Editing Bentley (section)

====Cricklewood Bentleys====
[[File:Bentley 8 Litre limousine by Mulliner 1930 side.jpg|thumb|[[Bentley 8 Litre]] 4-door sports saloon]]
* 1921–1929 [[Bentley 3 Litre|3-litre]]
* 1926–1930 [[Bentley 4½ Litre|4½-litre & "Blower Bentley"]]
* 1926–1930 [[Bentley Speed Six|6½-litre]]
* 1928–1930 [[Bentley Speed Six|6½-litre Speed Six]]
* 1930–1931 [[Bentley 8 Litre|8-litre]]
* 1931 [[Bentley 4 Litre|4-litre]]

The original model was the three-litre, but as customers put heavier bodies on the chassis, a larger 4½-litre model followed. Perhaps the most iconic model of the period is the 4½-litre "Blower Bentley", with its distinctive [[supercharger]] projecting forward from the bottom of the grille. Uncharacteristically fragile for a Bentley it was not the racing workhorse the 6½-litre was, though in 1930 Birkin remarkably finished second in the [[1930 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix at Pau]] in a stripped-down racing version of the Blower Bentley, behind [[Philippe Etancelin]] in a [[Bugatti Type 35]].

The 4½-litre model later became famous in popular media as the vehicle of choice of [[James Bond]] in the original [[Ian Fleming|novels]], but this has been seen only briefly in the [[James Bond film series|films]]. [[John Steed]] in the television series ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' also drove a Bentley.

The new eight-litre was such a success that when Barnato's money seemed to run out in 1931 and Napier was planning to buy Bentley's business, Rolls-Royce purchased Bentley Motors to prevent it from competing with their most expensive model, the Phantom&nbsp;II.