The changes inside each car are more obvious, featuring the W12 firing order printed on the dashboard and bespoke upholstery and ‘Edition 12’ embroidery on the seats.
Each vehicle’s engine is also numbered out of 120, and owners are also given a 15%-scale model of the W12 block, cast from the same aluminium as the production cars’ powerplants. Production of the W12 will end in April 2024, with the last – and most powerful – examples of the engine bound for the ultra-limited Bentley Batur.
Thereafter, the firm will focus its efforts on its range of V6-hybrid and V8 engines, targeting the full electrification of the line-up by 2030. Bentley is also set to begin producing battery-electric cars from 2025, with one slated to arrive each year during the latter half of this decade. Bentley has reached new heights in recent years under CEO Adrian Hallmark: the brand last week announced it recorded the second-best quarterly financial result in its history, making £189 million in pre-tax profits.