Bentley is Remaking their ICONIC 1930 Speed Six!

[@keithhayman8959]

Why say every thing once when you can say it at least 4 times .

[@jamesonpace726]

'Cuz if he only sais it once, vid be over in 5 minutes....

[@jettelliott5743]

Says*

[@PaulFellows3430]

And say it far too loudy and quickly too.

[@williamshetler4954]

A.I. will dothat...

[@zeppelinkiddy]

More like 40 times

[@h5mind373]

I've never watched such a long car commercial that included so few actual details about the car in question.

[@PaulFellows3430]

Agree 100%

[@arnaudkm5898]

and full of mistakes. See my comments.

[@collyoung6017]

Geez - the narration of this video is mind numbingly tedious but with the mute on is very interesting.

[@PaulFellows3430]

Couldn't agree more.

[@arnaudkm5898]

and full of mistakes. See my comments.

[@rupertdebeer]

As a professional copywriter of 40 plus years, I have to say that this is the most repetitive and tedious script I've ever suffered hearing. Lovely car, but if you want to do it justice, employ a professional scriptwriter!

[@ivankurtz1909]

I agree very Americano style! Perhaps Bentley see the main sales volume being American buyers? That said I would purchase one in a heart beat. ❤

[@UberLummox]

@@ivankurtz1909 AI/bot written. As an Americano, I can say that's even worse!

[@danielkeel9265]

More details please - disc brakes? ABS? The "technical specifications " were actually nonexistent.

[@andypaine7489]

Precisely!

[@joesmith1574]

You can probably find all you want to know on this here new fangled internet. Just sayin’.

[@ThuanNguyen-ne9jr]

wow more companies need to do this

[@PaulFellows3430]

More do. Aston Martin, Jaguar, to name but two.

[@davidbrennan5]

I love seeing projects like this.

[@russbetts1467]

I've wanted a 'Blown' Bentley ever since I had a ride in one when I was a child, back in 1955. I'm now 76 and although I will never be able to afford one, that doesn't stop me still wanting to own one, as I think it is the Most Iconic Car of all time. I envy all those lucky people who will become the owners of these modern replicas. Russ. UK

[@leelaaiyappa6277]

Great project👍💐

[@rollsroycemerlin4321]

How to say loads without actually saying anything.

[@arnaudkm5898]

With full of mistakes. See my comments.

[@russellmcdonald1964]

Synchro, disks hidden behind drum covers, anti lock brakes and radial ply tires would be good tweaks for this recreation of one of the fastest trucks in Europe ( Ettore's words not mine)!

[@raypurchase801]

A Tesla motor would be nice too.

[@MrDavidht]

Bentley back in the day when they where Bentley, ie pre 1931 takeover by RR, built their customers a chasis with an engine and radiator, a gear box, a transmission with 4 wheels and a steering mechanism plus steering wheel. It was up to the customer to take all that to their favourite coach builder who would put a body on it according to their wishes and pocket.

[@lg_believe333]

Why is he not an English narrator of this video interviewing the craftsmen at Bentley about bringing back the Speed 6. 🇬🇧

[@UberLummox]

This is AI generated bot material.

[@davidhussell8581]

Lovely photography but a disappointing narrative. It simply consists of a repetition of words that are vague superlatives, with zero technical details or facts.

[@TheFowler99]

I can never understand why jaguar have never done a retro version of their classic E type

[@cindys1819]

In the 1930's there was a super Bentley killer. I was called the Railton and it used a Big HUDSON engine! And with an American engine the car could do everything the Bentley could do at like 1/4th the price......

[@984francis]

Data?

[@31wdriley]

@@984francis Read the period Motor Sport road tests and other English period publications. Same chassis of the Hudson was used by George Brough, (he of the Brough Superiors).

[@bobmarshall3700]

But Americans and their crap cars have no refinement or breeding.

[@brianbarney1885]

That’s true, we don’t have Lucas components so our cars always start and run even in the rain 😊. Loved my 1972 Spitfire bought in 1974, but reality was I worked on it during the week so I could drive it on weekends. Great fun to drive though.

