Bentley Continental

Bentley has used the Continental name on a number of automobiles since 1952

From 1952 to 1965 always for cars with more powerful engines than used in standard cars installed in lowered chassis provided to coachbuilders for distinctive and distinguished body shapes of specially lightened construction

Bentley Continentals were close-coupled two-door saloons intended for high speed touring and slightly less for comfort. They were named Continental (as with some Rolls-Royces before them) because at the time (until the 1960s) there were no high speed roads of any length on their home territory.

From 1965 and the introduction of the T series with its unitary construction Continental chassis were no longer made available to coachbuilders

• 1952 Bentley Mark VI Continental
• 1952–1955 Bentley R-type Continental
• 1955–1959 Bentley S1 Continental
• 1959–1962 Bentley S2 Continental
• 1962–1965 Bentley S3 Continental

post-coachbuilder cars

• 1984–1995 Bentley Continental
• 1991–2002 Bentley Continental R
• 1994–1995 Bentley Continental S
• 1996–2002 Bentley Continental T

post-Vickers cars

• 2003– Bentley Continental GT
• 2005– Bentley Continental Flying Spur
• 2006– GTC Bentley Continental GTC
• 2009– Bentley Continental Supersports

<br /><gallery caption="Continental models from 1952 to present day" widths="210px" heights="175px" perrow="3">Image:Bentley S1 Continental in New Zealand in the...
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