The new Bentley £150,000 Bentley 4x4 comes with its own built-in picnic set - complete with champagne glasses

Bentley today announced more than 1,000 new jobs as part of a major £800 million investment boost for the UK that will see a new £150,000 luxury 4X4 built in Britain rather than rival Bratislava.

The new jobs and cash boost means Bentley will now build up to 4,000 a year of its first ever sports utility vehicle (SUV) at its factory in Crewe. It becomes the fourth model to roll off the line.

The new 6.0-litre 185 mph Bentley sports utility vehicle which accelerates from rest to 60 mph in under four seconds is set to go on sale from 2016.

A Bentley spokesman said: ’The sports utility vehicle  be a thoroughbred Bentley true to the brand hallmarks of luxury, performance, quality and craftsmanship. The styling will set it apart from any other SUV on the road and will be true to the Bentley design DNA.

There have already been 2,000 pre-orders even before the final showroom styling of the car had been revealed.