The dual-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine composed the soundtrack to desires around the globe as soon as it discovered a house within the Bentley Continental GT, which entered a manufacturing in 2003. That engine will sing its last encore within the Bentley Batur Convertible earlier than the curtain comes down, tuned to its highest-ever output of 739 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque. The Englanders in Crewe have lifted the hood on the successor, with out offering all the small print. What we all know for now could be that the powerplant debuting this summer season is named the Extremely Efficiency Hybrid, a V8 PHEV with “greater than 750 PS mixed output” and an all-electric vary of fifty miles on the WLTP cycle.
We’ve not been given a displacement determine, nor did Bentley use the phrase “turbo” in its launch. Nevertheless, wanting across the Volkswagen Group, the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 PHEV within the Porsche Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid and Lamborghini Urus SE appears a stable match for this software. We’re informed to count on “the very best output ever provided in a Bentley,” For the reason that 740 hp within the droptop Batur equals 750 PS — achieved with out electrical help — there’s purpose to hope for one thing nearer to 800 hp than 750. The Panamera Turbo E-Hybrid makes a mixed 670 hp and 680 lb-ft, the Urus SE a mixed 800 hp and 699 lb-ft. Each of them additionally disguise a 25.9-kWh battery.
Within the Bentley, the e-motors may even unfold torque throughout a wider swath of the rev band than the non-hybrid W12. The corporate launched a brief sound clip, and yep, this issues feels like a Bentley engine, from purr to growl by no means leaving the basso profondo vary.
The Extremely Efficiency Hybrid will take its place on the high of the Bentayga, Continental GT, and Flying Spur ranges earlier than the summer season ends. We discover out nearer to that point what occurs to the opposite engines on the menu, the twin-turbo 4.0-liter non-hybrid V8 and the twin-turbocharged 2.9-liter and three.0-liter V6 plug-in hybrids for the Flying Spur and Bentayga, respectively.
