I'm very glad that Bentley is reverting to its early heritage, in a tasteful and appropriate manner, of course. It'll be so much better when they start mounting the superchargers over the front bumpers again.
As for the weight, those old Bentley's were called locomotives, and that didn't hold them back from winning LeMans a few times.
This car is completely insane!! It has less HP than the ZR1, almost the same top speed, and weighs as much as a large SUV. (In Jeremy Clarkson's voice) "How is that even possible!!!???"
@A strolling player: Funny, I was at the Volo Auto Museum the other day and they had a collection of vintage Illinois license plates. A few of them (late 20's - early 30's vintage) had municipal plates (forerunners of "city stickers") from Chicago tacked on. All the tags said "City of Chicago Registration, vehicle less [more] than 35hp". Nothing else I've seen made me appreciate more how far we've come as a motoring society. It made all the Model A's on display seem positively quaint.
Would it be cooler if the curves had them heading right for each other? The angles are unfortunately reminiscent of the ubiquitous "memorial ribbon" magnets--seriously, turn this upside down and that's pretty much what you have.
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As for the weight, those old Bentley's were called locomotives, and that didn't hold them back from winning LeMans a few times.
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@Ash78: Really? Truck racing seems a LOT cooler than a hill climbing Bentley Continental SS.
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Holy crap, that is a lot of "POWERRRRRR!!!"
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Well, part of a giant Hot Wheels track.
Would it be cooler if the curves had them heading right for each other? The angles are unfortunately reminiscent of the ubiquitous "memorial ribbon" magnets--seriously, turn this upside down and that's pretty much what you have.
Sorry, Mr. Judah.
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I want a minature version of that sculpture in my room!
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This was at the Pacific Northwest Historics in Seattle over the weekend...
Chassis # 0666, the very first Ferrari Testarossa 250 TR. Built in 1957... best guesstimate is $20 mil... and it sounds as nice as it looks...
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