The largest British motor car produced at that time emerged from the Bentley premises in the form of the Bentley 8 Litre - priced at a cool £ 1,850 for the chassis only. It was substantially more expensive than the competing Rolls-Royce Phantom II. Unbeatable as regards smoothness and silence the engine was capable to push the car to  100 mph even with the heaviest of formal coachwork. The model achieved lasting fame for W.O. Bentley but didn't, regrettably, earn the profit needed to keep the Bentley company financially afloat. Sales figures were limited not at least due to the world economic crisis. 100 of these cars were produced.

Bentley 8 Litre, 1931, H.J. Mulliner Saloon