Bentley Motors Confirmed To Launch An SUV In 2016

Bentley has confirmed that it is to build an SUV. The new model line will be built in Crewe & will go on sale in 2016.

This move will create more than 1,000 jobs at Bentley’s Crewe plant.

The upcoming model, which will become the firm’s fourth model line, will be a “thoroughbred” Bentley, which will represent the brand’s hallmarks of "luxury, performance, quality & craftsmanship”. Bentley claims it will be the most powerful SUV on the market.

The announcement of a production SUV follows the Bentley EXP 9 F concept, which was shown at the 2012 Geneva motor show. It is likely to share its platform with the next generation Audi Q7 & Porsche Cayenne.

David Cameron, who was present at the announcement said, “This £800 million investment & a thousand new jobs from Bentley is fantastic news for both Crewe & for the UK as a whole. It is another important milestone in strengthening our economy.



“One sector that we know is sprinting ahead in the global race is our booming automotive industry. One vehicle rolls off a production line somewhere in the UK every 20 seconds & we have just launched the government’s Automotive Industrial Strategy to help continue this success for years to come.

“I am delighted that Bentley will be building their new vehicle here, not only creating a thousand jobs, but safeguarding many more, as well as increasing training opportunities for highly skilled apprentices.”

Volkswagen group boss, Martin Winterkorn said: “The Volkswagen Group believes in the UK as a competitive location for industrial production. Bentley fans all around the world are looking forward to the brand’s first SUV. Together we will make this new Bentley another true Bentley – powerful, exclusive & successful.”

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Parx Super Car show 2012

INK Group presents Parx Super Car Show 2012, organized by the Super Car Club (SCC) in association with Autocar India, took off to a roaring start with excited Mumbaikars vying for a glimpse of the super cars displayed at Mahalaxmi Race Course. The auto beauties then paraded the city’s arterial streets, covering Bandra Worli Sea Link and the Western Express Highway amidst a round of applause from visitors at the show.


Gautam Singhania, Chairman & Managing Director of Raymond Ltd. and Founding Chairman of the SCC led the entourage of supercars. Trophies were handed over to the most desirable cars at the end of the show.

Valentino Balboni, former test-driver from Lamborghini was one of the guests present at the event.

The first-of-its-kind series of events in India, the Parx Super Car Show was first conceptualized and organized in April 2009 to enable auto enthusiasts and general public to view some of India’s best super cars, including multiple Ferrari 458 Italias , three Lamborghini Aventadors, Aston Martins, Numerous Porsches, the Ariel Atom, Bentleys, Rolls Royce’s, BMWs, Mercedes AMGs amongst others

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Parx Super car Parade is coming

It’s time for the fourth edition of the eagerly awaited Parx Super Car Parade, presented by the INK Group in association with Autocar India. This time, the event will be held in Mumbai on Sunday, January 22, 2012. Scores of super cars, like Ferraris, Lamborghinis, M-powered BMWs, Merc AMGs, Porsches, Maseratis, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces, will parade the streets of the city.

The Parade will be flagged off from Mahalaxmi Race Course at 10am sharp. You can catch these dreams on wheels pass by Nariman Point at around 10.15am, reach Teen Batti by 10.45am and head to Worli Sea Face by 11am. The cars will then drive up to the Domestic Airport Junction and return to the Race Course via the Bandra-Worli Sea Link.

Expect whoops, howls and blares from exhausts, full bore launches, the works – the Parx Super Car Parade has it all. Last year over 50 of the most exotic cars in the city collectively pumped out more than 22,000bhp, sending the crowds into a frenzy. This year, expect to see even more cars and a lot more horsepower!

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Bentley reveals new V8 engine

Bentley will launch its long-awaited twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 engine at the Detroit motor show early next month, promising “an instantly recognisable growl”.

The engine will initially be offered in special versions of the Continental GT and GTC, identifiable by their black grilles, red badges and ‘figure eight’ exhaust pipes. The models will be positioned below existing 6.0-litre W12 Continentals, which will stay in production.

The new V8, which uses direct high-pressure fuel injection and cuts to a fuel-sipping four-cylinder mode on light throttle loads, produces 500bhp at 6000rpm and 67.33kgm of torque between 1700 and 5000rpm. Using a new eight-speed ZF automatic transmission, which also improves efficiency, the V8 Continental has a top speed of 300kph, with 0-100kph acceleration below five seconds.

Bentley won’t reveal precise fuel consumption and emission figures until early next year. Nor does it mention whether the engine has been engineered to run on bio-ethanol, like the 6.0-litre W12. However, it expects V8-powered Continentals to be able to cover more than 805km on a single tank of fuel.

The move fulfils a Bentley commitment, made three years ago, to deliver a new powertrain with fuel consumption and emissions reduced by 40 percent compared with the W12 engine that has until now powered all Continental models, more than 50,000 of which have been sold since launch in 2003.

The new engine is closely related to the similar-sized unit already used in Audi’s S6, S7 and S8 models, but its power and torque characteristics have been uniquely configured to suit the marque values of Bentley’s cars.

Sophisticated Crewe-configured engine management allows a “seamless and imperceptible” transition to four-cylinder running on light loads. Other technical highlights include special low-friction bearings, thermal management to avoid excess heat loss, energy recuperation via an intelligent charging system and turbo packaging within the engine’s vee to reduce throttle lag.

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