Bentley Speed Six
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The Bentley Speed Six is a high-performance luxury sports car produced by Bentley in the late 1920s and early 1930s, renowned for its racing success at Le Mans and its powerful six-cylinder engine.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bentley Speed Six canonical | 2 |
| Bentley 6½ Litre | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bentley model
ⓘ
luxury sports car ⓘ racing car ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
coupé
ⓘ
open tourer ⓘ saloon ⓘ |
| bore | 100 mm ⓘ |
| brakes | mechanical drum brakes on all four wheels ⓘ |
| carburetion | twin SU carburettors ⓘ |
| category |
pre-war racing car
ⓘ
vintage sports car ⓘ |
| chassis | ladder frame ⓘ |
| class | grand tourer ⓘ |
| collectibility | highly collectible historic Bentley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designer |
W. O. Bentley
ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Owen Bentley
|
| displacement |
6.5 L
ⓘ
6597 cc ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-six ⓘ |
| engineType | naturally aspirated petrol engine ⓘ |
| era |
early 1930s
ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | gravity-fed fuel system with rear-mounted tank ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | classic car ⓘ |
| influenced | later Bentley grand tourers ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Bentley
ⓘ
surface form:
Bentley Motors Limited
|
| marketPosition | high-performance luxury car ⓘ |
| notableDriver |
Tim Birkin
ⓘ
Woolf Barnato ⓘ |
| notableFor |
powerful six-cylinder engine
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role in establishing Bentley’s racing reputation ⓘ success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ⓘ |
| powerOutput |
about 180 bhp (standard road car)
ⓘ
about 200 bhp (tuned racing version) ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Bentley Speed Six
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bentley 6½ Litre
|
| productionEnd | 1930 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1928 ⓘ |
| raceVictory |
24 Hours of Le Mans 1929 overall win
ⓘ
24 Hours of Le Mans 1930 overall win ⓘ |
| racingTeam | Bentley Boys ⓘ |
| stroke | 140 mm ⓘ |
| successor | Bentley 8 Litre ⓘ |
| suspension | semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear ⓘ |
| topSpeed | approximately 120 mph (193 km/h) in racing trim ⓘ |
| valvetrain | single overhead camshaft ⓘ |
| wheelbase |
138 inches (standard)
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140.5 inches (long) ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bentley 6½ Litre