page_title: Bentley 8 Litre
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Bentley 8 Litre / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Bentley 8-litre 1930 Note: Its 4-door saloon body by Mulliner has been replaced by a (21st century) tourer replica
context_page_description: The Bentley 8 Litre was a large inline-6 cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the company's financial collapse and forced sale to Rolls-Royce Limited.
  A Bentley 4 Litre featuring a 4-Litre Inline-6 engine in a shortened chassis was announced on 15 May 1931.
  Introduced a year into the Great Depression. the 8-litre and it’s smaller 4-litre sibling were unable to turn the company's finances around. Less than nine months after the 8-litre's introduction, Bentley Motors was placed into receivership.
context_section_description: 78 Bentley 8 Litre cars were known to survive as at mid-2011. Many of these have had their original limousine or saloon bodies replaced by new replica tourer bodies. As a result, Bentley 8 Litres with original bodies are much sought after by collectors.
  The only Bentley 8 Litre with an American body, which was also the first Bentley with an all-metal body, was built by the W.M. Murphy Company of Pasadena for a customer in Santa Barbara, California.
  McKenzie's Garages, a specialist in Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars, modified four 8 Litres in the 1930s: YM5050, with shortened chassis, lowered radiator and bulkhead, and triple SU carburettors, YR5083, with a higher-ratio rear axle and triple SU carburettors, YX5117, with a lowered and shortened chassis and triple SU carburettors, and YX5121, with a shortened and lowered chassis and a tuned engine.
caption: Saloon rebodied with a replica tourer body
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