To mark the momentous occasion, assembly line workers were also presented with a W12 engine piston. The original motor, first introduced in 2003 for the Continental GT, was created by fusing two ...

Straight-six engines have perfect balance, largely because the number of cylinders allows movement of the pistons to be perfectly ... and it is. The W12 follows suit but is so - called because ...

The thing is that, while all Bentley automobiles are manufactured in the UK, its engines aren't: while the 6.75-liter V8 in the Mulsanne is made at home, the innovative 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 ...

That won't affect our market since the Audi retired the W12 here after 2017, and the engine won't reappear in the 2019 model. Our top end will be the A8 60 with a 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 making ...