Bentley Motors (1931) Limited, Crewe, Cheshire |
1955–1959 3538 produced |
Crewe,Cheshire,England |
Full-sizeluxury car |
4-doorsaloon 2-doorcoupe |
FR layout |
separate chassis |
Bentley S1 Continental Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud |
4.9LI6 |
4-speedautomatic |
123in (3,100mm)[1] 127 inches (3,200mm) |
211.75in (5,378mm)[1] |
1,898.65mm (743⁄4in) |
1,631.95mm (641⁄4in) |
1,924kg (4,242lb) |
R Type |
S2 |
TheBentley S1(originally simply "Bentley S") was aluxury carproduced byBentley Motors Limitedfrom 1955 until 1959.
The S1 was derived from Rolls-Royce's complete redesign of its standard production car after World War II, dubbed theSilver Cloud; each was its maker's last standard production car with an independentchassis.
The S-series Bentley was given theRolls-Royce - Bentley L Series V8 enginein late 1959, and designated theS2. Twin headlamps and a facelift to the front arrived in late 1962, resulting in the model designationS3.
In late 1965 the S3 was replaced by the completely newmonocoqueRolls-Royce Silver Shadow-derivedT series.