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Unfortunately the released of the 8 Litre at the 1930 London Motor Show was bad timing. The Great Depression was taking its toll on luxury cars and Bentley was in a very tight financial situation. Remarkably they managed to produce 100 example of the 8 Litre before reality sunk in. Verging on bankruptcy and were bought out by rival Rolls-Royce.
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1930 Bentley 8 Litre. The 8-Liter Bentley was introduced at the 1930 London Motor Show. It featured an 8-liter engine which was a development of Bentley's race-winning 6.5-liter unit. The main purpose of this model was to add competition in the luxury car segment and challenge the Rolls-Royce Phantom. The power-plant was an engineering marvel.
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Intended to provide the basis for a super-luxury car for very wealthy buyers, the 1930 Bentley 8 Litre was introduced a year into the Great Depression — during a time when many people could not afford bread for themselves. Announced September 15, 1930, it was also the last new model by Bentley before the company's sale to Rolls-Royce Limited.
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The 8 Litre, launched in 1930, was W.O. Bentley's flagship. Its 7,938cc capacity was achieved by extending the stroke of the 6½ Litre's straight six engine and the crankcase was made of Elektron, a magnesium alloy, to save weight. Instead of the traditional race-bred mesh stoneguard, the 8 Litre's radiator was tall, with vertical chromed vanes.
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1930 Bentley 8 Litre. Considered to be W.O. Bentley's masterpiece, the 8 Litre was the largest and most luxurious Bentley of its time. Powered by a turbine-smooth 7,983cc straight-six, this.
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Home News Driving the 8-Litre, Bentley's Own Motor By Mark Gillies Published: May 3, 2010 At the launch of the Bentley Mulsanne, the company brought along the second 8-Litre model that was.
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Model information Make history Bentley 8-Litre, year 1930. Chassis, engine and steering gear are factory original and have matching numbers. Colour very dark blue combined with a black leather interior and black carpet. Grey mohair hood and grey tonneau cover.
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The Bentley 8 Litre was the top of the line model for Bentley during the early 1930s. The 8 Litre was fitted with an 8.0L inline six engine and was sold as a rolling chassis for bodywork to be done by coachbuilders of the owners choice. A short lived model, the Bentley 8 Litre was built until 1932. Bentley 8 Litre FAQs
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Reunited by the BDC When Bentley Motors was taken over in 1931, W.O. Bentley had to sell his beloved 8 Litre. Later in his life, however, he was reunited with it at a Bentley Drivers' Club celebration held in his honour. The CEO's company car. In 2006 W.O.'s 8 Litre was acquired by Bentley Motors and sympathetically restored.
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The economic crisis that occurred in early 1929 - late 1930 caused Bentley's sales to decline seriously. It is estimated that only about 100 Bentley 8-Litre cars were built between 1930 and 1932. The recession lasted a long time and spread throughout the world, causing the demand for high-end cars to decrease to record level.
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In 1930, Bentley created the 8-Litre, a car so powerful the company proclaimed it would be capable of 100 mph whatever type of body the owner chose. W.O. considered it to be his masterpiece - and others agreed. Reviewing it for The Tatler, Captain W. Gordon Aston said: "Never in my life have I known a vehicle in which such a prodigious.
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This automobile has a convertible/cabriolet type body with a front located engine powering the rear wheels. The Bentley 8-Litre's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 8 litre, single overhead camshaft 6 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder. In this application it has an output of 200 bhp (203 PS/149 kW) of power at 3500 rpm.
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The enormous 8-Litre 'straight six' engine shows incredible details, it sounds like a heavy thunderstorm, and it delivers massive amount of torque. The engine is fitted with three S.U. WB9002 carburettors and the original Bosch ignition. Only one hundred of Bentley 8-Litre production cars were delivered between October 1930 and December 1932.
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The Bentley 8 Litre was a large inline 6-cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the company's financial collapse and forced sale to Rolls-Royce Limited.
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Bentley 8 Litre: The Fastest Car In The World In The 1930s 12 Oct 2022 This 1930 Bentley 8 Litre Was The Fastest Car In The World In The 1930s Images: Makarand Baokar Fans of Bentleys will always tell you that the "real" Bentleys were the ones that company founder W O Bentley designed and built from 1919 until 1931.
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This magnificent 8 Litre is one of only 100 such cars produced by W.O. Bentley, of which only some 80 or so survive. Originally bodied as a limousine by Thrupp & Maberly, it was sent directly to Singapore, where its Chinese owner used the Bentley for sporting adventures with his lady friends. The Bentley was known as "the Harem Saloon."