Bentley will reduce emissions across its entire range to just 120g/km of C02 by 2012, it announced today. The company will achieve this target by creating lighter cars and introducing improved transmissions and enhanced engine management and on both the V8 and V12 units. Bentley CEO Franz-Josef Paefgen said: "We will set a benchmark in our segment by making every engine capable of running on renewable fuels."The new flex-fuel powertrain is already under development and is planned for introduction in 2012. It should deliver a 40 per cent reduction in fuel use without compromising performance and refinement. Paefgen finished on an optimistic forecast for the company's new eco-plan: "It is our conviction that renewable fuels have strong potential. Taken together, the measures we are announcing will make the entire Bentley fleet capable of delivering less than 120g/km by 2012."
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Re: Bentley sets 120g/km target
Is the V12 a new engine!?
Re: Bentley sets 120g/km target
By which time Livingston will have probably lowered the C02 threshold incurring the £25 charge (except that it have risen to £100 by then) down to 100g/km.
Re: Bentley sets 120g/km target
If they can do it, doesn't it sort of indicate that those manufacturers hitting the better CO2 figures now - around 100-140g/km - could cut them by two thirds as well? Or is my lack of engineering knowledge tripping me up?