Bentley T-series

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The Bentley T-series is a line of luxury saloon cars produced from the mid-1960s to late 1970s, closely related to the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow but distinguished by Bentley’s sportier character and styling.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bentley T-series canonical 2
Bentley T-Series 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bentley vehicle ⓘ
luxury car model line ⓘ
assemblyLocation Crewe, England ⓘ
linked to: Crewe
bodyStyle 4-door saloon ⓘ
brakeSystem four-wheel disc brakes ⓘ
chassisType monocoque ⓘ
class full-size luxury car ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designCharacteristic Bentley-style radiator shell ⓘ
more understated grille than Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow ⓘ
doorCount 4 ⓘ
drivetrain rear-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration V8 engine ⓘ
engineDisplacement 6.2 L V8 (early models) ⓘ
6.75 L V8 (later models) ⓘ
era 1960s luxury cars ⓘ
1970s luxury cars ⓘ
fuelSystem carburetted V8 ⓘ
fuelType petrol ⓘ
generation first generation: Bentley T1 ⓘ
second generation: Bentley T2 ⓘ
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ
manufacturer Bentley Motors Limited ⓘ
linked to: Bentley
market European luxury car market ⓘ
North American luxury car market ⓘ
marketPosition sportier alternative to Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow ⓘ
notableFeature self-levelling suspension ⓘ
unitary body construction ⓘ
notableFor being Bentley’s counterpart to the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow ⓘ
more driver-focused image than contemporary Rolls-Royce models ⓘ
parentCompanyOfManufacturer Rolls-Royce Motors ⓘ
platformSharedWith Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow ⓘ
predecessor Bentley S3 ⓘ
productionEnd 1980 ⓘ
productionStart 1965 ⓘ
productionVariant Bentley T1 ⓘ
Bentley T2 ⓘ
relatedTo Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow ⓘ
seatingCapacity 5 ⓘ
segment premium executive car ⓘ
steeringPosition left-hand drive (export markets) ⓘ
right-hand drive (home market) ⓘ
successor Bentley Mulsanne ⓘ
suspension independent suspension all round ⓘ
transmission automatic transmission ⓘ
wheelbase standard wheelbase ⓘ
wheelbaseVariant long-wheelbase version (selected markets) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Rolls-Royce Motors → notableModelSeries → Bentley T-series ⓘ
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow → alsoSoldAs → Bentley T-series ⓘ
Bentley S-Series → successor → Bentley T-Series ⓘ
linked to: Bentley T-series