Bentley S1

The Bentley S1, first sold simply as the Bentley S, was a luxury car made by Bentley Motors Limited from 1955 until 1959. It followed the post-war redesign of the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and, like that car, was its maker's last standard production model with an independent chassis. Announced at the end of April 1955, the standard steel saloon replaced the R type saloon and brought a longer wheelbase, softer suspension, lighter steering, improved braking, a larger 4887 cc engine and a four-speed automatic gearbox as standard. In late 1959 the S-series received the Rolls-Royce and Bentley L Series V8 engine and became the S2.