For Bentley, the combustion engine isn’t finished yet
- Published on 07/11/2025 9:11
- Modified on 14/11/2025 10:20
Bentley revises its Beyond100+ ambition and is preparing a transition that remains intentional, but more nuanced, toward electrification.
By updating its Beyond100+ strategy, Bentley confirms what many suspected: the end of the internal combustion engine by 2035 may no longer be a certainty. Faced with a market more complex than expected and a clientele still attached to the mechanical refinement of its models, the British marque has chosen to extend the life of its petrol engines and plug-in hybrid powertrains.
This shift is not a retreat. It rather reflects an adaptation to a reality that all luxury automakers now acknowledge: full electrification will take longer than expected. Bentley, like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce, appears to want to reconcile performance, tradition and innovation.
Bentley moves at its own pace
The symbol of this embraced transition is the upcoming luxury urban SUV Bentley is preparing for 2026. This 100% electric model will open a new segment with impressive capabilities, including charging from 0 to 200 km of range in under ten minutes. But it will not mark the end of combustion engines. On the contrary: Bentley plans to add, before the end of 2025, a new limited-run internal-combustion Supersports model, while continuing to develop its hybrid versions, now available on the Continental GT and Flying Spur.
This dual strategy appears to be a smart choice. Hybridization, increasingly efficient, becomes a bridge between two worlds: that of mechanical nobility and that of sustainable mobility. By exploiting this middle ground, Bentley gives itself the luxury of sacrificing nothing — neither the thrill of the combustion engine nor the necessity of a cleaner future.
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Meanwhile, the transformation of the Crewe site into a “Dream Factory”, a showcase of the brand’s sustainable craftsmanship, continues. But beyond the buildings and technologies, it is Bentley’s very identity that is asserting itself: that of a manufacturer that rejects a sudden break and prefers to reinvent luxury at its own pace.
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This page is translated from the original post "Pour Bentley, le thermique n’a pas dit son dernier mot" in French.
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