Bentley Eight
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| Manufacturer | Bentley |
| Parent company | Vickers plc |
| Production | 1984–1992 1736 produced |
| Successor | Bentley Brooklands |
| Class | Full-size luxury car |
| Body style(s) | 4-door sedan |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Engine(s) | 6.75 L Rolls-Royce V8 |
| Transmission(s) | 4-sp 4L80-E automatic |
| Wheelbase | 3061 mm (121 in) |
| Related | Bentley Mulsanne Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit |
The Eight was Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992. Distinguished mainly by a wire-mesh grille radiator instead of vertical slats, the Eight also had somewhat less equipment than the similar Mulsanne on which it was based. A firmer suspension offered slight handling improvements. The Eight was so popular that sales expanded from the original UK market to Europe and the United States.
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| Saloon | 6½/Six | 4L/3½ 4¼L/V | VI | R | S1/S2/S3 | T1 | T2 | Mulsanne | CFS | |||||||||||||
| Premium | 8 L | Camargue | Arnage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coupé | Corniche | Continental & C Turbo | Continental R/S/T | C GT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Convertible | Azure | C GTC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the VWAG group • Bentley Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mulsanne | Mulsanne S | Brooklands | Arnage | Arnage RL/R | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mulsanne Turbo | Turbo R | Turbo RT | Arnage Red Label | Arnage T | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coupé | Continental R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Convertible | Corniche | Continental | Azure | |||||||||||||||||||||
| colour code: | Silver Shadow-based | Mulsanne-based | Arnage-based | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Founder: Walter Owen Bentley • Bentley Motors corporate website • A marque of the VWAG group • Bentley Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
