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New challenge for auction houses
With lockdowns and social distancing in full swing, it’s not a great time to be an auctioneer. One of the first classic car sales to be affected by coronavirus was…
BENTLEY
The Silent Sports Car
It has no deep roaring exhaust note to indicate the virility of its engine ; neither are the passengers bounced about like peas on a drum. But such evidence is not needed to persuade the occupants of a Bentley that they are going fast. The power is undeniably there ; it is only the noise that is missing. The car combines the energy of an express train
with the silence of a sailing ship. At maximum speed, at minimum speed, and at any intermediate speed it runs like a billiard ball. It is not merely that the Bentley is fast, but that it is fast, smooth, and silent all at once that constitutes its
especial fascination. Vogue