Bentley Stops Ordering V8 Engine Cars In Asia Pacific, Here's Why

Bentley Continental GT. (Doc. Bentley Motors)

JAKARTA - Bentley confirmed that it will remove the V8 engine options in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and Australia on the GT, Continental GT, Continental GTC, and Flying Spur models. This follows the news of manufacturers taking similar steps in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India regions earlier this month.

Launching from Paultan, Friday, May 31, this is in line with the strategy outlined by this luxury brand, namely Beyond100, where they will offer hybrid variants on all of its model lines in 2024 starting on the Hybrid Betayga and Flying Spur Hybrid models.

The UK manufacturer also confirmed it had closed orders for the V8 option on a number of these models and production will end this June. However, current units for the Australian regions, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam are still available through retail stock.

Thus, the V8 engine adds to the list of powertrains removed by Bentley after the iconic 6.0 liter W12. This option makes a tremendous contribution to the premium brand.

Since its introduction in 2012, a 4.0 liter V8 engine has sold more than 53,000 units divided into three different models assembled at the Crewe plant, England.

The latest generation Bentley Continental GT will start the era of this premium brand and for the first time will be equipped with Ultra Performance Hybrid technology.

This fourth generation sedan is powered by a 4.0 liter V8 engine that can generate 782 ps of power and 1.000 Nm of torque. Due to plug-in hybrid (PHEV) system support, this car can run on pure power up to 80 km.

According to the company, this car only emits CO2 emissions under 50 g/km, as well as being one of the Bentley models that has low emission capability.