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Although not as visible on today’s circuits as it used to be, Bentley still has a lot of racing in its DNA. After all, they can't foget how back in the 1920s - 1930s cars like the Blower were fighting for glory in races across Europe.
In an announcement made last weekend at the Salon Privé Concours d’Elegance, Bentley said it plans on manufacturing the model once again. Twelve exact copies of the original – much more than the four examples that were built a century ago – will be made and sold to collectors.
Finding the original design for the car is impossible, so the carmaker had to do some out-of-the-box thinking.
Luckily for the Brits, the company still has a Blower in its possession, so engineers will disassemble it, scan every component, and then manufacture 12 copies of each car part.
These parts will then come together to form a car of long-ago ages on today’s roads, with only minor changes “dictated by modern safety concerns,” well hidden from view.
“The 12 new Blowers will not only be an homage to our heritage, they will be a celebration of the outstanding skills of our Mulliner craftspeople,” said in a statement the company’s CEO, Adrian Hallmark.
“This is a new challenge for Bentley, but with the incredible success of the recent restoration of our 1939 one-of-one Corniche, we wanted to go one step further and make something even more special.”
No announcement was made about the price charged for each of the Blowers. Whatever it will be, customers will have to wait a long time before getting their cars.
Bentley estimates it will take roughly two years to hand-built all the 12 examples in the series, and that with the help of the specialist Mulliner team.
This is the first time Bentley is taking on such a challenge, and the Blower will become the world’s first pre-war race car to get a continuation series.
Finding the original design for the car is impossible, so the carmaker had to do some out-of-the-box thinking.
Luckily for the Brits, the company still has a Blower in its possession, so engineers will disassemble it, scan every component, and then manufacture 12 copies of each car part.
These parts will then come together to form a car of long-ago ages on today’s roads, with only minor changes “dictated by modern safety concerns,” well hidden from view.
“The 12 new Blowers will not only be an homage to our heritage, they will be a celebration of the outstanding skills of our Mulliner craftspeople,” said in a statement the company’s CEO, Adrian Hallmark.
“This is a new challenge for Bentley, but with the incredible success of the recent restoration of our 1939 one-of-one Corniche, we wanted to go one step further and make something even more special.”
No announcement was made about the price charged for each of the Blowers. Whatever it will be, customers will have to wait a long time before getting their cars.
Bentley estimates it will take roughly two years to hand-built all the 12 examples in the series, and that with the help of the specialist Mulliner team.
This is the first time Bentley is taking on such a challenge, and the Blower will become the world’s first pre-war race car to get a continuation series.
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