Bentley Eight

Infobox Automobile


name = Bentley Eight
manufacturer = Bentley
parent_company = Vickers plc
production = 1984–1992
1736 produced
successor = Bentley Brooklands
class = Full-size luxury car
body_style = 4-door sedan
layout = FR layout
related = Bentley Mulsanne
Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit
engine = 6.75 L Rolls-Royce V8
transmission = 4-sp "4L80-E" automatic
wheelbase = 3061 mm (121 in)

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.