How Does A 1929 Bentley Blower Examine To Its Trendy Descendants?

Don’t count on any massive surprises right here, however Carwow has managed to get 4 generations of high-performance Bentleys collectively on an airfield to be able to race them towards each other.

On the monitor, the staff has assembled a contemporary Continental GT Pace, a Bentley Continental R Mulliner from the late ‘90s, and a Bentley Turbo R from the late ‘80s. They’re lined up towards their ancestor, a 93-year-old Bentley Blower.

All offered by Bentley to indicate the automaker’s historical past of efficiency, the Blower featured on this video is the real article, not a continuation particular. It’s, due to this fact, the most costly automobile ever featured on the channel, with an estimated worth of £20 million ($23 million USD at present trade charges).

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Powered by a 4.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine, it makes a somewhat spectacular 240 hp (179 kW/243 PS) and an estimated 258 lb-ft (350 Nm) of torque. Subsequent to automobiles that make between 60 to 400 hp extra (45 kW/61 PS to 298 kW/405 PS extra), it does somewhat properly.

Nonetheless, within the quarter-mile dash, it’s totally crushed, taking 21.3 seconds at a high pace of 70 mph (113 km/h). By comparability, the Continental GT Pace took simply 11.4 seconds – just a bit over half as lengthy.

Within the rolling race, although, it did very properly. Though it completed final, it was a lot nearer to the competitors and managed to high 80 mph (129 km/h). Within the braking check, too, the entire automobiles did somewhat properly. Though the Blower took for much longer to cease than the remaining, it stopped quicker than you may count on for such an historical automobile.

The place the Blower excelled essentially the most, although, was within the ultimate check. With all 4 drivers piling into the 93-year-old Bentley, it was nonetheless able to reaching 80 mph (129 km/h), although not in what you may name consolation.