Bentley S1

E200453

The Bentley S1 is a luxury British saloon car produced in the mid-1950s, renowned for its refined performance, elegant styling, and handcrafted coachbuilt variants.

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Bentley S1 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bentley automobile ⓘ
luxury car ⓘ
saloon car ⓘ
assembly Crewe, England ⓘ
linked to: Crewe
bodyStyle 2-door convertible ⓘ
2-door coupé ⓘ
4-door saloon ⓘ
brakeType hydraulic front, mechanical rear (servo-assisted) ⓘ
class full-size luxury car ⓘ
coachbuiltVariantsBy H. J. Mulliner ⓘ
Hooper ⓘ
James Young ⓘ
Park Ward ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
doorConfiguration front-hinged doors ⓘ
drivetrain rear-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration inline-6 ⓘ
engineDisplacement 4.9 L ⓘ
enginePlacement front ⓘ
fuelType petrol ⓘ
height 64.0 in (approximate) ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ
length 211.0 in (approximate) ⓘ
manufacturer Bentley Motors Limited ⓘ
linked to: Bentley
marketedAs luxury touring saloon ⓘ
marketPosition upmarket luxury saloon ⓘ
modelYears 1955–1959 ⓘ
notableCharacteristic refined ride quality ⓘ
traditional British coachwork ⓘ
notableFeature drum brakes on all wheels ⓘ
independent front suspension ⓘ
power-assisted steering (optional) ⓘ
separate chassis construction ⓘ
platformSharedWith Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I ⓘ
predecessor Bentley R-Type ⓘ
linked to: Bentley R Type
productionEnd 1959 ⓘ
productionStart 1955 ⓘ
productionType hand-built ⓘ
relatedModel Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I ⓘ
seatingCapacity 5 ⓘ
steering recirculating ball ⓘ
successor Bentley S2 ⓘ
suspensionFront independent, coil springs ⓘ
suspensionRear live axle, semi-elliptic leaf springs ⓘ
transmission 4-speed automatic ⓘ
4-speed manual ⓘ
wheelbase 123.0 in ⓘ
width 74.0 in (approximate) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bentley → hasModel → Bentley S1 ⓘ
Bentley R Type → successor → Bentley S1 ⓘ
Bentley S2 → predecessor → Bentley S1 ⓘ
Bentley S-Series → generation → Bentley S1 ⓘ