Wanted Rolls Royce/Bentley converted Diesel
Discussion
Greetings all; just dropped in as I was pondering what interesting steed to get after the Jaguar. Had a poke about in Classifieds and I must say the Continental GT rather appealed. Looks beautiful, and prices acceptable.
But I don't need or want 550bhp, nor a V12, and certainly not 15mpg. Capital expenditure is one thing, throwing money out of the exhaust is another. So a diesel version would make infinite sense to me.
But I don't need or want 550bhp, nor a V12, and certainly not 15mpg. Capital expenditure is one thing, throwing money out of the exhaust is another. So a diesel version would make infinite sense to me.
I've seen a Turbo R with a Mercedes 3.0 six TD fitted! Lovely smooth engine but overwhelemed by the extra 750+ kgs it was having to pull around over an E Class. This in turn lead to it returning little more than 25mpg and if people above are claiming the equivalent of 24mpg on gas, it makes it look rather pointless.
2woody said:
Some on here might know that I worked in the engine design department at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars a few years ago. There was an extensive programme to design and develop a diesel engine for the cars in the seventies and eighties.
RR built a twin stage diesel wankel at one time, I don't think it saw production, is this a different engine? Gassing Station | Bentley & Rolls Royce | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff