Bentley Special Order

A
Bentley
with the spirit of the great cars of the
1920's

After spending £250,000 on importing a Continental R coupe to Milan, Carlo Talamo spent as much again on modifications.

Carlo Talamo,a former Rolls-Royce and Bentley distributor in Italy decided to have he's Continental R modified byMulliner Park Ward, Rolls-Royce Motors' special vehicles operation, which operates in-house at Crewe, England.

But this isn't just an unusually decorated two door Bentley, painted and trimmed the way it's well-to-do owner wants. It is much more than that!

The result is a creation that the company refers to as "Project 116"

The centre console is trimmed in turned alloy and the roll cage
among the quilted leather interior gives a clue as to the P116's
intended function

No-nonsense mesh fills the radiator and inner lights.

Power and torque improvements are mainly intended to put
extra sparkle in performance between 50mph and 115mph.
Nonetheless, P116 reaches 60mph in 5.5 sec and can hit
160mph.

P116's interior is hardly stark, but lacks many of the
standard Continental's luxury features.
Weight is down 200kg as a consequence.

New cams, a bigger turbo, gas flowed heads and a ram air intake.
The engine was wholly developed by RR and Bentley engineerson
site.

Carlo Talamo

Carlo Talamo, financed his move into the business by making a
success of selling Harley Davidson Motorcycles.