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23 February 2008
A Car with Two Characters
Perhaps the best way of summing up the performance of the three-litre Bentley is to say that it gives one the impression of being two cars in one. Fully to appreciate its capabilities one ought first to be a passenger in it when being handled by a stolid, "family" type of driver, and afterwards by one of those bright-eyed, alert, snatch-change Italians who normally despise anything but a real racing car… For the three-litre Bentley is truly a vehicle that gives one seriously to think.
Perhaps the best way of summing up the performance of the three-litre Bentley is to say that it gives one the impression of being two cars in one. Fully to appreciate its capabilities one ought first to be a passenger in it when being handled by a stolid, "family" type of driver, and afterwards by one of those bright-eyed, alert, snatch-change Italians who normally despise anything but a real racing car… For the three-litre Bentley is truly a vehicle that gives one seriously to think. Continued...
