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The Last W12-powered Bentayga, Continental GT And Flying Spur Cars Roll Off The Production Line
The last W12-powered Bentayga, Continental GT and Flying Spur cars roll off the production line at the company’s Dream Factory.
Bentley Motors is saying goodbye to the 6.0-liter engine with a special lunch for the W12 assembly and R&D teams.
Since it was introduced in the original Continental GT in 2003, more than 100,000 W12s have been handcrafted.
W12 replaced by Ultra High Performance Hybrid that combine a V8 engine with advanced battery technology.
British luxury marque, Bentley Motors, is celebrating the production of its last hand-built, 12-cylinder engine as the last W12-powered Bentayga, Continental GT and Flying Spur cars roll off the production line at the company’s Dream Factory.
Since the 6.0-liter engine was introduced in the original Continental GT in 2003, more than 100,000 units of Bentley’s iconic W12 engine have been handcrafted in the company’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England.
To mark this special occasion, a commemorative lunch was held for the W12 assembly and R&D teams, while guests also gathered to form part of a W12 portrait photograph in the Pyms Lane Plaza.
Andreas Lehe, Member of the Board for Manufacturing at Bentley Motors, said :
“The W12 has played such an important role in the history of Bentley that it was only right for us to celebrate the engine’s retirement with those linked to this powerplant.
The 6.0-litre twin-turbo W12 is the most successful 12-cylinder engine of the modern era. Each W12 engine is hand-built in Crewe, a process that takes around seven hours and requires the meticulous assembly of 2,600 separate components.
Dr. Matthias Rabe, Member of the Board for R&D at Bentley Motors, added:
“The W12 has propelled our cars and business forward at an exceptional speed and will go down as one of the most important innovations in our illustrious history.
The arrival of Bentley’s all-new Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain that combine a powerful V8 combustion engine with advanced battery technology, heralds the end of the iconic W12 engine production at Crewe.
