After more than 100,000 engines spread over two decades of production, assembling W12 engines by hand at Bentley's factory in the English city of Crewe is over.
All good things come to an end.
For Bentley, the end has now come. At least when it comes to the W12 engine. For two decades, the English brand owned by Volkswagen has been building W12 engines by hand.
But it's all over now. The car brand marked part of the end of their history when the last W12-powered Bentayga, Continental and Flying Spur models left the factory recently.
Bentley states this in a press release .
The brand's farewell to the W12 engine is part of the so-called Beyond100 strategy, which begins with a completely new internal combustion engine. A plug-in hybrid.
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The new V8 engine doesn't just mean that the English brand is dropping only electric cars. We are also facing a time when street cars from Bentley have never been more potent.
The 4-litre V8 engine, which is probably a further development of the engine used in the Audi RSQ8 and Lamborghini Urus, has a whopping 750 horsepower.
– Because of everything that is happening around us, we will invest more in the hybrid car. We expected sales to drop in 2028, 2029 and 2030, then-director Adrian Hallmark said of Bentley's new decision earlier in an interview with Autocar.
The English are not the only ones these days saying goodbye to a legendary engine construction. Bugatti, previously wholly owned by Volkswagen, is also set to retire a W engine. However, the replacement still has 16 cylinders. Read more about it here .
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