The Bentley Bentayga Is In Line For Two New, Fuel-Sipping Engines

The Bentley Bentayga is in line for two more efficient drivetrains borrowed from Volkswagen Group partners, according to reports.

A V8 petrol engine and a V6-based hybrid are the rumoured options, but the German source material referenced by CarScoops doesn’t appear to suggest anything of the sort.

At present the Bentayga (falcon optional) uses the relatively lightweight W12 petrol and always impressive V8 diesel engines from the VAG stable. The addition of a V8 would provide a lower starting price for Bentley’s most rounded and capable car to date, and would fall into line with previous decisions by the firm.

The new Continental GT is for now limited to the new W12 as well, but a V8 with cylinder deactivation is a nailed-on certainty for that car. It seems likely enough that Bentley would bung it into the Bentayga as well, but we’ll need to keep our eyes peeled for clearer proof if and when it’s confirmed.

The second powertrain would be taken, the article suggests, from the old Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid. CarScoops, quoting text from AutoMotorUndSport that we can’t find, says that it would use a 3.0-litre supercharged V8 plug-in hybrid system.

That engine doesn’t exist, though, and didn’t even in the Panamera S E-Hybrid, which used a supercharged 3.0-litre V6. We suspect a typo. It also seems really unlikely that Bentley would revert to old tech rather than looking at the current Panamera 4 E-Hybrid’s 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6 setup. If a hybrid Bentayga arrives in 2018, our money would be on the latter being under the bonnet.

Source: AutoMotorUndSport via CarScoops