In 2003, Bentley won its first overall victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1930. Piloting a Bentley Speed 8 prototype, drivers Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Guy Smith took the win ...

These aren’t the only real Speed 8 components, either, as Buckley claims to have somehow also sourced unused dampers, suspension wishbones, and original vinyls from Bentley’s Le Mans program.

Everybody thought Bentley’s pair of Speed 8 coupes would have the legs of the opposition in the Le Mans 24 Hours—their qualifying domination told us that.

Driving a Le Mans winning LMP1 prototype car isn’t something many road test editors can brag about. Autocar road test editor Steve Sutcliffe somehow convinced the people at Bentley to let him ...

The 2003 Le Mans-winning Bentley Speed 8 will take to the track at Silverstone with a spectacular demonstration of its power at the 60th Bentley Drivers Club race weekend in August, running on-track ...

After 2002—an off-year when Bentley brought only one mildly revised Speed 8 to Le Mans to work on the then-new 4.0-liter motor, finishing fourth—Audi is pulling out all the stops.

Bentley win the 2003 Le Mans 24 hour race after ... Guy Smith drove his number 7 Bentley Speed 8 over ... My thanks go to whole Bentley team." Guy Smith: "Winning Le Mans was obviously a huge ...

The Bentley Speed 8 won Le Mans in 2003 with the help of a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that makes just 592 hp (441 kW/600 PS). Read: Bentley’s Continental Le Mans Collection Comes With Part Of A ...

But it's far from being a done deal. Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the first 24 Hours of Le Mans, and for the occasion, Bentley brought its gorgeous 2003 winner, the Speed 8, out of ...

Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans car We don't usually feature racing cars on these pages, but this was an opportunity too good to miss. Bentley gave us the chance to have a few laps behind the wheel of a ...

The finishing touch is the Beluga-painted black matrix grille with a white #7 as a nod to the 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours-winning Bentley Speed 8. Developed from the EXP Speed 8, the Speed 8 clocked 1 ...

Yes, the Continental GT Speed Le Mans Edition is powered by a massive 6.0-liter twin-turbo W12 engine with 660 hp and 663 lb-ft (900 Nm) of torque, all sent through an eight-speed double-clutch ...