Just stand by it
Bentley has taken on a very special challenge. It will be quite a journey with a moving scale model of the famous Blower. That is certainly not an easy story for several reasons.
Bentley is once again under the spell of the ‘Blower’, the extra powerful version of the 4½ Litre, with which Bentley achieved great fame in racing almost a century ago. Not only has Bentley started building completely new examples, there is also a real driving scale model on the way that goes by the name Bentley Blower Jnr. A beautiful replica developed together with The Little Car Company, 85 percent of the original size. The biggest difference is not the size, but the drivetrain: it is fully electric.
Once you’ve squeezed into the Bentley Blower Jnr, you’re completely at the mercy of the elements behind the wheel of a 22 hp EV that can drive around 100 km on a full battery and reaches a top speed of 72 km/h. In short: it is especially fun to go on a short trip every now and then when the weather is nice. However, that is not what Bentley intends to do with it. Before the production version of the Bentley Blower Jnr comes onto the market, it undergoes a harsh journey.
Bentley says it will cover a total of around 8,000 km with the Blower Jnr in the coming months, spread across three different continents. The first ride is already over and it took place in Switzerland, under winter conditions. We are curious whether the tester then had to be freed from his awkward position with a hair dryer. Sometime in the new year, Bentley hopes to complete the testing and obtain official road approval for the Blower Jnr.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl