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Bentley celebrates 90th anniversary of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race and 10th anniversary of Bentley’s victory in 2003 with six new Le Mans Limited Edition specifications that....
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race, Bentley has announced a limited edition for the Mulsanne and Continental; six specifications in honor of the six victorious Bentley Boys. Link
Bentley is celebrating two significant milestones by creating six new Mulsanne and Continental Le Mans limited edition models. The occasion is the 90th anniversary of the first legendary Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race in which Bentley had participated and the 10th anniversary of Bentley’s victory in 2003. Bentley has won the legendary Le Mans [...]Show More Summary
Six limited edition versions of the Bentley Continental GT and Mulsanne have been revealed, taking inspiration from the marque’s six Le Mans 24 Hour victories. Announced to mark the 90th year of the iconic French endurance race and Bentley’s participation in … Continue reading ? The post Bentley Continental, Mulsanne Le Mans limited editions revealed appeared first on CarAdvice.
Bentley is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two special edition model. The Crew-based company plans to build only 48 examples of each of the six ‘Le Mans Limited Edition’ across its Mulsanne and Continental model ranges. Show More Summary
Bentley is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two special edition model. Both the Mulsanne and Continental lines can now be fitted with six new specification packages to mark the event, each named after a famous racer from the automaker's past. Show More Summary
This year Bentley is celebrating two significant milestones, the 90th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 10th anniversary of the automaker’s last overall victory in the classic endurance race. As part of its celebrations, Bentley is introducing six new ‘Le Mans Limited Edition’ specifications available on its flagship...
Mike Hawthorne and Ivor Bueb won The 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955 driving a Jaguar D-Type. The following year, a few days before the race, a British broadcaster put cameras on Hawthorne's car, hung a mic from a plate on his race suit and had him narrate a lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe.
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Aston Martin, competing in the GTE category of the 2013 World Endurance Championship, has announced the driver lineup for the event’s highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As previously reported, Aston Martin will field no less than five cars in this year’s race at Le Mans, including one piloted by former Formula One driver Bruno Senna...
And so the managerial-merry-go-round begins to turn some more. Around 30 hours after German newspaper Bild announced that Jose Mourinho is set to return to Chelsea, and that the Special One’s first signing will be Radamel Falcao for €60m, French daily Le Parisien has swooped in to work out who’ll step into the breach at the Santiago [...]
Audi has rolled out a long-tail version of its R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans prototype, which it will be using for evaluation purposes in the second road of the 2013 World Endurance Championship, the Spa 6 Hours race in Belgium. The brand with the four rings will be campaigning three of its R18 prototypes at Spa, the long-tail version seen here as...
Photos courtesy Coys. The Austin-Healey Sprite has a well-deserved reputation as a successful club and vintage racer, but for several years they campaigned among the world’s elite on no less a stage than the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and this weekend one of those purpose-built racers will cross the block in England. With custom [...]
1982: the Porsche 956 takes its first win at Le Mans. Images courtesy of Porsche Cars North America. No manufacturer has won the storied 24 Hours of Le Mans as many times as Porsche. Even after discounting class wins and focusing only on overall wins, the Stuttgart-based automaker has taken the checkered flag there a [...]
Porsche will be looking to relive its former 24 Hours of Le Mans glory next year, with the automaker from Stuttgart set to make a return to the premier LMP1 category. Porsche will race at Le Mans this year in the GTE Class using its 911 RSR, but its full assault doesn’t start until next year. Today, the first two drivers for Porsche's LMP1...
Porsche will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP1 prototype category next year, the first time it rejoins the top tier of the race since its 1998 win with the 911 GT1-98. Of course, Porsche 911s have been found in the GT division in the interim, but the return to the LMP1 category means the company will be taking on its VW Group mate Audi in a...
Porsche has given us another look back at its successes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This time it's 1971, the year that its 917 set records that haven't all been eclipsed. It's 45-kilogram magnesium tube frame was the lightest, Jackie...Show More Summary
With its back-to-back wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans over the past two years, Audi’s R18 prototype race car could be mistaken for being unassailable in the classic endurance race. Audi isn’t thinking this way, as the automaker’s motorsport division, Audi Sport, has worked overtime to enhance the race car even further for the...
This year is a very important one for Porsche and its 911. Not only is the 911 celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2013, but the iconic sports car will also be competing under a works team in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this June, heralding Porsche’s official return to the prestigious race since its last assault back in 1998. Making its launch...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans. 1985. Can you identify all of the cars and teams? Read more...