Bentley Unveils 4.0L Rear-Wheel-Drive Supersports, Dropping Hybrid System and AWD
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Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 31
Bentley Unveils 4.0L Rear-Wheel-Drive Supersports, Dropping Hybrid System and AWD
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Aug 31
Summary
Bentley’s new Supersports swaps the brand’s recent plug-in-hybrid, all-wheel-drive formula for a lighter setup built around a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 driving only the rear wheels.
Engineers pursued the car as a weight-cutting exercise, stripping out the hybrid hardware, deleting rear seats and pushing the concept toward a race-inspired road model.
The result also adds unusually aggressive aerodynamics for a road-legal Bentley, echoing the Continental GT3 that won the Bathurst 12 Hours in 2020.
The launch lands as Bentley courts new buyers with its first EV and broader sustainability push, showing the brand still sees room for a purist combustion halo car.