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Bentley to end production of ultra-performance 12-cylinder engine as it transitions to EVs
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| February 21, 2023
| Michael Wayland
Posted on 02/22/2023 12:49:40 PM PST by Twotone
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To: Twotone
To: Twotone
I am NOT going EV! I just bought a 2023 Cadilac CT5 Blackwing...Same color as ths:
2023 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing - Car and Driver Review
From the badge on the steering wheel mine is number 104 of the 2023 10-speed automatics. It is not the car I have been on the waiting list for 1-1/2 years for, but someone ahead of me bought one used and passed on their order. I still have my order in place, but may not ever get it.
My car has a hand built GM LT4 engine, Supercharged 6.2L V8 with 668 hp @ 6,400 rpm and 659 lb-ft @ 3,600 rpm torque.
The Bentley has about 10% more HP and torque, but is about 25% heavier. My car was expensive, but I am sure it is faster and costs less. With the GM Mag-Ride suspension (also licensed to Ferrari) I am sure my car would be faster on a track.
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posted on
02/22/2023 2:12:30 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: dfwgator
Gas taxes are a problem. If they get too high I see wood alcohol as a solution. Having said that, the oil lobby is on our side in this. The long standing close and mutual relationship between the auto industry and the oil industry is over.
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posted on
02/22/2023 2:13:36 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Twotone
Huge mistake, as many other mfgrs are making.
It’s a *fad*, just as it was from `1895-1915, when reliable steam and ICE vehicles drove them out of business.
In under 10yrs, the EV market will collapse on itself, and mfgrs will have idled plants, fields full of unsold product, and inventory in the Trillions.
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:14:26 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: dfwgator
Vehicles already sold - so cancel this model and V-12 ICE engines.
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:15:13 PM PST
by
Kenny500c
( )
To: Twotone
It will be the end of the Bentley...
No one who is spending $175,000 for a car will want to spend all their time traveling from volt station to volt station...
All the while, hoping the volt station they pulled into actually works...
So, we can now add Bentley to the list of items that the communist bastards who rule us have identified for extinction:
- Christians
- Jews
- White folk
- Free speech
- Free individual thought
- Non-LGBT throw-backs
- Honest & open elections
- Personal money/financial privacy & management
- Non-government-supported jobs
- The planet’s strongest military
- Patriotism and love of country
- Petroleum products
- High quality, reasonable cost, & accessible healthcare
- Etc...Etc...Etc...
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:17:59 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
To: eyeamok
I wonder where they will get the electricity to power all these batteries from? Dunno. North Sea oil and coal from Wales?
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:23:27 PM PST
by
libertylover
(Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
To: jjotto
can bribe government electricity providers to allow them all the juice they need.”
That is exactly how it works in the turd world.
The rich have reliable power—everybody else gets to play electricity roulette.
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:25:24 PM PST
by
cgbg
(Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
To: Twotone
Well, I guess that will be the end of the Bentley car company
To: Fai Mao
I know a guy who has two, and he drives the convertible on nice days and the sedan when it’s raining.
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:27:53 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
To: Twotone
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posted on
02/22/2023 3:52:30 PM PST
by
Dave911
To: Twotone; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
And turn an 8000+# car into 12,000# with the batteries.
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posted on
02/22/2023 4:52:21 PM PST
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: eyeamok
Blowhard politician powered wind farms.
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posted on
02/22/2023 4:54:39 PM PST
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mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
To: mabarker1
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posted on
02/22/2023 5:53:50 PM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/22/2023 5:55:10 PM PST
by
logitech
(If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. )
To: Twotone
Well that does it....I called and canceled my order!!!!
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posted on
02/22/2023 6:15:10 PM PST
by
ontap
To: central_va
I want a Toyota 3/4 ton pickup.
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posted on
02/22/2023 6:41:13 PM PST
by
OKSooner
(War is a racket. COVID-19 is a racket.)
To: central_va
First, good luck holding on to anything for much more than 20 years in a state that salt’s it’s roads.
Second, we have not yet begun to see the results of masses of electric cars driven on salted winter roads for a couple of decades or more.
Imagine the hilarity that will ensue.
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posted on
02/23/2023 7:23:12 AM PST
by
Jotmo
(Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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