Want to buy a W-Engine vehicle?

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By Engr Gozie Atueyi.

People are more conversant with I - Engines and V - Engines but very few know about W - Engines.

Volkswagen the owners of Bently are the only Automobile company in the world that produce "W" engines. This is similer to "V" engines but the only difference is "V" engines have 2 rows of cylinders on one side ie, 2 rows of 3 cylinders for V6 or 2 rows of 4 cylinders each for V8 engines but in the case of Bently W12 engines there are 4 row of 3 cylinders each.

The engine is a 6.0 liter twin tubocharged that came into existence around 2002 as a replacement for the V12.

Why Bently switched from V12 to W12 is the W12 is more compact, flater, shorter, and smarter. Due to the compactness, the engine now becomes more easy for full time AWD instead of the V12 rear wheel drive and also occupies lesser space inside the engine compactment.

These W12 engines are hand-made by about 30 highly skilled craft men, and Bently will be producing a total of 105,000 of the W12 engines worldwide before phasing it off. Yes, the sad news is Bently will be phasing off the W12 engine by April 2024.

They want to be producing more of Plug - In Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicles, PHEVs and EVs by 2026.

If you still need one of those W12 Bentleys, you can place your order from now till April 2024.

Thanks and stay safe.

©️Engr Gozie Atueyi.

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