Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com Autoblog http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif Autoblog http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[No diesels for Bentley]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/22/no-diesels-for-bentley/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/22/no-diesels-for-bentley/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/22/no-diesels-for-bentley/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Bentley Brooklands

Bentleys and buckets of torque go hand-in-hand. Therefore, it might make some sense for the German-owned British luxury marque to consider one of the VW Group's big, powerful turbodiesels for one of its upcoming models. Not so fast, says Bentley. It has specifically polled its customer base -- made up mostly of Americans and Asians -- to determine if there's any interest in an oil-burning Bentley. Apparently, there isn't. Instead, the luxo-barge company will focus on biofuels in an effort to lower the fuel consumption and emissions of a numbers of its models. As a matter of fact, the first flex-fuel engine from the Flying B is expected to debut in 2009 and Franz-Josef Paefgen, Bentley's Chief Executive, says that all of its models will be capable of running on biofuels by 2012 as part of its plan to go British Racing green.

[Source: Autocar]

No diesels for Bentley originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bentleybentley arnagebentley azurebentley azure tdibentley brooklandsbentley continentalbentley continental gtbentley continental gt speedbentley continental gtcBentleyArnageBentleyAzureBentleyAzureTdiBentleyBrooklandsBentleyContinentalBentleyContinentalGtBentleyContinentalGtcBentleyContinentalGtSpeeddieseldiesel bentleyDieselBentleyFri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:00 EST<![CDATA[Striking Oil: Bentley could go turbo diesel]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/18/striking-oil-bentley-could-go-turbo-diesel/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/18/striking-oil-bentley-could-go-turbo-diesel/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/18/striking-oil-bentley-could-go-turbo-diesel/#commentsFiled under: ,


Click the Bentley Brooklands' 6.75-liter V12 to view in our hi-res image gallery.

Of all the premium brands to go diesel, Bentley seems the most logical. Its vehicles are already the closest things to locomotives and yachts on four wheels, guzzling massive quantities of gasoline by the block. And as Marketing Director Adrian Hallmark pointed out in a recent interview with AutoTelegraaf, Bentley customers demand torquey, low-revving engines. Not to mention that Bentley is under the tutelage of Audi, which has cultivated for itself a pioneering image in modern diesel technology.

Although Hallmark, in a very un-"Hallmark Moment", claims customer demand isn't there yet for a diesel Bentley, reports suggest that Crewe is considering picking the V10 or V12 TDI out of the Volkswagen Group parts bin. However, Hallmark says that neither of these engines could fit into the Continental's engine bay. The Arnage/Azure/Brooklands range could, however, make a suitable starting point for Bentley's shift to burning the midnight oil.

Gallery: Bentley Brooklands


[Source: PistonHeads]

Striking Oil: Bentley could go turbo diesel originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bentley arnage tdibentley azure tdibentley brooklands tdibentley dieselbentley tdibentley turbodieselBentleyArnageTdiBentleyAzureTdiBentleyBrooklandsTdiBentleyDieselBentleyTdiBentleyTurbodieselMon, 18 Feb 2008 16:21:00 EST