Bentley, the largest producer of 12 cylinder engines globally has announced that its Crewe headquarters will start production of W12 motors by the end of this year. Currently the W12 engines are made and shipped from Germany; these are then installed in its Continental and other models from the Volkswagen group.The move to UK will see Bentley export engines for the first time in its illustrious history. The Crewe based manufacturer expects to produce 9000 engines per annum. This shift will add another 100 jobs to the automobile industry in UK which already employs 1,42,000 people across businesses and is worth around 11.2 billion pounds.
Wolfgang Schreiber, chairman and chief executive of Bentley Motors, said: “This is an important step, not just for Bentley but also for the UK manufacturing sector. This W12 centre of excellence is recognition of the long standing engine manufacturing expertise we have that has resulted in performance improvements across the model ranges over recent years. The production of this advanced engine and its future generations will bring new technologies and skills to Crewe.”
Source: Automobile News
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