Pioneering new engine technologies has always been an integral part of Bentley’s DNA. The second car ever made by the British marque, introduced a year after the end of World War I, featured a monoblock four-cylinder engine with four valves per cylinder, twin spark plugs, and twin magnetos. It also featured aluminum pistons, an innovation that the company’s founder — W.O. Bentley — spearheaded before the world descended into chaos. Needless to say, the 3-liter four-cylinder found in the 1919
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