Bentley 4 liter

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4 liters
Production period: 1931-1933
Class : Upper class
Body versions : limousine
Engines:
Length: 4851 mm
Width: 1740 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 3400-3600 mm
Empty weight : 1981 kg
Previous model Bentley 3½ liter
successor Bentley 6½ liter

The Bentley 4 liter was a car model made by the manufacturer Bentley . The vehicles were built between 1931 and 1933 from the chassis and body superstructures offered by Bentley from various wheelwright shops.

The change from road-going racing cars to sporty touring limousines that began with the 8 liter was continued with the 4 liter . The new model should win new customers in the upper-class touring sedan market segment with superior performance. For this purpose, the chassis of the Bentley 8 liter was slightly modified and provided with an IOE engine developed by Ricardo , which, however, did not meet the requirements of the customers.

At £ 1,225, the chassis of the 4 liter was £ 175 more expensive than the standard 4½ liter and around £ 75 more expensive than the 4½ liter supercharged ("Blower"), which was priced at £ 1,475 in January 1931 Had lowered £ 1,150.

The first Bentley 4 liter was registered in May 1931, the last in June 1933. Even after Bentley Motors went bankrupt in July 1931, the 4 liter continued to be produced under the leadership of the new owner, Rolls-Royce . A total of 50 chassis were created, 11 of them with an extended wheelbase (140 instead of 134 inches).

literature

  • Klaus-Josef Roßfeldt: Rolls-Royce and Bentley Automobile, From the beginning of the century to the new millennium. Self-published, 1998, ISBN 3-00-004434-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bentley 4 liter at Rolls-Royce and Bentley - from the archive of KJ Roßfeldt ; accessed on January 31, 2013
  2. ^ Production numbers for vintage Bentley cars . vintagebentleys.org. Retrieved June 2, 2012.