You probably heard the story about a vintage Bentley beating a speeding train in the 1930s. It went down in automotive folklore as the Bentley Blue Train story. The vehicle in question was a ...

Back in 1930, Bentley's Chairman Captain Woolf Barnato accepted a rather odd wager in a "like a sir" manner. Alright, it was just a crazy idea that involved racing a train, but that's how history is ...

November 1, 2005 It reads like a story from a “Boys Own Annual.” In 1930, devilishly handsome and independently wealthy playboy and international motor racer Woolf Barnato accepted a bet whilst ...

The famous Speed Six Bentley known as the Blue Train will make a stop in Paris this week for the Retromobile Exhibition. The 6.5-liter 1930 Bentley will celebrate the start of its 85 th anniversary at ...

Driving along Northern California’s coast in the rakish Bentley Speed Six Sportsman coupé, I can almost imagine that I’m Woolf Barnato, one of the original Bentley Boys—a loose association of wealthy ...