The world's most extreme SUVs

In this gallery we've brought together the world's most extreme SUVs past, present and future. In comparison with these beasts, the enormous off-roaders we see every day tackling the school run look positively reasonable.

Bentley EXP-9F

Ghastly was the consensus about the looks of Bentley's giant EXP-9F concept when it was launched at the 2012 Geneva Show. It just looked all wrong: a cacophony of conflicting styles and 23-inch dinner-plate wheels.

But at the Beijing Show a month later, it suddenly seemed to fit its Asian landscape perfectly. It should make even more sense in the US, where 95% of Bentley customers also own an SUV, and are crying out for a 'Big Bertha' Bentley. (Reuters)