I-Bentley isetha idethi yokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwenjini yayo eyisakhiwo sodumo i-W12, kodwa yini esilindele ngemoto yayo yokuqala kagesi?
IBentley Continental GT yamanje kungenzeka kube ngeyokugcina enenjini engu-12 cylinder.
I-Bentley Motors ikholelwa ukuthi injini yayo ye-W12 esinesikhathi eside izoqeda ukukhiqizwa ngo-2026, ngesikhathi esifanayo uhlobo luhlela ukwethula imoto yokuqala yebhethri kagesi (BEV).
Ekhuluma nezintatheli zase-Australia ngesikhathi kwethulwa iBentayga entsha, isikhulu esiphezulu kwaBentley Motors u-Adrian Hallmark uthe le njini engu-12 cylinder ibalulekile ekukhuleni komkhiqizo, kodwa sekuyisikhathi sokuyeka i-powertrain ngemuva kokuqinisa imithetho elawula ukukhishwa kwegesi.
“Ngajoyina inkampani emuva ngo-1999 okokuqala ngqa futhi ngaleso sikhathi sakha iqhinga le-Bentley, i-Continental GT yaba isiqalo salokho kukhula, kwalandela i-Flying Spur, kwalandela i-convertible, futhi sathatha inkampani. sisuka ku-800 siya ku-10,000 XNUMX eminyakeni eyisithupha,” usho kanje.
“Leli qhinga salisekela nakubuchwepheshe benjini engu-12 cylinder.
“Kusukela lapho injini enamasilinda angu-12 ibiwumgogodla womlando wakwaBentley, kodwa akungatshazwa ukuthi eminyakeni emihlanu le njini izobe ingasekho.”
Injini ye-W12 ibilokhu ikhiqizwa kusukela ngo-2001 futhi ingatholakala ngaphansi kwe-Continental GT, i-Flying Spur ne-Bentayga.
Injini yeBentley W6.0 enamandla afinyelela ku-12 litres kanye nama-turbocharger amabili ikhiqiza amandla angu-522 kW/1017 Nm.
Kodwa-ke, uMnu Hallmark uthe injini ye-W12 izoyekwa, eveza ukuthi kungase kube nezimoto ezimbalwa zohlelo olukhethekile ezinenjini ezoheha abaqoqi bezimoto njengoba uhlobo lusondela emgomweni walo wokufaka ugesi ophelele ngo-2030.
“Njengoba sibhekene nalokhu, kanye nolwazi olukhula njalo lomthelela wesimo sezulu kanye nobuchwepheshe esazi manje ukuthi buyatholakala, futhi ikakhulukazi ngamathrendi amakhasimende esiwaqoqa ngocwaningo lwethu... samukela ngokugcwele leli kusasa elinogesi elingathathi hlangothi. . ," Uthe.
“Sikholelwa ukuthi singakwazi ukwenza i-Bentley ibe sobala ngokwezemvelo nangokuziphatha ibe sobala futhi ingathathi hlangothi - noma ibe yinhle - futhi sicabanga ukuthi lokho kunikeza ukunethezeka injongo, kwenza umkhiqizo nengxenye ihehe esizukulwaneni esisha samakhasimende, kodwa ngicela ungakhathazeki, okwesishiyagalolunye okulandelayo. iminyaka sizogubha ngezinga eliphezulu kakhulu konke esikwenzayo ngezinjini ezingamasilinda ayisishiyagalombili, ezixubile nezingu-12-cylinder, futhi sizokwenza iBentley engcono kakhulu esake sayenza, futhi sizothumela inkathi yobuchwepheshe benjini evuthayo kanye neziqhumane eziphezulu kakhulu. .”
I-ultra-premium brand izophinde yethule imoto yayo yokuqala kagesi ngesikhathi esifanayo lapho kuvalwa injini ye-W12, okusho ukuthi i-flagship entsha ye-Bentley cishe izonikwa amandla kagesi.
I-Bentley okwamanje ayikacacisi ukuthi i-BEV yayo izothatha luphi uhlobo, noma ngabe i-nameplate ekhona noma into entsha ngokuphelele, kodwa kuyacaca ukuthi izakhiwo zamanje ze-Continental, Flying Spur kanye ne-Bentayga azikwazi ukuletha ugesi ogcwele.
Ngakho-ke, iBentley cishe izophendukela enkampanini engumzali iVolkswagen Group ngesakhiwo semoto yayo kagesi.
Nakuba i-Bentley ingase isebenzise inkundla ye-J1 esekela i-Porsche Taycan ne-Audi e-tron GT, maningi amathuba okuthi isebenzise i-Premium Electric Platform (PPE), ehlelelwe ukusetshenziswa kumamodeli e-Audi Q6 kanye ne-A6 e-tron. futhi yakhelwe ngokukhethekile izimoto ezinkulu zikanokusho.
Ngemuva kokwethula okokuqala ngemoto kagesi yakwa-Bentley, izokhipha izitimela ezinamandla ezingakhiqizi kuzo zonke ezinye izinhlelo zayo eminyakeni ezayo, kodwa uMnu. Hallmark uthe ukuguqulwa kweplanti kagesi ngeke kulimazi izisekelo zomkhiqizo.
“Ngo-2025, sizokwethula imoto yethu yokuqala kagesi esebenza ngamabhethri,” kusho yena. "Empeleni kuzoba ekuqaleni kuka-26 ngaphambi kokuthi ukubone kusabalele emhlabeni wonke emigwaqweni, kodwa kusukela ku-26 kuya ku-29 sisuka e-ICE siye kugesi kuwo wonke ama-nameplate kuleso sikhathi seminyaka emithathu kuya kwemine. .
“Uma ubheka ukufakwa kukagesi bese ubheka iBentley, sicabanga ukuthi ayahambisana ngokuphelele.
“Amakhasimende ethu ayawuthanda umsindo, umsindo nomuzwa - izikhathi ezithile okuhlangenwe nakho kokushayela - kodwa abantu abakhuluma ngakho ngempela umuzwa wamandla, ukulawula nokuthuthuka okulula okubenza bazizwe bejabule ngempela.
"Ngakho-ke, yile torque namandla asheshayo okwenza i-Bentley ibe isipiliyoni sokushayela i-Bentley, futhi ihambisana kahle nokufakwa kukagesi."
