CREWE luxury car maker Bentley has set out ambitious plans to hit EU limits on carbon emissions and use second-generation biofuels.
As manufacturers of premium cars fell over themselves in promoting new green technologies and fuels, Bentley has stolen stole a march on its rivals by saying it would be the first in this market segment and one of the first in the world to deliver cars capable of running on 100% renewable fuels throughout its fleet.
The company, which sold 10,000 cars for the first time last year, is owned by Volkswagen, whose engineers have spent years developing new fuels and engines, according to Franz-Josef Päfgen, Bentley's chief executive.
He said lighter engines would help cut CO2 emissions by at least 15% by the EU deadline in 2012 and a new powertrain would cut fuel consumption by 40%.
