Bentleys Back

England's swiftest, swankest sports car used to be the Bentley, defunct since 1931. This year Rolls-Royce Ltd. have revived the Bentley as a name with even greater prestige among sportsmen than their own. Last week the King-Emperor's youngest son, Prince George, opened London's 27th annual Motor Show, lingered longest at the Bentley booth. Soon Rolls-Royce announced that their whole 1934 output of Bentleys had been sold "largely to private owners." despite the fact that the cheapest Bentley is priced at -L-1,380 ($6,230).

Prices of popular British cars average -L-10 ($45) higher at the Show this year than last, with roomier bodies and self-changing gears as the excuse for upping. Still supreme was the stately Daimler, picked as the King-Emperor's personal equipage by Edward VII and used exclusively by George V. Ready for the road a Daimler "Double-Six" weighs over three tons, costs over $8,500, represents the supreme peacetime achievement of its militant makers the B. S. A. (Birmingham Small Arms) munitions trust (Lee-Enfield rifles) who also make popular priced cars called simply ''B. S. A.'s." Smartest of medium-priced British sports cars today is the "M. G.," a rip-roaring little red bug made by sedate Morris Garages Ltd.

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