Bentley Brooklands: Review

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The four-seat, grand touring coupe has old-school British proportions, and complements luxury with racy performance.

"Brooklands" is the name of a British racetrack at which Bentley excelled in the 1920s. In fact, although Rolls-Royce and Bentley were sister companies for years, Bentley was originally known as a racing company — and is by far the sportier of the two brands.

The Brooklands, which will be Bentley's flagship coupe, pays tribute to its namesake in two ways. It has sportier design cues than the company's current flagship Arnage sedan, which is more sedate and stately. It also features the most powerful V8 engine Bentley has ever built: a twin-turbo 530-hp 6.8-liter unit. The car will use a six-speed transmission.

We are suckers for old-school proportions, and the Brooklands is an instant design classic — powerful and rakish. It features a long hood, short front overhang (the portion of the front extending forward longitudinally from the center of the front wheels), long rear overhang, low roofline, steeply raked screens, pillarless side glass and standard, 20-inch wheels.

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Source: Forbes Autos

Bentley Brooklands: Review

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