Month: April 2019

The Bentley Bentayga just got an eye-catching makeover to match its abundant levels of luxury and performance. 

The Bentley Bentayga V8 Design Series has the same powertrain and performance specs we put to the test in when we drove the posh off-roader in Iceland, plus numerous aesthetic upgrades. 

A body-colored bumper spruces up the front end, while twin gloss black tailpipes ensures passersby can hear the growl of the formidable 542-horsepower V8 under the hood. 

But the exterior’s coolest newest new feature is the metallic self-leveling “B” badge that sits in the center of each metallic alloy wheel. Even if you’re sprinting to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, the logo remains perfectly oriented. 

The story continues on the interior. Bentley’s black leather is offered with one of four complementary color themes: red, orange, white or blue. Additionally, a series-exclusive carbon fiber diamond quilt pattern highlights doors and dashboard. 

“Bentley” illuminated floor mats and drilled alloy sport pedals come standard. A diamond-jeweled Breitling clock in the center of the dash rounds out the elegant cabin.

Prices haven’t been publicly revealed, but expect the V8 Design Series to cost at least a little more than the standard $200,000 Bentayga.  

You’ve heard of concept cars, and now comes a pair of concept golf clubs designed to put some extra zing in your swing.

Titleist CNCPT irons are made from an extremely rare, super-strong metal alloy never before used in club manufacturing, producing irons that Titleist is humbly calling “the world’s most satisfying ball-striking experience.” The company adds: “To put it simply, we’ve never seen the ball come off the face of an iron faster.” 

The CNCPT CP-01 and CP-02’s unique construction allows for what’s being billed as the thinnest unsupported, constant-thickness face in golf. The aggressively-engineered irons aim to produce extraordinary ball speeds, higher launch, longer distances and a steeper angle of descent. 

Titleist previously dabbled in this “concept car” approach to elite, technologically-advanced products in 2016 with the C16 irons and driver. But the two new CNCPT clubs are “something very different that you can’t find in golf right now,” says brand manager Kelly Moser Jr.

Golf Digest has more details on what makes them so special:

The first key to the Concept irons is an ultra-thin (less than two millimeters), uniform thickness face. The face is what the industry often calls “unsupported,” meaning that there is no foam or thermoplastic material or other backing structure filling the hollow iron to support the thin face design.

The face is forged and L-shaped, similar to that seen on the company’s T-MB and AP3 irons. But unlike those irons, which use high-strength SUP 10 steel or Carpenter 455 steel and are 2.1 millimeters thick, the CP-01 and CP-02 iron faces are thinner thanks to the use of a new steel alloy that Titleist is calling “Super Metal.”

Titleist is not naming the actual alloy, but Moser said while it is the first time ever it’s been used in golf, it has been used in the aerospace industry.

The other element behind the unique hollow construction is the placement of significant amounts of highly dense tungsten in the heel and toe of each iron to improve forgiveness or stability on off-center hits (moment of inertia).

The Concept irons use close to 50 percent of the head’s total weight in tungsten (an average of more than 110 grams) in the longer irons. That would be 22 percent more than the amount of tungsten used in the current T-MB irons.

The Titleist CNCPT irons go for $500 per iron, and are not available in stores, though the brand is scheduling fittings for interested buyers now. 

The latest unfortunate trend in the colorful and confusing world of women’s fashion are jean panties, also affectionately known as “Janties” or, alternatively, “Junderwear.”

The interesting take on traditional undergarments was first seen on the decorated runway of Paris Fashion Week for the brand Y/Project, which saw the janties paired with a strapless cowskin rug-inspired top and a white karate belt. 

Now, online retailer SSENSE is selling the monstrosity that’s reminiscent of a denim diaper for a pricey $315, because fashion.

If you or someone you know absolutely must own one of these small patches of denim, you could instead just purchase a pair of cheap $20 jeans from a Goodwill or Walmart near you and cut the legs off…and then throw it all into the trash where it belongs.

The above tweet poses a good question. Perhaps they could be worn in an empty and dark room where no one would see you, or for Halloween if the costume in question is “confused person with bad style.”

The Twitterverse is also deeply unsettled by janties:

Here’s hoping this trend doesn’t last long.