Bentley. ʻO ka nani ma nā huila ʻehā - ʻike i nā hiʻohiʻona

ʻO ia paha ke kumu i mālama ai i kona ʻano kūʻokoʻa ʻoiai nā makahiki o ka hilinaʻi ʻana iā Rolls-Royce. E like me Jan Benedek's Ka Mō'ī, "ʻo ia i nā manawa a pau ma waho o ke ala, ua pilikia ikiʻo ia." Ma hope o ka lanakila ʻana o Le Mans o Bentley, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Ettore Bugatti iā lākou "ʻo nā kaʻa wikiwiki loa o ka honua". Ua ʻokoʻa paha lākou mai ka wā i hana mua ai kā lākou mea hoʻolālā, ʻo Walter Owen Bentley, ma ke ala kaʻaahi?

ʻOʻoleʻa a paʻakikī

Ua hana ʻia ka brand i ka lohi, i nā makahiki 20 mua. Ua kālepa mua ʻo Walter Owen i nā kaʻa DFP Farani me kona kaikaina ʻo Horace Milner. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i nā piston alumini i loko o lākou, i hāʻawi i kāna mau ʻēheu ʻoihana. Ua hoʻomaka ke Kaua Honua Mua ma hope koke iho a ua hoihoi ka Royal Navy Air Force iā Bentley. Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e hana malū i nā ʻenekini mokulele. ʻO ka mea mua, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā hana hou Bentley e Rolls-Royce i kāna ʻenekini aero Eagle mua.

Bentley Motors Ltd. ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ʻAukake 1919, akā ua hāʻawi ʻia ke kaʻa mua i ka mea kūʻai aku ʻelua makahiki ma hope. He ʻenekini ʻehā mau pahu ʻekolu lita me ʻehā mau kiwi no kēlā me kēia pahu a ʻo ia ka mea kūpono no ke kaʻa ikaika.

E like me ka mea nui e like me ka hana maikaʻi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi o ka Bentley. Mahalo iā ia, ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi inoa maikaʻi loa, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā manawa he nui i ka motorsport, incl. ma ke alanui Brooklands. I ka makahiki 1924, ua lanakila ʻo Bentley i ka 24 Hours of Le Mans kaulana a ua hana hou i kēia mele ʻehā manawa ma ka lālani ma waena o 1927 a me 1930. I ka makahiki 1930, aia ʻo Bentley ma kahi ʻelua. Ma hope koke iho, hōʻole ka hui e komo i ka heihei, me ka manaʻo ua lawa ka ʻike.

Kiki e lanakila ai

W I kēlā manawa, ʻo Wolfe Barnato ka mea nāna i kūʻai i ka Bentley mua i ka makahiki 1925, a hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope ua lawe ʻo ia i ka hapa nui o nā ʻāpana o kāna mea hana. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ka brand i kahi hui o nā mea hoʻokūkū waiwai a akamai a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hoʻokūkū wela wale nō, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Bentley Boys. Ma waena o lākou he mau hoʻokele koa, a me ke kauka. ʻO Barnato kekahi o nā "kāne" a ʻo ka "mea kākau" nui o ka lanakila lanakila ma Farani. Ua piʻi ʻo ia i ka podium kiʻekiʻe loa ma Le Mans ʻekolu manawa: i 1928, 1929 a me 1930.

Loaʻa iā ia ka silhouette o ka mokomoko a kūpono i nā Bentley nui e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻEkolu mahina ma mua o kona lanakila hope ʻana iā Le Mans, ua hoʻokūkū ʻo ia i ka pō express Le Train Bleu, e holo ana mai Calais a i ka French Riviera a lawe i ka cream o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika. Ua kaulana ka heihei ma kēia kaʻaahi a ʻo ka mea lanakila hou loa ʻo ia ka Rover Light Six. Ma ka ʻaina ahiahi ma ka hōkele ʻo Carlton ma Cannes, ua pili ʻo Barnato i ka £100 ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o ke kaʻaahi mai Cannes, akā i ka wā e hiki ai ke alaloa i Calais e lawe ʻo ia i kāna Bentley i Lākana.

