2008 Bentley Brooklands - Car and Driver
Interesting that in the literature for the new Bentley Brooklands, a limited-edition, even-more-upscale version of the Arnage, there's little mention of the last Bentley Brooklands, a sedan sold from 1992 to 1997 that replaced the Mulsanne as the... Of course, this was a moderately dark period at Bentley, before the Volkswagen takeover in 1998, when, from a distance, the Great Unwashed couldn't tell much difference between a Bentley Brooklands and a Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. This time around, the Bentley Brooklands is a coupe, a "stylish, four-seat, grand touring coupe," says the company, that is debuting at the Geneva auto show. The Brooklands is, Bentley insists, more than an Azure hardtop. Price is likely to be about $400,000. Decidedly old-school—at least compared with the undeniably new-school Continental Flying Spur, GT, and GTC, which are powered by a 552-hp twin-turbocharged W-12—there's a 6. 8-liter V-8 (412 cubic inches, if... It is the most powerful V-8 Bentley has produced. It's the latest version of the Crewe-built V-8, which began life in 1959 under the hood—or bonnet, sorry—of the Bentley S2. It was 6. 2 liters then, an advanced all-aluminum engine with a five-bearing crankshaft, overbuilt in that delightful... Source: www.caranddriver.com
