Most people familiar with the marque’s history know about the Bentley Boys and how their enormous, overpowered British cars conquered Le Mans more than 90 years ago. Fewer are likely aware that there was also a contingent of “Bentley Girls” – Mary Petre Bruce, Dorothy Paget and Diana Barnato Walker – who also owned a chunk of Crewe’s performance heritage based on their design work and performance in speed trials generations ago.
Ir’s appropriate, therefore, that Bentley has chosen to mark International Women’s Day by introducing three new versions of its Bentayga wagon, each executed to mark each one of the Bentley Girls’ accomplishments. Each luxury car is uniquely finished to recall, respectively, the Mary Bruce’s 4½ Litre Bentley race car, Dorothy Paget’s supercharged Blower and Diana Barnato Walker’s Spitfire aircraft of World War II. Colors, trim and interior appointments help to set each Bentayga apart.
Jim Donnelly On Wheels 