Bentley’s V8 engine celebrates its 50th anniversary

During the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation lecture on the 22nd of this month Bentley Motors will put on charts the progress of the Bentley V8 engine which is the most remarkable and enduring powerplants in the world. Launched 50 years ago in the legendary Bentley S2 Continental the Bentley V8 still powers the carmaker’s most powerful, flagship luxury vehicles including the Bentely Brooklands coupe which comes with

530 hp, the Azure and the Arnage convertibles in 2009. The Bentley V8 is a major example of how a well-designed original can endure and improve under the right guidance.
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woood - 1/21/2009 1:56:34 AM

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Go Bentley!

anataxis - 1/21/2009 10:24:01 AM

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The picture is of the wrong engine.

XYZZ - 1/22/2009 4:56:26 AM

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is this a refinement of the original GM pushrod v8?