definitely not christopher tells us that the bentley three and a half leader was the first darby bentley technically it was based on the pretty conservative rolls royce twenty twenty five so they had to make quite a few modifications before it fitted bentley sports car image the chassis is much lighter and the street six engine was souped up rolls royce might not have talked much about horsepower of bentley sure did it about its technicians who were able to equal one hundred ten horsepower out of three point seven leaders have a few big displacement christiane says they transformed a sluggish a luxury saloon into what became known as a silent sports car. while the bentley three and a half leader does have ridge. actually it s adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers allow this one point seven ton juggernaut to offer a good mix of comfort and sportiness the precise steering and huge servo assisted
a half liter and james bond was also quite impressed in from russia with love he drove a bentley three and a half liter with some very special extras stuff. that bentley three and a half liter fulfilled his purpose and brought rolls royce a new clientele then gentleman drivers often took the silent sports car to the racetrack and one nine hundred fifty a bentley owner managed the first solo ride in the history of them on twenty four hours a whole day at full throttle without a break. there s hardly better proof of a successful balance between comfort and performance. based pay that says and it stayed that three and a half liter was described as combining the power of an express train with
bankruptcy. but i don t that christopher says in one nine hundred thirty one bentley had its back to the wall and needed a financial backer just before the firm was to be taken over by aircraft engine maker not here and unknown bidder acquired badly for one hundred twenty five thousand pounds a bitter turned out to be competitor an arch rival rolls royce it hoped bentley sporty image would help and win over younger customers are getting the superior bentley ate leader off the market the first product of their collaboration was this car here the bentley three and a half liter bentley that i am happy to. the first rolls bentley was produced in the english city of darby rolls royce had been making its entry level model the rolls royce twenty twenty five there since one nine hundred twenty nine.