Ua hana ʻo ia me ka ʻinoʻino, i kekahi manawa ua, i kekahi manawa noe, a i kahi hoʻomaha no ka hoʻololi kaʻa. Ua kau ʻo ia i kāna kaʻa i mua o ka Conservative Club ma 74 St. James Street i ka hola 15.20:4 pm, he 14 mau minuke ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka express i Calais. ʻO Malaki 1930, XNUMX. Ua nalo koke ka haneri paona i lanakila ai. Ua hāʻawi aku ka Palani iā ​​ia i ka uku nui no ka heihei alanui kūʻokoʻa, a ua pāpā ʻo Bentley iā ia mai ka Paris Motor Show no ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi stunt no ka hoʻolaha.

He ʻakaʻaka ka kaulana nui

Ua hāʻule ʻo Barnato i ke kaʻaahi ma kahi 6,5-lita Bentley Speed ​​​​Six, kahi sedate sedan i kino ʻia e HJ Mulliner. Eia naʻe, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomanaʻo, ua kūkulu ʻo ia i kahi kaʻa ʻē aʻe, pili maʻamau i ka heihei. He kino puka ʻelua ʻo Gurney Nutting me ka hale haʻahaʻa a me nā puka makani ololi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo "Blue Bentley Train". Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka huikau e Terence Cuneo, nāna i hoʻolalelale i kēia kaʻa ma kahi kiʻi pena i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka duel me ke kaʻaahi. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō, ʻo ia ka "ʻike kiʻi" maʻemaʻe. ʻO ke kiʻi o nā kaʻa ʻelua e hele poʻo ana i manaʻo ʻia e ka noʻonoʻo. ʻAʻole i hele nā ​​ala o ke kaʻaahi a me ke kaʻa.

ʻO ka holomua o ka brand i lilo i mea hoʻopunipuni. ʻO ka Great Depression ka manaʻo i ka makahiki 1931, ua hāʻule ka hana makahiki i ka hapalua mai ka makahiki record o 1928, i 206 wale nō. Ua haʻalele ʻo Barnato i ke kākoʻo kālā a ua waiho ka hui no ka panakalupa. Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Napier e loaʻa iā ia, akā ua loaʻa kālā i ka manawa hope loa e ka British Central Equitable, nāna i hāʻawi i kahi kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe. A laila ua ʻike ʻia aia ʻo Rolls-Royce ma hope o ia. Ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i ka £125, e like me ka £275 miliona i kēia lā, e kūʻai aku i kahi mea hoʻokūkū.

Haʻuki mālie

Ua lawe ʻo Bentley i ke kūlana o ka brand "cheap" a "sporty" o Rolls-Royce. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻalahi a i ʻole hoʻokūkū maoli. Ua hōʻike pololei ʻia ke kuleana o Bentley ma ka slogan i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma ke kumu hoʻohālike hou 3,5 1933-lita: "The Quiet Sports Car".

Ua "kūʻai" ʻia ʻo Walter Owen Bentley me kāna hui, akā ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e hoʻomaka koke i ka hana hana. ʻO ka kaʻa 3,5-lita ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka manaʻo "māmā" o Rolls-Royce, i manaʻo ʻia e huki i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā makahiki pilikia. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi ʻenekini 20/25 ʻeono pahu me ka hoʻonui ʻia o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana, kahi camshaft hou a me ʻelua mau mea hoʻomākea SU carburetors. Ua wikiwiki a ʻoluʻolu. Ma ke ʻano like ʻole o nā kūlana kaumaha i kūkulu ʻia ai ke kaʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo W. O. Bentley ʻo ia "ke kaʻa maikaʻi loa i lawe i kona inoa."

Ma ke ʻano he "pololei" i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Rolls-Royce, loaʻa iā Bentley kahi kuleana kūikawā. ʻO nā mea hou i hiki ke hōʻino i ka inoa o ka "Winged Lady" i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko. ʻOiai ua hāʻawi ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu kūʻokoʻa mua iā Rolls-Royce ma mua koke o ke Kaua Honua II ma ke ʻano Mark V, he paionia ia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kino kila i hana nui ʻia.

hehee ana

He hana maʻamau no nā hōʻailona makamae e hāʻawi i kahi chassis i hana ʻia e ka mea hana kaʻa a ka mea kūʻai aku i koho ai. Akā, e kali ana i ka koi nui ma hope o ke kaua, ua kauoha ʻo Rolls-Royce i kahi sedan maʻamau mai Pressed Steel, i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokomo ʻia ma ka hale hana. Ua loaʻa mua iā lākou ka Bentley Mark VI i ka makahiki 1946. Ua komo ʻo Rolls-Royce i ka Silver Dawn ʻekolu makahiki ma hope.

