Bentley 3 Litre

The Bentley 3 Litre was the first car from Bentley, a chassis that the company developed from 1919 and made available to customers' coachbuilders from 1921 to 1929. It was much larger than the 1368 cc Bugattis that dominated racing at the time, and its bigger engine and greater strength compensated for the extra weight of a car of about 1,800 kg. It won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, driven by John Duff and Frank Clement, and again in 1927 in Super Sports form with Sammy Davis and Dudley Benjafield. Ettore Bugatti called it the fastest lorry in the world, which was taken as a compliment. It came in three main variants, the Blue Label, the Red Label Speed models and the rare Green Label 100 mph cars; the first two carried a five-year warranty and the highly tuned Green Label only twelve months.