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Continental GT W12 front view Continental GT W12 rear view. The press release announcing a third-generation Continental GT was made on 29 August 2017. The model made its physical debut when it was unveiled at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show [88] where it drew a huge crowd. [89] Production began in 2018 with a base price of £156,700. [90]
The first application of the Volkswagen W12 was the 2001 Volkswagen W12, a mid-engined concept car which set the 24‑hour world endurance record in 2001 with a distance of 7,085.7 kilometres (4,402.8 mi) and an average speed of 295 km/h (183 mph). The first production car to use the W12 engine was the 2001 Audi A8 (D2). [4]
Other cars to use the WR12 engine are the 2003–present Bentley Continental GT, 2005–present Bentley Flying Spur, [9] [10] 2015–present Bentley Bentayga, 2004–2011 Volkswagen Phaeton W12 [11] and the 2005–2010 Volkswagen Touareg W12. The engine was also used in the 2006 Spyker C12 La Turbie and 2008 Spyker C12 Zagato low-volume sports ...
With a 771-hp V-8 PHEV powertrain, the new Conti GT Speed is the most powerful road car Bentley has ever built, but it packs on some pounds too. 2025 Bentley Continental GT Plug-In Hybrid Is ...
The Speed model of the Flying Spur was introduced in 2008 as a higher performance variant with revised ceramic disc brakes and tuned to produce 602 horsepower. The acceleration of the Speed model is 0–100 km/h (0.0–62.1 mph) in 4.5 seconds, and can reach a top speed of 322 km/h (200 mph).
This Volkswagen Group engine is also used with slight modification, and with the addition of two turbochargers in the Bentley Continental GT and Bentley Flying Spur. It has also been used in a 600 hp (450 kW; 610 PS) form aboard the Volkswagen W12 prototype sports car to establish a 24-hour record of 323 km/h (200.7 mph) in 2002 at the Nardò ...
Sunday's Week 12 NFL games includes several intriguing matchups that will dictate the direction the NFC West race heads as the playoffs near.
In 1997, at the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen debuted their first sports car concept, a bright yellow W12 Syncro (also known as the W12 Syncro Coupé) with a 5.6-litre W12 engine producing 309 kW (420 PS; 414 bhp) with Syncro four-wheel drive. This, and the W12 concepts after it, were all designed by the Italdesign firm in Italy. The W12 Syncro ...