1956 Bentley S1 Series Base 4.9L
Item №157916
Vehicle Description
Bentley S1| 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.
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