Bentley S2
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The Bentley S2 is a luxury British saloon car produced from 1959 to 1962, notable for introducing a V8 engine to Bentley’s postwar S-series lineup.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bentley S2 canonical | 1 |
| post-war Bentley | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8478464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bentley S2 Context triple: [Bentley S1, successor, Bentley S2]
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Bentley S1
The Bentley S1 is a luxury British saloon car produced in the mid-1950s, renowned for its refined performance, elegant styling, and handcrafted coachbuilt variants.
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B.
Bentley 3 Litre
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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C.
Bentley BR1
The Bentley BR1 was a British World War I rotary aircraft engine renowned for its power and reliability in frontline fighters.
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D.
Bentley Speed Six
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.
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E.
Bentley R Type
The Bentley R Type is a luxury saloon car produced by Bentley in the early 1950s, known as the successor to the Mark VI and for its refined performance and coachbuilt elegance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bentley S2 Target entity description: The Bentley S2 is a luxury British saloon car produced from 1959 to 1962, notable for introducing a V8 engine to Bentley’s postwar S-series lineup.
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A.
Bentley S1
The Bentley S1 is a luxury British saloon car produced in the mid-1950s, renowned for its refined performance, elegant styling, and handcrafted coachbuilt variants.
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B.
Bentley 3 Litre
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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C.
Bentley BR1
The Bentley BR1 was a British World War I rotary aircraft engine renowned for its power and reliability in frontline fighters.
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D.
Bentley Speed Six
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.
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E.
Bentley R Type
The Bentley R Type is a luxury saloon car produced by Bentley in the early 1950s, known as the successor to the Mark VI and for its refined performance and coachbuilt elegance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bentley motor car
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luxury car ⓘ saloon car ⓘ |
| assemblyLocation | Crewe, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
2-door convertible (coachbuilt)
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2-door coupé (coachbuilt) ⓘ 4-door saloon ⓘ |
| brakeType | servo-assisted drum brakes ⓘ |
| chassisType | separate chassis ⓘ |
| class | full-size luxury car ⓘ |
| coachbuiltVariantsBy |
H. J. Mulliner
NERFINISHED
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James Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Park Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doorCount | 4 ⓘ |
| drivetrain | RWD ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | V8 engine ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement | 6.2 L ⓘ |
| enginePosition | front ⓘ |
| engineType | all-aluminium V8 ⓘ |
| fuel | petrol ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | twin SU carburettors ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| generation | second generation of Bentley S-series ⓘ |
| height | 64.0 in ⓘ |
| introducedAt | 1959 London Motor Show NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| length | 211.8 in ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bentley Motors Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | Bentley S2 Standard Steel Saloon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketSegment | luxury segment ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first Bentley S-series model with V8 engine
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improved braking system over S1 ⓘ power-assisted steering as standard on most cars ⓘ |
| platformSharedWith | Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Bentley S1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1962 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1959 ⓘ |
| relatedModel | Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II long-wheelbase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Bentley S-series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Bentley S3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorEngineFamily | Bentley–Rolls-Royce L-series V8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| suspension |
independent front suspension
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live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs ⓘ |
| transmission | 4-speed automatic ⓘ |
| wheelbase | 123.0 in ⓘ |
| width | 74.0 in ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bentley S2 Description of subject: The Bentley S2 is a luxury British saloon car produced from 1959 to 1962, notable for introducing a V8 engine to Bentley’s postwar S-series lineup.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
post-war Bentley