Bentley 3 Litre

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automobile model luxury car sports car

The Bentley 3 Litre is a pioneering early-1920s British luxury sports car renowned for its engineering excellence and success in endurance racing, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Label Occurrences
Bentley 3 Litre canonical 2
Bentley 3 Litre prototype 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model ⓘ
luxury car ⓘ
sports car ⓘ
assemblyLocation Cricklewood ⓘ
surface form: Cricklewood, London
associatedWith Bentley Boys ⓘ
bodyStyle roadster ⓘ
saloon ⓘ
tourer ⓘ
brakeType mechanical drum brakes ⓘ
category 1920s automobiles ⓘ
Bentley ⓘ
surface form: Bentley vehicles

sports racing cars ⓘ
chassis ladder frame ⓘ
class vintage era car ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designer W. O. Bentley ⓘ
surface form: Walter Owen Bentley
engineConfiguration inline-four engine ⓘ
engineDisplacement 3.0 litres ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
fuelSystem twin carburettors ⓘ
historicalSignificance established Bentley’s reputation in motorsport ⓘ
helped define early British luxury sports cars ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout ⓘ
manufacturer Bentley ⓘ
surface form: Bentley Motors Limited
marketedAs luxury sports car ⓘ
marketSegment high-performance touring cars ⓘ
notableFeature advanced overhead-cam engine for its time ⓘ
high-speed reliability ⓘ
robust construction ⓘ
notableFor 24 Hours of Le Mans victories ⓘ
endurance racing success ⓘ
engineering excellence ⓘ
notableRace 24 Hours of Le Mans ⓘ
predecessor Bentley 3 Litre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bentley 3 Litre prototype
productionEnd 1929 ⓘ
productionStart 1921 ⓘ
racingDebut early 1920s ⓘ
successor Bentley 4½ Litre car engine ⓘ
surface form: Bentley 4½ Litre
usedIn endurance racing ⓘ
touring ⓘ
valvesPerCylinder four ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft ⓘ

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Bentley → hasModel → Bentley 3 Litre ⓘ
W. O. Bentley → notableWork → Bentley 3 Litre ⓘ
Bentley 3 Litre → predecessor → Bentley 3 Litre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bentley 3 Litre prototype