The 3-Litre Speed Model Bentley: A Sporting Car Beyond the Ordinary

The sporting car, as a class, has characteristically more distinction than that possessed by touring types. Being out of the ordinary, and intended to emphasise particular motoring qualities, the sporting car usually has quite an individuality. Some sporting cars, of course, seem to stand quite apart from orthodox standards.

In the latter category one may place the 3-litre Speed Model Bentley. This car embodies all the qualities one has come to consider essential in a sporting car.

A brief review of the chassis reveals at once how interesting a proposition the Speed Model Bentley is, and this opinion is vastly enhanced when one takes the car for a trial. The engine is a four-cylinder monobloc of 2996cc capacity. Its design has much originality: there are two inlet and two exhaust valves in each cylinder, operated by a totally enclosed overhead camshaft and rockers, running in oil. The pistons are of aluminium, designed for high compression.