[@mrdanforth3744]

Bentley experts examined the Hudson 4.2 liter straight eight and found it shorter and lighter than the 3.5 Bentley six. The one feature the Bentley had over the Hudson was the 4 speed transmission vs the Hudson 3 speed. O yes the Hudson chassis cost 100 pounds, the Bentley cost 1000 pounds. No wonder Railton could offer their car at 700 pounds compared to 1500 for a Bentley. If you examined the 2 cars side by side the Bentley was obviously better built and more costly to make but in practical terms the Railton offered a lot of car for the money, similar to Jaguar vs Bentley a few years later.

[@grahambell4298]

Alvis have been doing something similar for years, offering a modern version of one of the 1930s models. Modern laws require seat belts and the engine now has fuel injection and a catalytic converter but is still essentially the 1930s engine. Sensible practicality also sees modern disc brakes on the front along with a modern 5 speed gearbox, but overall the car is still built to the original 1930s design.

[@Mr_Spegru]

I read the book 'Speed Six' by Bruce Carter in (ahem, 1970 something) when I was about 10. It made an indelible mark on me

[@oogieobanyon]

I read that wonderful 1956 book in 1963, at 11 or 12, couldn't put it down.

[@ship1826]

Mr. Bentley made a very fast truck.😂

[@duncanmacpherson2013]

Back in the dim and distant past when I was a lad there was a TV series called 'The Avengers' The hero, John Steed, played by Patrick Mcnee drove around in a pre-war vintage Bentley very similar to this. The female lead was played by a beautiful young actress called Joanna Lumley

[@thewatcher5271]

You Refer To The Car At 4:00 Minutes In & Say, "The Car's Design Was A Perfect Blend Of Functionality & Aesthetics With A Body That Was As Elegant As It Was Aerodynamic." Do You Even Know What Aerodynamic Means!?!

[@67bracer]

AI narration is embarrassing. Sad. Nice video though.

[@RoyCousins]

Yes, pure BS

[@UberLummox]

Pathetic even.

[@EdVanMeyer]

A mere tool room replica.

[@brentweber7673]

Have a drink every time he says meticulous and see how you feel at the end of the video!

[@oogieobanyon]

Not half as soused if you hoisted one every time the AI said iconic, let alone "home ash."

[@frglee]

I should imagine that Crowley's demonic 1933 Bentley from the recent 'Good Omens' tv series may have inspired some interest in this kind of car.

[@richardcox84]

The original Bentley Speed Six did not have a supercharger, the 4.5 litre Bentley four cylinder did have a version that was fitted with a blower (supercharger) although W.O. disapproved of the idea.

[@mickey1299]

Sir Henry Birkin .

[@tonyclough9844]

Mr Bentley disapproved of superchargers but it was those cars that won him the race. Mercedes put superchargers on their cars but not to be run all the time. However the Bentleys were pulling away from them so as all racing drivers know Mercedes kept there's running. Of course all the Benleys and Mercedes blew there engines and a 6.5 Bentley won the race, it wouldn't if the Mercedes drivers had followed instructions.

[@oogieobanyon]

The arbitragers this project aimed at could care less.

[@bryanparkhurst17]

Goes to show there is a market out there for people who want something more than just a bubble on wheels.

[@skyedog24]

What a great 💡 . That's ingenuity.❤

[@DLee1100s]

The cars pictured at 3:23, and 11:04 are MGs

[@leelaaiyappa6277]

Lovely 🌹

[@rickhobson3211]

Can we get an electric version? :D (Ducking) Honestly though, this will be the fanciest Volkswagen ever made!

[@jettelliott5743]

That’s amazing

[@arnaudkm5898]

