Editing Bentley (section)

=====Bentley Continental=====
[[File:Bentley SI Continental Fastback Coupe Mulliner.jpg|right|thumb|Bentley Continental, fastback coupé body by H J Mulliner]]
The Continental fastback coupé was aimed at the UK market, most cars, 164 plus a [[prototype]], being right-hand drive. The chassis was produced at the Crewe factory and shared many components with the standard R type. Other than the R-Type standard steel saloon, R-Type Continentals were delivered as rolling chassis to the [[coachbuilder]] of choice. Coachwork for most of these cars was completed by [[H.&nbsp;J. Mulliner & Co.]] who mainly built them in fastback coupe form. Other coachwork came from [[Park Ward]] (London) who built six, later including a drophead coupe version. [[Franay]] (Paris) built five, [[Carrosserie Hermann Graber|Graber]] (Wichtrach, Switzerland) built three, one of them later altered by Köng (Basel, Switzerland), and [[Pininfarina]] made one. [[James Young (coachbuilder)|James Young]] (London) built in 1954 a Sports Saloon for the owner of James Young's, James Barclay.

The early R&nbsp;Type Continental has essentially the same engine as the standard R&nbsp;Type, but with modified carburation, induction and exhaust manifolds along with higher gear ratios.<ref name=Autocar1969>{{cite journal |title = Used Car test: Bentley Continental| journal=Autocar| volume = 130 |issue=3824 | pages = 47–48| date = 29 May 1969}}</ref> After July 1954 the car was fitted with an engine, having now a larger bore of {{convert|94.62|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} with a total displacement of {{convert|4887|cc|L cuin|1|abbr=on}}. The compression ratio was raised to 7.25:1.
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