Bentley diesel engine confirmed, says VW Group boss

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Premium marques such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW and even Porsche market large capacity diesel engines on their luxo-barges, and soon, so will ultra-luxury brand Bentley. That’s according to Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn himself, no less.

“Diesel for Bentley is decided. It won’t be a V10. But the V10 is not dead within the VW Group; there will be a successor,” the top brass told Autocar UK. So that leaves either a high-powered diesel V8 or V12 for the Flying B.

With the Bentley SUV project already a go for a 2016 launch, apparently powered by a circa-600 hp V12 petrol engine, a diesel variant is probably more of a necessity than anything else to achieve anywhere near a respectable efficiency average.

No word yet on which Bentley model will receive the diesel job first, but for the reason above, the upcoming SUV seems to be the likeliest candidate. Other Bentleys that could soon be flying on diesel include the Flying Spur luxury limo and Continental GT coupe.

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Comments

  • i’ll buy 1.. ok bye.

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  • superbird #43 on Feb 03, 2014 at 5:33 pm

    i bet the engine will be sourced from Audi.

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  • nabill on Feb 03, 2014 at 7:13 pm

    If their v12 n twin turbo v8 generates 700nm average… God knows abt their diesels…..

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  • who cares. 99.99999999% of paultan readers cant afford these superluxury. put diesel, heck, even a nuclear-reactor in the bentley also i bet none of the one reading this comment can even dream of owning 1.

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  • Ash Crimson on Feb 03, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    AC Mizal approves this.

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  • heybadigol on Feb 04, 2014 at 9:58 am

    Whatever for? People who buy diesel want to save money on fuel (in countries where diesel is cheaper than petrol anyway). If you really wanted to save fuel, you wont be buying a Bentley now would you? You’d buy a Kia Picanto :) Heck even Paul Tan likes that small car.

    Seriously, if you want something as spacious, there is the S Class, which is cheaper, just as luxurious and already comes with proven diesel engines. Its only missing the ultra premium badge.

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