The narration is historically imprecise and the illustrations used are confusing, particularly when the video refers to the mythical ‘Blue Train Race’. This is highly regrettable, especially for a medium that claims to be a specialist. Indeed the car many times pictured here is from a model not the one that raced. “Blue Train Race”: The bet: Wednesday 12th March 1930 - Captain Woolf Barnato, the most prominent of the “Bentley Boys”, with his pal Dale Bourne, could outrun Le Train Bleu between St Raphael and Calais in his Bentley, and in the process reach London before the train achieved its destination. Departure: Thursday 13th March around 17:54-18:00 from Cannes Arrival: Friday 14th March 1930 10:30 to dock at Boulogne and The Conservative Club - London - 15:20. Result: Bet won. This is a sleeker and more distinguished design, a Speed Six fastback “Sportsman Coupé” from Gurney Nutting that Woolf himself took delivery of two months later (May 21, 1930) after the famous race, and decided to dubb the “Blue Train Special”. For many years it was believed that the Bentley Speed Six in which Woolf Barnato beat the Blue Train was a two-door coupé bodied by the coachbuilders Gurney Nutting. This error was spread by the famous illustration of Gurney Nutting coupé painted by Terence Cuneo (January 1970) about this event (and the painter made other errors for example by suppressing the central extra light and added side steps on his painted model). And this erroneous illustration is used (see 2:54) as an illustration in this video, perpetuating this unfortunate error. The car that was historically involved the race was, in fact, was Barnato’s Speed Six H. J. Mulliner saloon. Bruce McCaw, current owner of the Gurney Nutting Speed Six, uncovered evidence that it may not the “Authentic One”. Some historians believe that Barnato, who owned a stable of Bentleys, raced the Blue Train in his Mulliner-bodied four-door Speed Six saloon, not the Gurney Nutting coupé. Over the years, components of the Mulliner saloon had gone separate ways. To put the controversy to bed, collector McCaw traced the chassis and engine of Barnato’s Mulliner-bodied Speed Six, and also located the bodywork on a different Bentley chassis. Bruce McCaw had to buy three different cars to put the original together again. He reunited the chassis with its original bodywork and showed the restored Mulliner Speed Six alongside his Gurney Nutting Speed Six at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August 2003. Thus Bruce and Solene McCaw reconstructed the Mulliner Speed Six, which is less “sexy” then the Gurney-Nutting Speed Six. Consequently, Bruce McCaw accepts that it was probably the Mulliner-bodied saloon that raced the Blue Train, although definitive proof may never be uncovered. But the Gurney Nutting Coupé is still widely known as the “Blue Train Coupé” (“Special” has to be added) , and it remains one of the most iconic car designs in Bentley history. In any case, this car continues to be a source of inspiration and an inexhaustible source of desire. By claiming this, many shows are fuelling the widespread confusion on the internet and especially on Instagram where people have made mainly two mistakes which are reproduced in this video: (1) By showing, instead of the Original and Genuine Unit belonging to McCaw, images certainly from ‘recreation’ (and we can also argue about the legitimacy of this term) made by the excellent (Vintage) workshop Racing Green Engineering Ltd ; An alternative version offered by another competitor called Bob Peterson Engineering Ltd (UK) shows many differences from the RGE model and even more from the original unit. Even more seriously, the video mixes images from the Original (see 1:20, 1:46,) with images from the ‘Recreations’ (see 1:33 (interior), 1:48, 1:54, 2:00, etc.) without any distinction whatsoever. (2) By misnaming the model Blue Train Special into Blue Train thus usurping all the historical value and prestige of this model. I confess the authentic Blue Train Special is sexier than the Blue Train Bentley. But it’s not historically correct. As Albert Camus wrote: “Mal nommer les choses, c’est ajouter au malheur du monde” (“To name things wrongly is to add to the misfortune of the world”). Anyway, thank you so much for making such a handsome video.

[@ladronsiman1471]

Wow .. The closest i got to a British classic ,was my MG TD that i restored .. i gave me so much pleasure

[@saedabdul1661]

Simply beautiful

[@GraySmith-xj8zh]

Price ?

[@984francis]

Why an American narrator?

[@johnnywarnerperfectroad66]

My thoughts exactly a Leslie Philips type need 😅👍

[@RoyCousins]

To give it that true snake oil salesman feel 😁

[@UberLummox]

I guess you guys don't get that this is AI/bot horsh!t.

[@MarkSherman-hv2pq]

Total mess of a video. Showing incorrect models, wrong engines, replica cars, even shows the Smallcars Bentley which is electric powered. Half the time it's showing Blower Bentleys or later copies that have IFS. Waste of time. Is this what AI has brought us to?

[@oogieobanyon]

Good question, Mark. But this rubbish is aimed at arbitragers, not genuine enthusiasts. Unfortunately, this is how we lose automotive, and all other history, the latter replaced by "historical fiction."

[@yeahitsme3799]

So you fed a magazine article into an AI video creator and generated almost 13 minutes of unwatchable drek?

[@marks8603]

Bet Jay Leno is first on the list to get one

[@keithad6485]

Is this project actually happening? I suspect no - lacks any photos of the modern iteration. Does the Bentley announcement say that they are thinking about it or actually gonna make a modern version?

[@bobschenkel7921]

Sign me up. I'll just take it out of "petty cash". LOL!!!

