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It was within this context that, in 1927, Bentley developed the Bentley 4½ Litre. Two cylinders were removed from the 6½ Litre model, reducing the displacement to 4.4 litres. [ 6 ] At the time, the 3 Litre and the 6½ Litre were already available, but the 3 Litre was an outdated, under-powered model and the 6½ Litre's image was tarnished by ...
Bentley adhered strictly to his own assertion that increasing displacement is always preferable to forced induction: [5] To supercharge a Bentley engine was to pervert its design and corrupt its performance. However, in the winter of 1926/7, chassis FR5189, a 3-litre car, was the first car fitted with a supercharger at the factory.
The 4-litre chassis was conceived and built in a failed attempt to restore Bentley to a good financial state. Announced 15 May 1931, [ 6 ] it used a modified 4-litre Ricardo IOE engine in a shortened 8 Litre chassis at two-thirds of the price of the 8 Litre in an attempt to compete with the Rolls-Royce 20/25 .
3½-litre coupé de ville by Thrupp & Maberly 1934. The Bentley 3½ Litre (later enlarged to 4¼ Litre) was a luxury car produced by Bentley from 1933 to 1939. It was presented to the public in September 1933, shortly after the death of Henry Royce, and was the first new Bentley model following Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the Bentley brand in 1931.
The Mark VI 4 + 1 ⁄ 4-litre used an F-head straight-6 engine 4.3 L (4,257 cc/259 cu in) in size. The manufacturer refused to disclose a horse power value for the car (other than Tax Horsepower of 29.4 hp according to the old RAC formula) but an Autocar Magazine road test reproduced in 1950 reported that top gear provided "flexibility down to 6 mph (10 km/h)" and the ability to "climb a hill ...
the Le Mans track in 1928 The 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 6th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 16 and 17 June 1928. Bentley director Woolf Barnato and Australian-born Bernard Rubin in a Bentley 4½ Litre gave the company back-to-back victories after a race-long duel with the Stutz of Édouard Brisson and Robert Bloch. In the process they won the ...
Bentley 4½ Litre: Bentley 4.4L S4 D: 132 35 Accident (6 hr) DNF 3.0 2 Bentley Motors Limited Baron André d'Erlanger George Duller Bentley 3 Litre Speed Bentley 3.0 S4 D: 129 34 Accident (6 hr) DNF 2.0 12 Automobiles Th. Schneider SA Jacques Chanterelle René Schiltz Th. Schneider 25 SP 'Le Mans' Th. Schneider 1954cc S4 D: 117 34 Withdrawn (7 ...
2: 5.0: 9: Bentley Motors Ltd: Glen Kidston Jack Dunfee: Bentley 4½ Litre: Bentley 4.4L S4 D: 135 167 3 5.0 10 Bentley Motors Ltd Dr Dudley Benjafield Baron André d'Erlanger Bentley 4½ Litre: Bentley 4.4L S4 D: 135 [B] 159 4 5.0 8 Bentley Motors Ltd Frank Clement Jean Chassagne: Bentley 4½ Litre: Bentley 4.4L S4 D: 135 157 5 8.0 5 ...