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The Bentley 8 Litre was a large inline 6-cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the company's financial collapse and forced sale to Rolls-Royce Limited.
1989 Bentley Eight The Eight was introduced with cloth upholstery, steel wheels, and a mesh grille that was simpler than the slatted grille of the Mulsanne. Fuel injection and anti-lock brakes were added in 1986, leather upholstery and power memory seats were added in 1987, and automatic ride height adjustment was added in 1990.
Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley in 1931 and continued to use Bentley engines alongside their own for a time, although none was a V8. Prior to World War II, Rolls-Royce had developed a 7.3-litre V-12 for the Phantom III, which was succeeded by the inlet-over-exhaust B60 straight-6 and B80 straight-8 series of engines.
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.
Bentley 8 Litre 4-door sports saloon. 1921–1929 3-litre; 1926–1930 4½-litre & "Blower Bentley" 1926–1930 6½-litre; 1928–1930 6½-litre Speed Six; 1930–1931 8-litre; 1931 4-litre; The original model was the three-litre, but as customers put heavier bodies on the chassis, a larger 4½-litre model followed.
The Bentley Speed Six chassis was introduced in 1928 [5] as a more sporting version of the Bentley 6½ Litre. [12] With a single-port block, two SU carburettors, [5] [8] [11] a high-performance camshaft, [14] and a compression ratio of 5.3:1, the Speed Six's engine produced 180 hp (130 kW) at 3500 rpm.
In September 2008, Bentley announced that Arnage production would cease in 2010, with a final run of 150 "Final Series" models. [17] The Arnage Final Series used the Arnage T powertrain, including the twin-turbo 6.75-litre V8 engine [17] that is rated at 507 PS (373 kW; 500 hp) and approximately 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft) of torque. The Arnage ...
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