The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence
摘要
宾利近日在加州蒙特雷提供了Supersports的试驾机会，并展示了其首款纯电车型Torcal的预生产版本。Supersports是宾利基于新款Continental GT打造的轻量化双门跑车，取消了混合动力系统、四驱系统及后排座椅，以显著降低整备质量。这一设计思路与保时捷等品牌推出简化版公路车型的做法类似，旨在通过减重提升驾驶纯粹性。宾利同时计划以Torc
MONTEREY, Calif.—Last week, we brought news of the Bentley Torcal, a new electric vehicle that the luxury automaker has been cooking up at its HQ in Crewe, England. The company wants to attract new customers with its first battery EV, part of a plan to make sustainability as much a part of the brand's character as its high-end fit and finish. W12 engines have given way to V8 plug-in hybrid power, and the new Continental GT is all the better for it.
But around the same time as Ars got its first experience of that new PHEV two-door on a rather wet Spanish racetrack, some of Bentley's boffins were wondering what might happen if you also built one without the hybrid stuff.
Or all-wheel drive—something that has been a characteristic of every new road-going Bentley since the turn of the century. That would certainly cut the curb weight. So, too, would leaving out the rear seats. That sort of idea leads down a well-trodden path for some OEMs, and Porsche in particular is famous for making stripped-out road cars inspired by its race cars and making money from them, too.
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