Wisdom of W.O.
Discussion
If anyone is looking for a good read, and hasn't read these, I can recommend An Illustrated History of ther Bentley Car, and The Cars in my Life, both by W O Bentley, assisted by Richard Hough.
He was clearly a fast and capable driver, as well as mechanically extremely perceptive.
One comment in TCIML, "A rear engined car is always unbalanced, no matter how well it is faked up, as in the Porsche." Written in 1960.
When Bentley was bought over by Rolls-Royce, he was given the job not of designing but of testing cars. The routes he took - in a 1933 3.5 litre Derby 'Rolls-Bentley' are interesting, and include trips over the Grimsel, Furka and Stelvio Passes, all without any overheating, clutch or steering lock issues. These roads must have been in fairly ropey condition in those days.
He was clearly a fast and capable driver, as well as mechanically extremely perceptive.
One comment in TCIML, "A rear engined car is always unbalanced, no matter how well it is faked up, as in the Porsche." Written in 1960.
When Bentley was bought over by Rolls-Royce, he was given the job not of designing but of testing cars. The routes he took - in a 1933 3.5 litre Derby 'Rolls-Bentley' are interesting, and include trips over the Grimsel, Furka and Stelvio Passes, all without any overheating, clutch or steering lock issues. These roads must have been in fairly ropey condition in those days.
cardigankid said:
One comment in TCIML, "A rear engined car is always unbalanced, no matter how well it is faked up, as in the Porsche." Written in 1960.
I know it's heresy on here to criticise any German cars, but I've always thought that Porsches can never be as good as they would be if they put the engine on the back seat instead of on the back bumper.I'm not saying they aren't good cars, just that they'd be even better if they were the other way round!
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