Racing Renewal

First built and raced by Sir Henry “Tim” Birkin, the Bentley “Blowers” were innovative kings of the track in the late 1920s. In December last, following 40,000 hours of work, Bentley completed the first new Blower in 90 years. Titled “Car Zero,” it is the prototype for the Blower Continuation Series, an exclusive run of just 12 client cars—all pre-sold at $2.5million each. Re-crafted from the design drawings and tooling jigs used for the original 1920s models, 1,846 individual parts had to be designed and hand-crafted to create Car Zero; 230 of those parts are actually assemblies—one of which being this magnificent 4/1/2 liter engine—taking the total part count to several thousand when fixings and interior trim parts are included. More than just numbers drink from the spirit of the iconic carmaker.