Reviews, August 2010
LE MANS 1960-1969 THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST MOTOR RACE - QUENTIN SPURRING Author Spurring’s opening assertion that the 1960s saw the making of the Le Mans 24…
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