Bentley Eight

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Bentley Eight
Manufacturer Rolls-Royce
Production 19841992
1736 produced
Successor Bentley Brooklands
Class Full-size luxury car
Body style 4-door sedan
Platform FR
Engine 6.75 L Rolls-Royce V8
Transmission 4-sp 4L80-E automatic
Wheelbase 3061 mm (121 in)
Related Bentley Mulsanne
Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit

The Eight was Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 through 1992. Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based. A firmer suspension offered slight handling improvements. The Eight was so popular that sales expanded from the original UK market to Europe and the United States.

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Bentley automobile timeline, 1980-2003  v  d  e  Next ->
Type 1980s 1990s 2000s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
Saloon Eight
Mulsanne Mulsanne S Brooklands Arnage RL/R
Mulsanne Turbo Turbo R RT Red Label T
Coupé Continental R
S Continental T
Convertible Corniche Continental Azure
Silver Shadow-based Mulsanne-based Arnage-based


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