. And stepping up to replace it as Bentley's new flagship model is the 2022 Bentley Bentayga EWB, a stretched  version of the SUV  that was just a gleam in a Bentley product planner's eye when the Mulsanne made its world debut at Pebble Beach in 2009. A stretched SUV is, at first glance, an oddly prosaic choice for a marque steeped in  the romance of the road  and  the legend of Le Mans . But it's a necessarily pragmatic one. Bentley's decision to go all-e...

  When Bentley in 2016 launched   the Bentayga , its first-ever SUV, the company's flagship vehicle was the Mulsanne sedan.   Imposing and charismatic, the $300,000-plus Mulsanne   was German-engineered but a quintessentially British ultra-luxury car. Its interior was redolent with the rich tang of leather, the warm glow of wood, bright splashes of chrome, and a rumbling torque monster of an engine under its long hood. The last Mulsanne rolled off the assembly line in Crewe, England, in 2020. And stepping up to replace it as Bentley's new flagship model is the 2022 Bentley Bentayga EWB, a stretched  version of the SUV  that was just a gleam in a Bentley product planner's eye when the Mulsanne made its world debut at Pebble Beach in 2009. A stretched SUV is, at first glance, an oddly prosaic choice for a marque steeped in  the romance of the road  and  the legend of Le Mans . But it's a necessarily pragmatic one. Indeed, the Bentayga has been ...