Bentley Speed Six

Bentley 6½ Litre & Speed Six
Bentley 6½ Litre & Speed Six
	Speed Six Mulliner drophead coupé 1930
Overview
Manufacturer	Bentley Motors Limited
Production	1926–1930; 544 produced
Assembly	Cricklewood, UK
Designer	Walter Owen Bentley
Body and chassis
Class	rolling chassis
Body style	as arranged with coachbuilder by customer
Layout	FR layout
Powertrain
Engine	6.5 L I6
Dimensions
Wheelbase	132 in (3,353 mm); 138 in (3,505 mm); 140.5 in (3,569 mm); 144 in (3,658 mm) ; 145.5 in (3,696 mm) ; 150 in (3,810 mm); 151.5 in (3,848 mm) ; 152.5 in (3,874 mm)
Chronology
Successor	Bentley 8 Litre

The Bentley 6½ Litre and the high-performance Bentley Speed Six were rolling chassis^[3] produced by Bentley from 1926 to 1930. The Speed Six, introduced in 1928, became the most successful racing Bentley. Two Bentley Speed Sixes became known as the Blue Train Bentleys after their owner Woolf Barnato raced the Blue Train in 1930.

^ Brooks 2009, p. 27.
^ Johnson 2011, p. 9.
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^ Brooks 2009, p. 31.

[FOOTNOTEBrooks200927-1] Brooks 2009, p. 27.

[FOOTNOTEJohnson20119-2] Johnson 2011, p. 9.

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[FOOTNOTEBrooks200928-4] Brooks 2009, p. 28.

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[FOOTNOTEBrooks200931-6] Brooks 2009, p. 31.

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