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The new SUV of Bentley will not only carry the Bentley emblem and be the most luxurious SUV in the market when it rolls out in 2015, it is also making sure that it will have the power by getting a 12 cylinder powerplant.

Bentley will be the first brand to make use of a as dependent 12-cylinder engine in a luxury sport utility vehicle. The engine going under the hood of the Bentley SUV will most likely be a new version of the W12 which is currently being used for the Continental lineup.

According to the CEO of Bentley, the W12 gives the Bentley SUV some packaging advantage side by side a V12 but the engine bay of the SUV will most likely be configured to also accept it. This is because the luxury car marque is also planning to make a V12 version of the SUV set to follow the petrol sibling in the production line after a few years. This V12 might be a new version of the 6.0L 493 bhp V12 TDI of Audi that is currently used for the Audi Q7.

In order to get the SUV into production, Bentley tapped the services of Rolf Frech, chief Porsche engineer. The new engineer boss will spearhead the the SUV project bringing with him an extensive experience in making SUVs like the Porsche Cayenne.

Renderings of the SUV set to roll out by 2015 have been floating around the web. The launch is scheduled in time when the sales of the other vehicles are expected to go down. The date of production will actually be dictated by the cycles of the other Bentley models. A model’s cycle usually lasts from 6 to 8 years so the introduction of the SUV will be able to cover for any lull in sales.