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23 February 2008
Testing the Three-litre Bentley
If ever there was a paradox on four wheels it is the three-litre Bentley. Originally designed and subsequently described quite rightly as a sporting model, it has all the characteristics of that type of car, yet the effect of a trial run is to make one wonder what exactly is the definition of a sporting car… Many years ago a car which travelled only with difficulty at under 30 m.p.h. on top gear, which was the proud possessor of an inordinately flat spot in the lower part of the carburetter range, which was exceptionally noisy and rather difficult to handle, was considered, fitted with a light and speedy looking body, to offer every possibility which the word sport might imply.
If ever there was a paradox on four wheels it is the three-litre Bentley. Originally designed and subsequently described quite rightly as a sporting model, it has all the characteristics of that type of car, yet the effect of a trial run is to make one wonder what exactly is the definition of a sporting car… Many years ago a car which travelled only with difficulty at under 30 m.p.h. on top gear, which was the proud possessor of an inordinately flat spot in the lower part of the carburetter range, which was exceptionally noisy and rather difficult to handle, was considered, fitted with a light and speedy looking body, to offer every possibility which the word sport might imply. Continued...