[@guypouteau]

Way cool car.....thank you

[@GraySmith-xj8zh]

what does it cost ?

[@hanschenk2708]

EXCELLENT

[@Bowl_of_roses]

'Fastest lorry ever' according to Enzo Ferrari!

[@drgeoffangel5422]

If they truely remake it as the original, it'll cost a million pounds, I suspect it will look similar to a degree, and still cost half a million to buy!

[@davebarron5939]

Fantastic, gonna be big bucks but SO HAPPY to see it, well done.

[@RobertGott-c3f]

This is a great video 😮😮 thank for your time

[@warrengalliano6103]

There are so many past beauties that would sell a bunch should they be recreated. 1930s V12 & V16 Cadillac, 1930s RRs, Pierce Arrows, Bugatti Royals and some newer classics like the 57 Chevy Nomads, 2002 Cad V16 (a real missed opportunity), the Hemi Monte-Verde, 427 Ford GTs and others.

[@andrewward1887]

Take a shot every time the computer says speed six, just wasted 12.46 minutes of my life watching this.

[@simonwatson4153]

Nothing is mentioned of a vulgar thing like the price of this vehicle.

[@georgeteodorescu-n6e]

April 1st was last month !

[@YTChiefCritic]

So now VW is trying its best to make their cars more genuine by wholesale copying of a REAL Bentley - anything to make a buck...and this Narrator just talks and talks an talks without really saying anything about the car at all.

[@TheSpitfire5]

You are absolutely right, I could not have put it better.

[@babylonbears808]

I can't listen to this man! Empty superlatives no information!

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

OK then if you think that an AI bot is a man.

[@amusingarts]

AI narration on KZbin is pretty bad, possibly as bad as their autotranslate, which hasn't really improved over the past 10years. My question is how many metal parts were replaced with plactic to improve the "reliability"?

[@tarabottogino]

Is the original Bentley Car Co, remaking this car or is it a small private manufacturer making it?

[@amusingarts]

VW owns Bentley

[@thehumancanary131]

Lovely ChatGBT script....NOT!!

[@DLee1100s]

Fascinating stuff - great video - pity about the narration.

[@morrisyarnell6083]

So with that intense commercial how about a cost?

[@jaredwoodward919]

If you have to ask the price then you probably cannot afford it. Wasn't that a saying in the past?

[@oogieobanyon]

@@jaredwoodward919 That rich twit wannabe gets old. Morris asked a good question.

[@63bplumb]

I would like someone that is actually beyond question a Bentley historian to answer a question that seems to have a vague accuracy. At 2:52 the car shown (which I understand the original no longer exists) is NOT the Blue Train car. McCaw in Seattle, WA owns the car that was at the National Rolls Royce and Bentley Meet at Skamania Lodge in 2007 that is claimed to be the "Blue Train. He also owns one of the replicas that is drawn at 2:52. So? Which is it? The McCaw sedan or the one that is pictured here at 2:52? Please someone that isn't just blowing hot air answer it definitively.

[@IVAN-bs5bq]

Has this video anything to do with Bentley speed six !

[@dieselfan7406]

Bet it has power steering...

[@peterwallis4288]

Unlike most cars, I think this would actually need it.

[@larrysorenson4789]

So looking at “endurance” why does the 3000 mile service cost $15,000? If I pay that much I want that SOB TO RUN FOR YEARS WITH MINIMAL SERVICE. What bs.

[@31wdriley]

The 6 1/2 was a town carriage for gentlemen. Most were cut down to make Le Mans replicas. In the period if you wanted to race there were Bugatti T35C, Alfa Monza, Merc SSK etc. For grand touring there was Lagonda, Talbot, Delage , Hispano Suiza etc. All supercars in the day.

[@JohnDavis-ed5sg]

Most of this is rubbish - the racing from Brooklands has hardly any Bentleys actually in it - Talbot, Alfa, ERA, all feature. And to say the magnificent Lemans Bentleys were game changers in design terms is rubbish, they were a combination of refined established practice and excellent workmanship, nor did car design take on a new direction in the subsequent years, the 1930s were pretty stagnant in development terms. Most of the pictures are of 4.5 litres, some supercharged, and even include a dire electric replica. The voice is grating and the script is terrible, to the point that I wonder if this is some kind of hoax.

