Bentley Corniche Fixed Head Road Test - The Forgotten Luxury Coupe!
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- Welcome to our latest road test and review video, where we take an in-depth look at the luxurious and iconic Bentley Corniche Fixed Head Coupe. This classic masterpiece combines timeless elegance with top-tier performance, making it a true symbol of automotive excellence. Whether you're a Bentley enthusiast, a classic car aficionado, or just love luxury vehicles, this road test review is sure to captivate and inform. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more automotive reviews and road tests!
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Chapters:
Intro: 00:00
First Impressions: 00:38
History and Background: 01:07
Upgrades over Shadow: 02:25
Driving Experience: 03:32
Rolls-Royce Corniche vs Bentley Corniche: 06:00
Owner's Interview: 08:19
Verdicts and Outro: 09:15 - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This is what Rolls Royce and Bentley , as made in Crewe, were about. Sheer class.
Beautiful colour combination, fabulous condition. 👍
It really is!
Very smart and lovely to see being driven and enjoyed.
These are so beautiful & stunning classic works of art, words are impossible to describe them, on my bucket list.
How lovely, true motoring at its best! Wonderful with understated elegance!
Stunning motor
😊 Gorgeous classic Rolls_Royce - Bentley. Eat your heart ♥ out B.M.W and Volkswagen ! ⚠..........
Without BMW and VW neither RR or Bentley would exist today.
your "Top Gear" landsmen claim that only when BMW fixed the RR's mechanicals did it really become the "Best Car in the World".
Now that is proper. No VW stuff there! The Mulliner Park Ward versions like this were a masterful rework of the slightly odd looking James Young 2 door Shadow. The MPW Corniche and Camargue are my two ultimate Rolls Royces. Nice review.
As a very young man my partner saw a fixed head two door Shadow ; he couldn’t believe a car could cost that much . Many years late he was able to buy a Bentley Continental R . Twenty plus years later it’s still with us . And anyone who thinks the coach built cars are the same as the regular cars is mistaken in my opinion
That’s utterly gorgeous! Must admit, I’d have a Bentley over an RR any day. Ironically one of my favourite Corgi models was an RR Corniche!
This would be the daily driver option in my dream 3 car garage.
I'd have a Lancia Flaminia PF coupe taking up this position, but I completely understand your sentiment.
3 car garage is a good idea, I've got a friend with 8 cars, doesn't use any one of them enough.
Parked between an X5 and a Q7 they do look small. That's progress.
Thanks Keith 😊
Thanks for a truly memorable review. I am no car expert and don't own a car. But I know excellence when I see it. I adore this car ♥.
I would happily waft around like Lord Snooty in that, proper motor car.
Absolutely stunning 😊 i used to own a silver shadow and a silver spirit. On the look out for another one in the next year or so 😊
How lovely! I have a '76 Shadow, therefore wonder what the Corniche must be like in comparison to drive. I have always assumed better again. Judging by this great driving video they must be. I'd love to know if other owners who have experienced both can comment? SSII naturally is a different experience again, I refer to the 1st series cars.
Beautiful car
Noticed the dials have the Bentley logo not RR as is usual - was that part of the restoration. RR did try to come up with their own self-levelling suspension, I understand they spent a small fortune but could not better that from Citroen so licensed the technology.
This is a Bentley.
I'd be tempted to put a Turbo R engine and gearbox in one :P
I prefer the shadow as doors are shorter and thus more practical to park. Also the finishings of the front windows on the inner side in the corniche are ugly because of the difference on 1 cm in level on both sides of the glass.
The 2 door coach built car is more elegant, better constructed with greater attention to detail as you would expect for the considerable additional cost.
I'm always amused by how small and light Shadow front doors are, but it does make them easier to get in and out of.
Lovely looking motor and definitely a cut above the usual Shadda
They were a lot more expensive too.
Hydraulic suspension?
Hydro-pneumatic surely?
Is that true about the suspension? I always thought these early corniches were Pre-Citroen and ran on coils. And by always thought I of course meant googled a hunch.
The silver shadow platform always incorporated modified Citroen hydraulic suspension
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all Shadow-Corniche-Spirit, well, Rolls-Royces from 60s to 1998 or so have coil spring suspension, but the hydraulics are there to assist the shocks, so not completely like a Citroen DS, but more of an hybrid.
@@alexandrecouture2462that is completely correct.👍
So what kind of mpg would you be looking at as you waft at three digit speeds to your villa in the south of France?
What is 'mpg'?
8-10 if you're lucky.
Beautiful exterior design, great restoration. Not much of a driver's car though, despite the 'personal coupe' styling. Not only because of the (barely) adequate HP, but more because of the poor handling.
Father had a Wraith with coachwork by Hooper back in the day. Parents P/X a Renault 4 in against it.
Could you plz explain the Wraith to me ? What was the difference between the SS and the Wraith? All i know is that princess margaret had one. Many thanks
@@stephanfourie6879 My father's was I think about a 1952 Wraith. almost exactly the same as one that appeared in one of the more recent James Bond films. the one where JB and female side kick is picked up in a desert and driven to a base.
@@fasthracing thanx for replying,i really appreciate. what i think is that the wraith of margaret was basically a long wheel base of the ahadow
@@stephanfourie6879 RR reused the name Wraith it would appear.
The 75 is the one
The nicest car is always the one. I have a 75 Bentley T.
@@jjefferyworboys8138 I also have a 75 lwb that model from mid 74 untill 77
But in the corniche the best one is the 75 because has the round rear arches and nice dash
Pre 75 doesn't have the round rear arches
Post 75 has the series 2 type dashboard
So in my opinion the 75 corniche is the best ones nicest rear arches and dash
Look at Garry mavers classic obsession his is a 75
You want a rare car ...get a Bentley Fixed head Mineral oil car from 80/81
Yep, but you'll get a Solex carb that won't perform well and a digital clock on the dash.
@@brianw289 17 built in total.....No Solex cars imported to the USA ....
Really off putting thin and plastic steering wheel - looks so cheap and nasty. I can see why the guy can barely bring himself to touch it.
I’ll take the Cloud 3 over this Bentley! Sorry, just a personal
Preference. ✌️
There’s nothing more expensive
Than a cheap RR/Bentley!🤣😂