Bentley Speed Six

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The Bentley Speed Six is a high-performance luxury sports car produced by Bentley in the late 1920s and early 1930s, renowned for its racing success at Le Mans and its powerful six-cylinder engine.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bentley Speed Six canonical 3
Bentley 6½ Litre 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bentley model ⓘ
luxury sports car ⓘ
racing car ⓘ
bodyStyle coupé ⓘ
open tourer ⓘ
saloon ⓘ
bore 100 mm ⓘ
brakes mechanical drum brakes on all four wheels ⓘ
carburetion twin SU carburettors ⓘ
category pre-war racing car ⓘ
vintage sports car ⓘ
chassis ladder frame ⓘ
class grand tourer ⓘ
collectibility highly collectible historic Bentley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designer Walter Owen Bentley ⓘ
linked to: W. O. Bentley
displacement 6.5 L ⓘ
6597 cc ⓘ
engineConfiguration inline-six ⓘ
engineType naturally aspirated petrol engine ⓘ
era early 1930s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
fuelSystem gravity-fed fuel system with rear-mounted tank ⓘ
heritageStatus classic car ⓘ
influenced later Bentley grand tourers ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ
manufacturer Bentley Motors Limited ⓘ
linked to: Bentley
marketPosition high-performance luxury car ⓘ
notableDriver Tim Birkin ⓘ
Woolf Barnato ⓘ
notableFor powerful six-cylinder engine ⓘ
role in establishing Bentley’s racing reputation ⓘ
success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ⓘ
powerOutput about 180 bhp (standard road car) ⓘ
about 200 bhp (tuned racing version) ⓘ
predecessor Bentley 6½ Litre ⓘ
linked to: Bentley Speed Six
productionEnd 1930 ⓘ
productionStart 1928 ⓘ
raceVictory 24 Hours of Le Mans 1929 overall win ⓘ
24 Hours of Le Mans 1930 overall win ⓘ
racingTeam Bentley Boys ⓘ
stroke 140 mm ⓘ
successor Bentley 8 Litre ⓘ
suspension semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear ⓘ
topSpeed approximately 120 mph (193 km/h) in racing trim ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead camshaft ⓘ
wheelbase 138 inches (standard) ⓘ
140.5 inches (long) ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Bentley → hasModel → Bentley Speed Six ⓘ
W. O. Bentley → notableWork → Bentley Speed Six ⓘ
Bentley Speed Six → predecessor → Bentley 6½ Litre ⓘ
linked to: Bentley Speed Six
Bentley Boys → vehicleUsed → Bentley Speed Six ⓘ