Bentley Parades 40 Years Of Turbocharged Models At Goodwood

Bentley Parades 40 Years Of Turbocharged Models At Goodwood

Stroll into a Bentley seller today, and each model you take a gander at has a turbocharged motor. However, this wasn't generally the situation. The main present day item from the brand with constrained acceptance was the Mulsanne Turbo in 1982. To stamp the 40th commemoration of that send off, Bentley organized a procession of 10 significant models at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The vehicles in the procession were: 1991 Turbo R, 2001 Arnage Red Label, 2003 Continental R Mulliner Final Series, 2010 Brooklands, 2010 Mulsanne, 2011 Continental Supersports, 2014 Continental GT V8 S, 2022 Continental GTC S, 2022 Flying Spur S, and 2022 Continental GT Mulliner.

As per Bentley, the thought behind the Mulsanne Turbo was to support hailing deals. The organization's main designer John Hollings concocted the possibility of turbocharging the revered 6.75-liter V8. In the normally suctioned structure, this plant made 198.5 strength (148 kilowatts), and changing to constrained acceptance expanded the result to 300 hp (224 kW).

Bentley Parades 40 Years Of Turbocharged Models At Goodwood

The arrangement to help interest in the model worked. Bentley gathered a nine-month hanging tight rundown for the Mulsanne Turbo and fabricated 4,111 of them during the 9-year creation run.

Following the Mulsanne Turbo's appearance in 1982, Bentley sent off the Turbo R with an accentuation on working on the huge car's taking care of. The organization recently continued to emphasize on the thought from that point. The Continental R appeared in 1991 with a motor supported to 355 hp (265 kW).

Power from the 6.75-liter turbocharged V8 expanded again for the Arnage Red Label in 1999. The result developed to 400 hp (298 kW) and a stump-pulling 616 pound-feet. The vehicle could arrive at 62 miles each hour (100 kilometers each hour) in 6.3 seconds.

Bentley Parades 40 Years Of Turbocharged Models At Goodwood

In 2008, the Brooklands car showed up with a twin-super variant of the V8. The result was currently 530 hp (395 kW) and 774 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) permitting the two-entryway to arrive at 62 mph in 5.3 seconds. The one partaking in the Goodwood march was the last model delivered, leaving the plant in January 2010.

Bentley resuscitated the Mulsanne name in 2010. It kept on utilizing the 6.75-liter twin-turbocharged V8 presently making 505 hp (377 kW) and 752 lb-ft (1,020 Nm). The model participating in the motorcade is the subsequent model collected from this age.

The last 6.75-liter-fueled Bentley was an exceptional version Mulsanne in 2020. Right now, the organization previously had two swaps for it: the 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged W12 and the 4.0-liter twin-super V8. All the more as of late, the brand's cross breed models have embraced a twin-super 2.9-liter V6 with electrical help.

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