Bentley - The Lure of Speed

" It is the fastest 4-seat car in the world with a top speed of 198 miles an hour, and the first only designed for a company, founded by a man named Walter Owen Bentley in 1919."

" From that time, when cars were rather cumbersome, heavy, and difficult to drive, typically chauffeur-driven. He created a car that before its day was very nimble, was very sporty, but was also refined with the remarkable level craftsmanship."

" As a teenager, Bentley races motorcycles. He's addicted to what he calls the lure of speed. The lure of speed eventually becomes an important part of the Bentley brand."

" The big bang that started Bentley, really, was that the founder, W.O. Bentley, was the one who introduced aluminum pistons, lightweight pistons into combustion engines."

" The big bang is a new car Bentley simply calls the 3 Litre. It is chock full of technological innovations and tops 100 miles an hour on the track. The 3 Litre makes the Bentley brand famous around the world."

" W.O. Bentley from his very first moment being a train engineer was very keen to have a very reliable product because obviously in those days reliability was not something which was a natural thing to have on a car."

" To prove his car is reliable, W.O. decides to go racing. In 1922, one of his cars finishes 13th at the Indianapolis 500. Then, Bentley hears about a strange new race"

" in 1930, until the company actually went into receivership and was bought by Rolls-Royce."

" Rolls-Royce would own Bentley for 68 years, but in 1998 Rolls sells to Volkswagen, a 1.5 billion reliable for one of the greatest names in motorsports because Bentley is going back to its roots. Bentley is going racing."

" For the first time in more than 70 years, a Bentley is set to take on one of the ultimate challenges in motorsports, the 24 hours of Le Mans. The car is the new Bentley Speed 8."

" We are working hard, and we have a lot of confidence in the car. Straight out of the box, the car is fast, the gear box, the drive train. Everything has been very strong."

" The Bentley name brings more than heritage back to the Le Mans. The Speed 8 brings the very latest in racing know how. In 2003, a Bentley once again wins the ultimate 24-hour road race. Bentley is back, both on the track and on the road with a new car, the Continental GT, the fastest 4-seat production car in the world."