Bentley S2 Continental | Vintage

Everything about the Bentley Continental S2 Flying Spur underlines its quiet sense of class. Fitted with exquisite leather seats and a dashboard made of burl wood, it's a vintage car that still measures up to many of its modern-day counterparts.And Bentley cars are still among the most reliable on the market, which is why so many of them are still on the roads after decades. The mechanics serving the 6.2-liter V8 engine are robust and rock-solid.
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[@grahamharvey6488]

This model is the most beautiful looking car ever made.

[@nielskjr5432]

One of the nicest Bentleys I've seen.

[@redstalder1348]

Now, that's a car! Splendid.

[@purelight821]

Good Lord in Heaven I LOVEEEEEE THIS CAR!!! Elegance & style in driving. Dreamy

[@tangatoto362]

What an absolutely splendid vehicle, visual perfection from any and every angle…..pity about the steering wheel being on the wrong side 😎

[@nielskjr5432]

No no no. It's perfect! 😊

[@promerops]

Some thoughts. I'm put in mind of two examples of vintage popular culture: 1. Rambling Sid Rumpold: "...in my Bentley Continental". 2. Jason King - the ultra suave novelist and adventurer/crime fighter, who drove a Flying Spur back in the 70s TV series. Let's bear in mind that (as far as I know) W O Bentley wasn't very keen to sell his company to Rolls Royce, preferring it to go to Napier. Undoubtedly, the S2 is a gorgeous car, but those in the know may have opted for a V8 (Chrysler Canada)-engined Bristol. Thanks for the video.

[@dwnews]

promerops, thank you for writing. Glad to hear someone else remembers Jason K. - ws

[@HiNRGboy]

There is no way on God's green earth that I would ever pass up an S2 for a Bristol.. hehe... I'm just saying like, the S2 might be the most beautiful car I've ever seen or at least top 5!

[@timlivelyatl]

Fuzzy effects, extreme close-ups, distorted images, and it seems like no clips more than 5 seconds....attempted style over substance. can't you just be still and let us look at the beautiful car?

[@Memovox]

@Robertjc . It is "art" ...

[@Treviscoe]

This is a lovely car.

[@miguelreyes7880]

It's beautiful 😍😎

[@geoffreystuttle8080]

Vintage British cars are like rare, endangered animals: I'm so glad they exist but I sure wouldn't want to be responsible for one.

[@georgealderson4424]

They are big beasts but being at the reins of 200 horses is a frightening thought!

[@marshmarshall4619]

This car is NOT vintage though - see above

[@jamesellsworth9673]

I like the S2 with the Mulliner body. The tail lights are nicely integrated. The 'muscular' rear panels are a 1950's icon from the USA.

[@vintagecarnews5899]

i love that car

[@harrycherns1037]

I want that music theme at 1:08. Catchy.

[@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen]

Now they're about €500.000 to P.O.A. 2 years after this was published.

[@StrangerHappened]

*The engine is "A LITTLE BIT outdated"* -- only by 70 years or something. :)

[@pedroperrelli5795]

Wonderfull

[@shawncurtis3686]

Went from reasonable to quarter million ponds in less than a minute.

[@alech9418]

The continental has gone up, but the plain S2 can still be found in the 20-30k range (at least here in America).

[@garypeatling7927]

Why have foreign person talking about our cars ? Magnificent beast

[@markcarey8426]

Volkwagen owns RR.

[@MDDeGrande1994]

@@markcarey8426 Not in the 50s

[@gerrymarko5893]

@@markcarey8426 No. Volkswagen owns Bentley, the owner of RR is BMW.

[@markcarey8426]

@@gerrymarko5893 Oh. OK. Been a while. Easy to forget who owns who.

[@istvangyurcsanszky7795]

Ez igen bravó

[@image108]

Class !!! It makes me laugh when the Americans compare these to Cadillacs !!!

[@redbluesome2829]

image108 - Laugh if you like, but you’d be blown away with how refined Cadillacs were in those days, incorporating not only luxury but sophisticated features for the time. The new for 1963 Cadillacs were known to be more quiet over the road than any Rolls-Royce of the period.

[@TheDrLivingstone]

interesting vid, but it considers the rear passengers does'nt exist or have no importance...

[@burnotto1663]

The rear seat is very nice and relaxing on a long juney I can tell You

[@TheDrLivingstone]

@@burnotto1663 i believe you, but the vid doesn't have a single word for it...

[@Caskchap]

Burl wood? Shouldnt that be Walnut Burr Veneer.

[@arburo1]

Burl is the American English version of the English word Bur, which can also be spelled Burr.

[@arburo1]

George Bernard Shaw said that the USA and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language, so the implication is clear, there is American English and English. Americans use different words for certain identical items and also use different construction for sentences.

[@learningchristian820]

No Bentley tended to use solid burr walnut or similar hardwoods.

[@arburo1]

If you knew anything about where wood comes from you would know that any burrs would yield small solid sections that have little strength. Burrs are sliced and veneered onto a solid substrate, in a decorative array. Solid burrs can never be used on their own.

[@Kyleinasailing]

Whitewall tyres? Not really the thing, you know. It'll be eating garlic next.

[@redbluesome2829]

Stephen Lediard - Wide whitewalls suit it quite well, looks a bit like a really nice taxi cab without them.

[@knut-hinrichqwalter2463]

Only the Springfield built Rollses had whitewall tyres too, a typical US american whim !

[@marshmarshall4619]

But this car, unquestionably a gorgeous classic is NOT - repeat NOT - vintage. Vintage cars were specifically built between the years 1919 (just after WW 1) and 1931, the year when the great world-wide economic depression really kicked in and many, many luxury brands went bust, including Bentley - Bentley was bought up by Rolls Royce as is well known, but the great cars designed and built by WO and his team no longer were - The great 8 litre was quickly killed off (only 100 were ever built) as it was a strong competitor and arguably more advanced than RR's Phantom II - So PLEASE do your research and get your epochs and terminology correct - After all you are supposed to be a specialist motoring channel !!

[@arburo1]

1919 to 1930 actually.

[@marshmarshall4619]

@@arburo1 According to Wikipedia, the vintage period goes from 1919 to 1930 - So you are right - Thanks

[@markcarey8426]

Nice car but I can't see why all luxury cars should also be grunty.

[@Visionery1]

They should hand this Bentley over to Jonathan Ward, he did an amazing job on the RR Silver Cloud: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opbKimqfg8l3jbc The Bentley's beautiful styling would benefit from some modern mechanicals.

[@paulripley2178]

Really silly commentary.