Vehicle
Bentley Continental R
The Crewe cars of the nineteen-nineties — Continental R, T and SC coupés, the Azure convertible and the Brooklands saloon — all built on the same steel platform and all powered by the 6.75 L410 V8, an engine whose design dates to 1959 and which is turbocharged here to around 400 horsepower. That combination is what governs the work: a pushrod V8 with a single large turbocharger, hydraulic self-levelling suspension, and a GM 4L80-E automatic behind it. Nothing about it resembles the Volkswagen-era Continental GT that took the name in 2003. The Azure and Brooklands names were each used twice: the cars here, and Arnage-based versions of 2006-2009 that are a different vehicle under the same badge.
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Generations
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Continental R and derivatives 1991–2003
Continental R from 1991, the short-wheelbase T from 1996, the Azure convertible from 1995 and the Brooklands saloon from 1992. Turbocharged 6.75 throughout.
- Body styles
- Coupé · Convertible · Sedan
- Platform
- Bentley SZ
- Engines
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- 6.75 turbo V8 — L410 · petrol · 287–313 kW (385–420 hp) · 880 Nm (649 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 4-speed GM 4L80-E automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive
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