Bentley announced in a February 2023 press statement that it is stopping production of the hand-built W12 engine on April 2024. Bentley said it has produced over 100,000 motors since it was first introduced in 2003 in the Continental GT coupe. “The decision comes as part of Bentley’s acceleration towards a sustainable future through its Beyond100 strategy which will see the company’s entire model line fully electrified by the start of the next decade, reducing fleet average emissions to 0 g/km C