Bentley Celerbates 70th Anniversary Of The First Continental, The Most Expensive Car Of Its Day | Carscoops carscoops
was powered by a 4,566 cc straight-six. For the new model, it was tuned to make 153 hp instead of the standard car’s 140 hp and the transmission featured a higher final drive ratio. Those changes combined to make a car that was capable of averaging a speed of 118.75 mph over five laps on the banked Montlhéry track near Paris.
In all, the automaker built just 208 examples of the R-Type Continental, making it as rare a sight in its day as it is now. Of these, 193 of the bodies were made by , five were made by Franay, three by Graber, and one by Farina, while Park Ward made four dropheads and two coupes.name intentionally. The new vehicle’s design was not only inspired by the R-Type Continental, but its claim to being the fastest four-seater on earth was also a direct homage to the car from 1952.
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