The Bentley R-Type Continental is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 4.6 litre capacity. This unit features overhead inlet, side exhaust valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder.
A 4 speed manual transmission transfers the power to the driven wheels.
It weighs a quoted 1651 kg at the kerb.
It is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 188 km/h which is 117 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3048 | 120 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Longueur | 5245 | 206.5 | |
| Largeur | 1816 | 71.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1560 | 61.4 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1651 kg | 3640 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 81 litres | 17.8 [21.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Rolls-Royce | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.6 litre 4566 cc (278.634 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 92 × 114.3 mm
3.62 × 4.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.8 | ||
| Distribution | overhead inlet, side exhaust (oise)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | |||
| Couple maximale | |||
| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 7.25:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 761 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 9.3 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 18.5 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 188 km/h (117 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.50-16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.50-16 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.07 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 15972 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 31.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1952 Bentley R-Type Continental added before December 1995. Last modified 2019-04-06. |
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