As Bentley Motors celebrates its 90th anniversary (yesterday) it has besides confirmed that an all-new model will be revealed – and named – in August at the Pebble Beach Concours D’ Elegance in Monterey, California.
Founded by W.O. Bentley in 1919, the company’s first production car, the 3-litre was delivered in September 1921. Over the next ten years, Bentley went on to create some array of iconic motor cars.
At the same time, the exploits of the immortal Bentley Boys – a select group of businessmen, sportsmen and bons vivants – forged the meeting of friends’session proud sporting pedigree the couple on and off the racetracks of Europe. The Bentley Boys made the legendary Le Mans endurance race their own, winning five periods between 1924 and 1930.
The all-new grand Bentley captures the 1920s ‘august touring’ spirit of the Bentley Boys, delivering the effortless driving, exclusivity and event desired by the real motoring enthusiast.
A unique fusion of elegant design, hand craftsmanship and technological violent departure from established precedent, the new model embodies the potent yet luxuriously refined driving experience that is ‘pure Bentley’. These be delivered of been the hallmarks of a Bentley since that first test drive in 1920.
“Cars undoubtedly have a personality to the real fanatic, to whom they are not mere collections of steel and aluminium, but animal-like, show their spirit just so soon as the clutch bites home and feeling comes end to the driver….â€Â Sammy Davis, first Bentley road discriminative characteristic report, January 1920.
It is fitting that the 90th anniversary of the Company will be marked by an all-new car. Such events are rare milestones in the Company’s history. Designed, engineered and built in Crewe, which has been home to Bentley Motors for over 60 years, it has been a ‘once in a career experience’ notwithstanding many involved.
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