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    Bentley Continental GT review

    As the Bentley Continental GT rapidly approaches the 15-year mark, you have to wonder whether ‘Walter Owen’ would have envisaged such popularity for the marque that bears his name, 90-odd years ago – either in his wildest or even most troubling dreams. Remember that the ‘Continental’ moniker used to be applied internally to any model […]

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    Bentley Flying Spur review

    Having acquired Bentley, the original Bentley Flying Spur was the second half of Volkswagen’s grand strategy for the resuscitation of the British marque. Bentley may have made its name with heavyweight, ultra-fast two-door ‘lorries’, but the brand proved just as capable of fitting four doors to its coachwork. Matt Prior Road test editorThe Continental Flying Spur […]

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    Bentley Continental GT3-R review

    The subject of this road test is emblematic of Bentley’s growing confidence and prosperity. The Continental GT3-R is, in Bentley’s words, “the most dynamic, responsive and involving Bentley road car ever”. It is also a £240,000 Continental GT. Even a company as illustrious as this needs to be in chest-thumping mode to consider pushing the boat […]

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    Bentley Bentayga review

    Ettore Bugatti was not being entirely kind when he described a Bentley racing car as “le camion plus vite du monde” – the world’s fastest truck – but as pithy, grudging compliments go, it has stuck. And although it’s sometimes tempting to wonder what a car maker’s long-departed founder would make of their company’s latest […]

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    This 1929 Bentley Blower Probably is the Most British Car Ever

     The only way it could be more British if it was the Queen herself behind the wheel. It will give you feelings of patriotism even if you’re not from the UK. This might be the most British video you’ll ever watch–a 1929 Bentley Blower race car driven by a man named Richard Charlesworth at the Goodwood […]

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    From the Toolbox

    It performs a function that is seldom necessary today. This week’s stumper is a pair of specialty pliers designed for a specific purpose. Initially looking like 6-1/2 inch snap ring pliers, this tool has slotted jaws instead of the normal clamps that would hold interchangeable points for snap rings. The slotted jaws are intentionally skewed […]