Bentley Steals Porsche Engines For New Bentayga Variants

Bentley seriously wants to make sure the millionaires who buy the Bentayga SUV know that they're getting something much more special than a "camouflaged Audi Q7"as Rolls-Royce's CEO called it. That's why it offered the SUV with an exotic twin-turbo 6.0-liter W12 engine right off the bat and only threw a V8 under the hood to satisfy diesel fanatics. Even then it gave the engine a complex triple charging system that includes two turbos and an electric supercharger to make it more extraordinary than a standard V8.

But times are a-changin' and rumor mills are a-spewin'. That includes German news outlet Auto Motor und Sport, which now claims that the Bentayga will be getting a gasoline-powered V8. Perhaps Bentley wants to keep regulators from blowing a gasket or maybe it wants to appeal to buyers who enjoy simplicity but like the diesel, the gasoline power plant will be a 4.0-liter V8. No further information about the engine was given, but we'd be surprised to see if it was something other than the Volkswagen Group's 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that's currently found in the Porsche Cayenne, and Lamborghini Urus where it makes 550 horsepower and 650 horsepower respectively.