[@philtucker1224]

Ha ha! Very nicely done but this is just a spoof ( false news) video! Nicely put together though 😂🤣

[@spikeyflo]

This could've been dealt with in 5 minutes. What advertising rubbish!

[@lestorhaslam]

WOW!

[@jonb3311]

Jeez, was that a loop?

[@babylonbears808]

Probably an AI

[@Guitar6ty]

Now build it with an electric motor.

[@Sandhoeflyerhome]

You are showing the 8 liter not the speed 6

[@woodsmn8047]

if an American driver were to order one of these could he get it with left hand driver position ...?

[@larrysorenson4789]

Toys for the uber rich. Never to be seen on the roads. Who cares.

[@GraySmith-xj8zh]

WOW

[@sheerluckholmes5468]

This is going to be the future of narration, all 'read' by AI (Artificial Idiots). I would say that even the scripting was done by AI.

[@gregorygilmore3190]

Steed where is Mrs peal

[@oogieobanyon]

Note to lame, wooden narration: Good engineering is enhanced by crisp editing.

[@davidgaine4697]

What a ridiculous vanity project. Over priced recreations for people with more money than sense.

[@peterwallis4288]

It's their money

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

This is complete, the talk is rubbish, it is an american voice, the same film over and over and needs thumbs down and blocking.

[@rogerpha1398]

Until you get into a car crash

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

WO Bentley built fine locomotives... It's not going to be quite as dangerous as the originals but it's still the size and wt of a truck.. so if it hits anything you can share their crumble zones. 😉 No one escapes life alive...

[@JonDingle]

Idiot! Why think and make such a negative comment? You must be a jealous, lefty lunatic on a mission to condemn everything you can never have.

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

@@JonDingle I love the old Bentley's.. particularly the Supercharged jobs.. They are huge though and very solid. The locomotive quip I believe came from Bugatti ... There's a chap who has an interesting collection and organises the Goodwood event, he was asked to take a rare Porsche Le Mans 24hr racer to the 24hr event, he didn't want to pay for a tow vehicle for the race car so put a tow bar on his 1930s Bentley supercharged and towed it down ...no problem. 😎 When you get on a vintage MCycle or in a vintage car or aircraft .. even a replica you need to realise the past is a different country and people thought differently. Airshow crash ... Call out the fire service and ambulances..remove the dead and injured, marshalls clear up and rope off the area .. then carry on or if not carry on the next day. Car or bike race ... the race carried on. The only equivalent today is the TT races... they do it because it's the last place you can ... everyone there knows the risk... like the originals did.

[@paulsehstedt6275]

A skilled editor should overlook your script to avoid all repetitions.

[@Joe-sn6ir]

an unskilled editor would point out to you that you should have used "look over" instead of "overlook". opposite meanings. O.o

[@paulsehstedt6275]

@@Joe-sn6ir Depends on your location

[@Smegacool]

If you have to ask...

[@stephenberry1205]

As Ferrari said - Fast Trucks.. Incredible machine Worst repetitive narration on any car video on You Tube Quite uninspiring attempts to inspire awe...

[@DaveGmn]

Please wash over us with unending streams of PR weasel words -- don't go near any metrics, manufacturing methods, or technical specifics...

[@MilosBrajkovic-rc3ik]

Mockery...

[@PaulFellows3430]

Lovely footage; lousy narration.

[@IVAN-bs5bq]

I'm bored now , think i will go and watch some paint dry !!!

[@garyfrancis6193]

Enough fluff talk with no specifics.

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

Did Kamala Harris write the script?

[@shashimenon1000]

Lot of guff, no content...

[@paulreed3716]

Its an American thing.Its an American thing.

[@kennethmcdonald4807]

Too many adjectives in the tedious AI narration. Please show more respect for the intelligence of your audience.

[@TheTwangKings]

With what? Plastic parts made in China? 😂😂😂

[@adrianhope4796]

REPETETIVE AND GIVEN ITS LENGTH COMPLETELY UNINFORMATIVE.

[@mikethespike7579]

Bla, bla, bla, bla, bla.... Lots of repetitive hot air, no details and a few photos... Dude's, you are the epitome of boring.

[@6538970]

How many times can you say the same thing over and over and over and over and over……..

[@edwardmills6456]

Ai narration ! You got to get a human to write a script not an cheap AI

[@NoosaHeads]

Garrulous, loquacious, and astonishingly repetitive. This has been made with a robot voice that sounds ******* awful.