The torque indicator turned out to be faulty in the 2000 prototype.
The rotors turn in opposite directions to cancel out torque, the twisting action which requires conventional helicopters to use a tail rotor a hazardous appendage.
The Arnage T has a huge 6.75-liter V-8 engine that puts out more torque than any other production sedan on the planet (enough to propel the 2.5-ton Bentley to a top speed of 168 mph).
But I see now, as I'm accelerating out of a shallow banked turn around 120 mph and I feel the torque-vectoring differential sorting itself out, that I've misjudged the car.
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There's a nod to eco-friendliness with relatively low emissions, but the hybrid component mostly powers a KERS system that fills out the few weak points in the torque band.
The electric motor dishes out gobs of linear, head-snapping torque, quickly propelling you past the speed limit -- you've been warned.
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The lusty powerplant puts out 360 hp and 343 lb-ft of torque, with a very broad powerband.
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The N55 is a brilliant engine, outputting out 315 hp and 333 pound-feet of torque from 1, 400 to 4, 800 rpm.
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The 4.3-liter, four-cam, 32-valve V8 engine can race from zero to 60 mph in a respectable 5.9 seconds (the same as the V8 7-Series), throwing out 290 horsepower and 320 pound-feet of torque at 3, 400 rpm.
The signature piece in this car is the all-wheel-drive system, which can shunt most of the engine torque to the rear wheels as necessary and will direct more torque to the outside rear wheel in a corner to help null out understeer.
The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.
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However, torque then becomes a problem, requiring huge generators with heavy copper windings that may scale out in the 3-4 MW range.
Bentley has given the GT Coupe its famous 6-liter, 12-cylinder engine but teased out more power than before (567 bhp and 516 lb-ft of torque) and added a new Quickshift transmission that allows double downshifting.
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