Older Bentley models are widely renowned for their coach-built nature and hand-assembled in-house engines in Crewe, U.K. Since VW bought Bentley in 1998, the company has slowly moved away from ...

The W-12 engine is dead at Bentley Bentley built the W-12 in some form for the last two decades The 12-cylinder has been replaced by a plug-in hybrid V-8 powertrain Bentley on Tuesday celebrated the ...

Pioneering new engine technologies has always been an integral part of Bentley's DNA. The second car ever made by the British marque, introduced a year after the end of World War I, featured a ...

A new coach-built Bentley powered by a W-12 engine will debut May 7. The unnamed new model will be a follow-up to the limited-edition Bacalar speedster and Batur coupe, and like those cars it will be ...

The last-ever Bentley W12 engine rolled off the production line at Crewe, marking the end of the 12-cylinder era for the brand. The W12 gave way to the new “Ultra High Performance Hybrid” powertrain, ...

We’ll be donning our black armbands this summer when the final example of Bentley’s 6.0-liter W12 engine is slotted between a pair of shock towers. But the good news is that the Brit luxury brand is ...

The end of the era of performance and sports cars is nearing, as Bentley's Continental GT will soon be released as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, letting go of its iconic W12 internal combustion ...

LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Britain-based luxury carmaker Bentley Motors will make all of parent Volkswagen's powerful W12 engines from the end of this year, creating about 100 jobs for its central ...