ʻO ka Bentley kaulana loa o kēia au, ʻo ia ka 1952 R Continental, he ʻehā mau noho ʻelua-puka cat-back coupe me kahi kino Mulliner aerodynamically i hoʻololi ʻia. Ma hope mai, ua kūkulu ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona ʻehā-puka, nā "sports sedans" o nā 50s.

ʻAʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 1965 ua nalowale ʻo ia iā ia iho ma Rolls-Roys, me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka T-series, i hui pū ʻia me ka Silver Shadow. ʻO ka hanauna hou o nā kaʻa i loaʻa nā kino kākoʻo ponoʻī no ka manawa mua, a paʻakikī ke pale ʻia nā mea like. I ka makahiki 1970, ma muli o nā pilikia kālā, ua wili ʻia ka ʻāpana mokulele o Rolls-Royce i kahi hui ʻokoʻa, ua holo ʻo Bentley i ka pilikia. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi hui liʻiliʻi ke kūʻai aku i nā kaʻa pipiʻi loa ke kūʻai aku i ka ʻokoʻa hoʻohālike. Ua hāʻule ka huahana Bentley i ka 5 pakeneka. hana nui o Rolls-Royce Motor Limited.

E like me ka wā kahiko

I ka makahiki 1980, hui pū ka hui me Vickers. E ola mālie ana ka Bentley. Ma waena o nā kaʻa o ka hanauna hou ʻo Mulsanne, nona ka inoa i kuhikuhi pololei i ka Le Mans kaulana. Ua ʻike ʻo 1982 i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Mulsanne Turbo, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka 4,5-lita kaulana a wikiwiki hoʻi ʻo "Blower Bentleys" o 1926-1930, me kahi compressor Roots me ka haʻaheo i mua. ʻO kekahi o lākou ʻo James Bond ma nā moʻolelo o Ian Fleming. Ma hope o ka supercharged Mulsanne hele mai ka Turbo R, a ma 1991 ka ʻelua-puka ʻo Continental R, kahi mea kūpono i ka coupe kaulana i ka makahiki 50, akā ʻo ke kau ʻana o ka Bentley ʻEwalu loa ma 1984-1992 he mea hoʻohenehene. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e kahi ea ea kālā i loko o kahi mesh oblique maikaʻi. ʻO ka Bentley ʻewalu lita mai 1930 a i 1931 kekahi o nā kaʻa pipiʻi loa o kona wā. ʻO ka like o ka Bentley State Limousine i hāʻawi ʻia iā Queen Elizabeth II i ka makahiki 2002 ma kāna Iubile gula.

Hoʻokaʻawale i ka hope!

I kēlā manawa, aia ʻo Bentley i ka lima o Volkswagen no ʻehā makahiki. ʻO ka hana 1998 he "pālua", akā i kēia manawa ua kapa ʻia ʻo Rolls-Royce. Ua lawe ʻo Volkswagen i nā mea āpau mai Vickers koe nā kuleana i ka brand a me ka logo. I kēia mau manawa a pau, aia lākou i ka lima o ka hui mokulele ʻo Rolls-Royce, nāna i kūʻai aku iā BMW. Ua hoʻohana paha ʻo Volkswagen i ka hoʻolālā ʻokoʻa ea intake a me ke kiʻi "Spirit of Ecstasy", akā me ka ʻole o ka hōʻailona RR. Ma kēia kūlana, ua māheleʻiaʻo Germany, a ua pauʻo Rolls-Royce me BMW.

E nānā pū: Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka uku hou no nā mea nona kaʻa

He nūhou maikaʻi loa kēia no Bentley. Ma ke ʻano o ka hopohopo, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ke kūlana o kahi brand one-of-a-kind. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻomanawanui i ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī me Rolls-Royce ma ke ala kahiko, akā ua ʻokoʻa kā lākou lineups. ʻO ka RR i nānā aku i ka nani a me ka nani, ʻo ka Bentley ma nā haʻuki, ʻoiai ke kūʻai aku nei nā sedans hanohano, a me nā kahua huila lōʻihi. ʻO ka hōʻailona o ka hoʻololi ʻana ʻo ka Continental GT me kahi mīkini W12, i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka makahiki 2003.

Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻonui nuiʻia ka hana a Bentley, me ka emi ikiʻana ma muli o ka pilikia kālā o 2008. Ma 2016, ua hoʻokokokeʻo ia i ka 12 2018 pūnaewele. PCS. A laila hele mai ʻo Bentayga, ka crossover mua a Bentley, i hoʻomaka ma Geneva i XNUMX. ʻO kēia ʻano kaʻa he "mua" ʻē aʻe no Bentley.

ʻO kahi hōʻailona Pelekane nui i kēia lā e like me Lākana. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka kuʻuna, no ka mea, ʻaʻole e hana ʻia ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ke kumu hoʻohālike hou a Bentley ka Flying Spur. ʻO ka wikiwiki i 100 km/h he 3,8 kekona, ʻo ka wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe he 333 km/h.

Ma ke ʻano o ke ʻano, ke hana nei mākou i kahi evolution mai kona mua. Ma 5316 mm ka lōʻihi, 1978 mm ākea a me 1484 mm kiʻekiʻe, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka Bentley Flying Spur, akā ʻoi aku ka pōkole. ʻO nā kukui poʻo poʻo, nā mea hoʻokomo chrome a me kahi grille kū i ka hiʻohiʻona o nā huahana hou.

Kūkulu ʻia ka Bentley Flying Spur hou ma luna o ka paepae i hoʻohana mua ʻia ma ka Porsche Panamera a me Audi A8. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka chassis ma luna o ka alumini, nā mea i hui pū ʻia, me ka uila uila ʻehā huila a me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻokele e hoʻokele i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele ma nā huila ʻehā. Aia kekahi hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka ea me nā ʻōnaehana ʻekolu keʻena a me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho ʻōwili.

ʻO ka ʻenehana, hoʻohana ʻo Flying Spur i nā hoʻonā mai ka Continental GT hou loa.

Hoʻohana ʻia e kahi ʻenekini māhoe māhoe W12. Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana 635-lita i ke kaʻa me 900 horsepower a me 130 Newton mika o ka torque kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ke kaʻa huila holoʻokoʻa ma o ka pahu pahu pahu ʻewalu māmā. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao o loko he mea ʻike maka, me ka ʻoliʻoli kikowaena kikowaena hiki ke hana ma ke ʻano he hōʻike touchscreen a i ʻole kahi hoʻonohonoho uaki analog maʻamau. ʻO ka huila huila, ʻo ia ka 10 millimeters ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o kona mua, hāʻawi i ka nani o ka wahi hope. E like me nā manawa a pau, unuhi ʻia ka lewa me nā lāʻau maikaʻi loa a me nā ʻili. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻōnaehana leo 19-speaker me kahi ʻōnaehana Bang & Olufsen a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana top-end Naim me 2200 watts o nā mea ʻōlelo.  

ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia ke kumukūʻai o ke kumu hoʻohālike. E hāʻawi ʻia nā kope mua o ke kaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o 2020. E hana ʻia kāna hoʻomaka ākea i ka hāʻule i ka IAA 2019.

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ʻO ka Continental GT hou he mea ʻoluʻolu. ʻO Bentley e like me ia ma mua, ʻaʻole e kali me kona alelo e hoʻomaloʻo ʻia e ke ʻano. Hāʻawi pū ka hui i nā sedans, ʻoiai ʻo kā lākou "kaumaha kikoʻī", he ʻano haʻuki, a ua koho hope loa i kahi SUV. Mahalo i kahi koho nui o nā hiʻohiʻona, ke hoʻonui nei ka hana. Akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kēia brand i kahi coupe.

Loaʻa i ka Continental GT kahi ʻenekini hou me kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe multi-element maʻalahi, a me ka hoʻokele XNUMX-axle a me kahi hoʻokuʻu e hoʻololi i nā kūlana a me nā pono o kēia manawa. Akā ʻo kēia kaʻa ultra-modern i hui ʻia e ka lima ma Crewe, a hiki ke ʻoki ʻia nā mea uila me nā mea kahiko. ʻO ka Bentley kahi ʻāpana o ka moʻolelo, akā pono e hoʻomau, ʻoiai ua ʻike pono nā mea hoʻolālā o ka Continental GT.

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