Bentley Speed 8

The Bentley Speed 8 is a Grand Touring Prototype race car designed by Bentley and developed from the 2001 Bentley EXP Speed 8, which marked the marque's return to racing after a gap of more than seven decades. Design, development and manufacture were done by Racing Technology Norfolk in the United Kingdom under chief designer Peter Elleray, with operations run as Team Bentley by Audi Sport UK. It shared technology with the Audi R8C, and began with the Audi 3.6 litre turbocharged V8, later enlarged to 4.0 litres and about 600 horsepower, before a 2003 redesign gave it the plain Speed 8 name. After third and fourth places at Le Mans in 2001 and 2002, a Speed 8 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2003 and the programme then ended.