Bentley’s 6.75-liter V8 reaches the end of a 61-year run

Bentley has just finished its quite past 6.75-liter V8. Although engines appear and go, this is considerable due to the fact Bentley has been making this motor, identified as the L-sequence, for 61 years. This remaining motor will go in the 30th and past Bentley Mulsanne, a 6.75 Version by Mulliner, marking the finish of the flagship sedan.

The L-sequence motor was first introduced in 1959, and according to Bentley, it was designed in order to produce extra power than its current inline-six devoid of including pounds or using up extra room. The motor in fact weighed thirty pounds much less than the six-cylinder, and it created about 180 horsepower. That unique motor “only” had 6.2-liters of displacement, and it was not until eventually 1971 that it would attain 6.75 liters thanks to elevated stroke. This remaining edition of the motor is considerably distinct from its fuel injection to its twin-turbochargers, but is based on the exact design. And with 530 horsepower and 811 pound-ft of torque, it can be the most potent iteration of the motor.

At 61 years, the Bentley motor is arguably the V8 with the longest generation run. Although the first-technology Chevy smaller block V8 was introduced earlier for the 1955 product yr and is nevertheless built in crate motor sort, GM stopped making use of it in generation cars in 2002. Much less Bentley engines ended up built, while, with a total around 36,000, as opposed to the millions of Chevy smaller blocks in the entire world. Of study course, quantity is type of the antithesis of what helps make a Bentley a Bentley.

With the 6.75-liter motor out of generation, all of Bentley’s engines are derived from VW Group engines, from its W12 to the plug-in hybrid V6.

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