Bently Help !!!!
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Been looking at adding another car to the garage and decided on a Modern Bentley. Could any one explain the models. As in the Turbo `R` range whats the difference between a `R` and a `RT`, which ones LWB and what one has the 425 BHP motor ? and is a Continental `R` any better.
I`m looking for a nice relaxed drive, plenty of power and must be comfy for the wife and 2 children on a 900 mile round trip 2-3 times a month. Going to sell the London flat and buy a Semi by the sea in Cornwall.... wife thinks as we go to London by train and we have to go to Cornwall by car the journey would be just to much and we wouldn't bother going/ or more stressed by going than not. If I follow this route I would have a budget of around £80k. Advise and input needed please.
marc
I`m looking for a nice relaxed drive, plenty of power and must be comfy for the wife and 2 children on a 900 mile round trip 2-3 times a month. Going to sell the London flat and buy a Semi by the sea in Cornwall.... wife thinks as we go to London by train and we have to go to Cornwall by car the journey would be just to much and we wouldn't bother going/ or more stressed by going than not. If I follow this route I would have a budget of around £80k. Advise and input needed please.
marc
First off we had the Mulsanne Turbo, 82-85, this was just a Mulsanne with a turbo, went like stink, handled like a standard RR/Bentley. Then came the Turbo 'R', the 'R' being for roadholding, basically the same car as the earlier Mulsanne turbo, but stiffened up and uprated in the suspension department. Available as both SWB and LWB. The Turbo 'R' was uprated over the years and there was also a Turbo 'S' (very rare) that had more power. The LWB became standard and the SWB discontinued at some point. Then the last of the lines were the RT's of 97/98 that had between 420 and 450 bhp and even more torque. The Continental R is the same as a Turbo 'R' but with the two door Mulliner body rather than the standard steel saloon, the Continental 'T' was a SWB 'R' with more power and flared arches. The Turbo 'RT' saloons are Continental 'T' spec running gear but in the 4 door saloon. Over the years they went from 328bhp/440lbft up to 450bhp/590lbft.
Turbo RT's are ridiculously cheap in relation to the value of earlier lesser cars
The Bentley Drivers Club has various books for sale, you can also visit some online motoring bookshops, there are a few books out there that chart the history of the later Crewe cars. Graham Robsons book 'Rolls Royce & Bentley volume 4' is pretty in depth about the Turbo 'R' type cars and the various derivatives.
Interestingley the shape was signed off more or less as is way back in 1973, and they had learnt loads about turbocharging before even that, with an old Shadow that was sent to Broadspeed and turboed.
So what you have is a '59 motor with a '73 turbo in a '66 chassis with a '73 body
Turbo RT's are ridiculously cheap in relation to the value of earlier lesser cars
The Bentley Drivers Club has various books for sale, you can also visit some online motoring bookshops, there are a few books out there that chart the history of the later Crewe cars. Graham Robsons book 'Rolls Royce & Bentley volume 4' is pretty in depth about the Turbo 'R' type cars and the various derivatives.
Interestingley the shape was signed off more or less as is way back in 1973, and they had learnt loads about turbocharging before even that, with an old Shadow that was sent to Broadspeed and turboed.
So what you have is a '59 motor with a '73 turbo in a '66 chassis with a '73 body
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