Hoʻonoho ʻo Bentley i kahi ola no kāna ʻenekini W12, akā he aha ka mea i mālama ʻia no kāna kaʻa uila mua?
ʻO ka Bentley Continental GT o kēia manawa ka mea hope loa me ka ʻenekini 12-cylinder.
Manaʻo ʻo Bentley Motors e hoʻopau ka mīkini W12 lōʻihi i ka hana ʻana ma 2026, ma kahi o ka manawa like e hoʻolālā ai ka brand e hoʻomaka i kāna kaʻa uila uila mua (BEV).
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā mea hoʻolaha Australia i ka wehe ʻana o ka Bentayga hou, ʻōlelo ʻo Bentley Motors CEO Adrian Hallmark i ka mīkini 12-cylinder i mea hoʻohui i ka ulu ʻana o ka brand, akā ua hiki i ka manawa e hoʻohemo i ka powertrain ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā lula hoʻokuʻu.
"Ua hui pū au i ka hui i ka makahiki 1999 no koʻu ola mua ʻana a i kēlā manawa ua hoʻolālā mākou i ka hoʻolālā Bentley, ʻo ka Continental GT ka mea hoʻomaka no kēlā ulu ʻana, ukali ʻia e ka Flying Spur, a laila ka mea hoʻololi, a lawe mākou i ka hui. mai 800 a 10,000 kūʻai i nā makahiki ʻeono, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
"A ua hoʻokumu pū mākou i kēia hoʻolālā ma ka ʻenehana ʻenehana 12-cylinder.
"Mai ia manawa, ʻo ka ʻenekini 12-cylinder ka iwi kuamoʻo o ka mōʻaukala Bentley, akā ʻaʻohe kānalua i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki ʻaʻole e ola kēia ʻenekini."
Ua hana ʻia ka mīkini W12 mai ka makahiki 2001 a hiki ke loaʻa ma lalo o ka pā o ka Continental GT, Flying Spur a me Bentayga.
ʻO ka Bentley W6.0 engine me ka neʻe ʻana o 12 lita a me ʻelua turbocharger e hoʻomohala i kahi puka o 522 kW/1017 Nm.
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hallmark e hoʻopau ʻia ka mīkini W12, me ka hōʻike ʻana aia paha kekahi mau kaʻa paʻi kūikawā me ka mīkini e huki ai i nā mea hōʻiliʻili i ka neʻe ʻana o ka brand i kāna pahuhopu o ka electrification piha e 2030.
"Ke alo nei i kēia, a me ka ʻike e piʻi mau nei i ka hopena o ke aniau a me nā ʻenehana a mākou i ʻike ai i kēia manawa, a me nā ʻano mea kūʻai aku a mākou e hōʻiliʻili ai ma o kā mākou noiʻi ... ," wahi āna.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolilo iā Bentley i ke kaiapuni a me ke ʻano kūlohelohe a kū ʻole - a i ʻole maikaʻi - a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hāʻawi i ka waiwai i ke kumu, e hoʻonani i ka brand a me ka ʻāpana i kahi hanauna hou o nā mea kūʻai aku, akā e ʻoluʻolu mai hopohopo, no nā ʻeiwa e hiki mai ana. makahiki e hoʻolauleʻa ai mākou i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa i nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai me nā ʻenekini ʻewalu-cylinder, hybrid a me 12-cylinder, a e hana mākou i ka Bentley maikaʻi loa a mākou i hana ai, a e hoʻouna mākou i ke au o ka ʻenehana ʻenekini puhi ahi me ka nui o nā mea ahi. .”
E hoʻomaka ana ka ultra-premium brand i kāna kaʻa uila mua i ka manawa like i pani ʻia ai ka mīkini W12, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hoʻohana ʻia ka hae hana hou a Bentley e ka uila.
ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻo Bentley i ke ʻano o kāna BEV, inā he papa inoa i loaʻa a i ʻole he mea hou loa, akā maopopo ʻaʻole hiki i ka hale hoʻolālā o kēia manawa no ka Continental, Flying Spur a me Bentayga ke hāʻawi i ka electrification piha.
No laila, e huli paha ʻo Bentley i ka hui makua Volkswagen Group no ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kāna kaʻa uila.
ʻOiai e hoʻohana paha ʻo Bentley i ka J1 platform ma lalo o ka Porsche Taycan a me Audi e-tron GT, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Premium Electric Platform (PPE), i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻohana ʻia i nā hiʻohiʻona Audi Q6 a me A6 e-tron. a ua hoʻolālā kūikawā ʻia no nā kaʻa waiwai nui.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ke kaʻa uila mua a Bentley, e ʻōwili ʻia ana nā kaʻa uila manuahi ʻole no ke koena o kāna lineup i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr.
"Ma 2025, e hoʻomaka mākou i kā mākou kaʻa uila uila mua," wahi āna. "E hiki koke ana i ka makahiki 26 ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana i ka laulā a puni ka honua ma nā alanui, akā mai ka 26 a hiki i ka 29 ke neʻe nei mākou mai ka ICE i ka uila ma kēlā me kēia papa inoa i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻekolu a ʻehā. .
"Inā ʻoe e nānā i ka electrification a nānā iā Bentley, manaʻo mākou ua kūpono loa lākou.
"Makemake kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka walaʻau, ke kani a me ka manaʻo - kekahi mau manawa i ka ʻike hoʻokele - akā ʻo ka mea e kamaʻilio maoli ai ka poʻe ʻo ia ka manaʻo o ka mana, ka mana a me ka holomua maʻalahi e hōʻoluʻolu ai lākou.
"No laila, ʻo kēia torque a me ka mana koke ka mea e hana ai i kahi Bentley i kahi ʻike hoʻokele Bentley, a hui pū me ka electrification."
