Thrupp and Maberly

Charles Thrupp Ltd. was established as a wagon maker in 1760 and merged with Maberly 1858 to form Thrupp & Maberly Ltd. in London.  1896 brought it into the automobile world by building an electric so-called "Victoria Carriage" to Spain's Queen Mary.

 Later, many bodies came to be built at Rolls Royce, as the Silver Ghost limousine 1912th 

 One of the more unusual creations of that time, Thames Iron Works built this stagecoach-like thing, a "Stagecoach" in 1913, and Thrupp & Maberly was the body maker.

 This special Bentley was built for the Nawab of Bhopal for the purpose of tiger hunting, the Indian upper class main hobby. A Bentley 6 � liter was completed with an open body, ammunition boxes, gun racks and generators.  A veritable "Killing Machine" from 1926.

 Rolls Royce 20HP Landaulet limousine from the same year.

Here's a great Mercedes-Benz 710SS with roadster bodywork. 

 Sporty Bentley 4 liter tourer built in 1929

In 1929 they undertook a different mission, they built the body of Henry Seagraves formidable "Golden Arrow" with a Napier-Lion W-12 aircraft engine, 23 liters and nearly 1,000 horses. Seagraves set the world record at Daytona Beach March 11, 1929.The car has not been run since.

 Bentley's big 8 liter model with Thrupp-body 1930.

Rolls Royce exceeded 20HP as "lo-Rolls" this one from Thrupp & Maberly 1930.  

And a coupe in the same chassis model 1930 

 Of the 100 built Bentley 8 litre cars with Thrupp & Maberly bodywork, this sporty low-profile limousine from 1931.

 And a Bentley 4 liter 1932

 Rolls Royce Phantom II roadster body 1932 

Phantom II Tourer 1933

Bentley convertible with Sedanca-body-1934 

The streamlining was in vogue well into the 30s and Thrupp & Maberly built this Bentley coupe Airline

And this 3.5 liter Airline saloon 1934 

 Sweeping lines but more restrained designs seen on this Bentley saloon of the same year.

 1934 was a tremendously productive year for Thrupp & Maberly, this Rolls Royce Phantom II is addressed as the "Star of India" for Sahib of Rajkotm, a very luxurious car which was often used for tiger hunting in colonial India 

 Continental saloon in Rolls Royce Phantom II chassis

  Bentley 3.5 liter Airline Coupe from 1935

 Rolls Royce Phantom III with stylish convertible in 1937 by Thrupp & Maberly

 Lagonda was tabling large manufacturers, and their V12 Rapide was England's fastest car at the time, nearly 200 V12 Lagonda's were built and one got the body from Thrupp & Maberly. 

 Sunbeam-Talbot 4 litre saloon built by Thrupp & Maberly 1938

Sunbeam Talbot Alpine 1948-55

 Singer Gazelle, that of 1959

 Hillman Super Minx as Cabrioet 1963

 Hillman Minx, 1952

 Then Humber was a heavily built wagon, it was their chassis that was used for these four-wheel drive vehicles for the British War Office, Thrupp & Maberly designed the body.

 Automobile Club is about as old as the car itself. Here we see a brave bunch of belonging to the Los Angeles Automobile Club, which is out on its first outing. The place is Hollywood on the road now known as Sunset Boulevard in 1904.

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Bentley Continental Supersports sets world speed record on ice

The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible breaks the world speed record on ice. And we never even knew there was a world speed record on ice.

The Continental Supersports convertible with all-wheel-drive, 6-liter, 12-cylinder Bentley was Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen. The world's fastest all-wheel-drive soft-top convertible allowed Kankkunen to shatter his own 2007 world ice speed record of 321.6kph (199.83mph), which he set in a Continental GT at the same location.

Last time in 2007, he missed the 200 mph mark, and achieved a speed record of 199.83 mph in the Continental GT at the same location.

A limited edition of this fastfivecars extreme Bentley will make its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Production will be limited to just 100 examples!





Press Release

BENTLEY SUPERSPORTS SHATTERS WORLD SPEED RECORD ON SHEET ICE

Rally champion, Juha Kankkunen achieves 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) in extreme Bentley convertible

(Oulu, Finland. 15 February 2011) Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen drove a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible on the hazardous frozen waters of the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Finland, at a breathtaking 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) to set a new world speed record on ice.

Kankkunen was in irresistible form with his all-wheel drive, 6-litre, 12-cylinder Continental Supersports convertible which, in line with the Company's CO2 strategy, ran on biofuel. The world's fastest soft top enabled Juha to shatter his own 2007 world ice speed record of 199.83 mph (321.6 km/h) set in the Continental GT at the same location.

With the help of his own experienced team and Bentley engineers, Kankkunen overcame the challenges of temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees, sudden snow blizzards and potentially dangerous crosswinds on the 16.5km track on a 70cm-thick layer of sea ice. The record attempt was driven on a 1000m long measured distance with the speed certified by officials from the Finland Traffic Police. His new world record was based on the average of two runs in opposite directions with measured speeds ratified by a representative of The Guinness Book of Records.

"The last time, I narrowly missed the magical 200 mph mark in a Continental GT. When I heard about the Supersports I was determined to go record breaking again with the Bentley Boys. This time, with over 600bhp under the bonnet, a Quickshift transmission and the security of the all-wheel drive system, the Supersports convertible was the perfect car to go for the record. " Kankkunen said.

"200mph came up after 5km on sheet ice. Then it was just a question of getting everything right in the timing zone and hoping the snow kept away. There's nothing to beat driving a Bentley at these speeds; the conditions may be perilous but the car responds so well to the slightest adjustment which gives you the confidence to push even harder."

As with the previous record-breaking drive in the Continental GT the Anglo-Finnish team used a car with minimum modification. A fully-welded, heavy-duty safety roll-cage, along with Pirelli winter tyres (Pirelli SottoZero II 275/40R20) and a rear bumper-mounted parachute provided reassurance in case of an emergency. Front and rear spoilers provided optimum high speed stability on the treacherous surface.

To highlight Bentley's environmental commitment to sustainable fuel sources, Kankkunen's Supersports Convertible was fuelled with E85 bioethanol rather than petrol (gasoline). All models in the Continental range are capable of running on petrol (gasoline), E85 bioethanol or any combination of the two.

Wolfgang D�rheimer, Bentley's new Chairman and Chief Executive, said:

"The ice speed record is an amazing feat by Juha Kankkunen, whose skill and courage in extreme conditions truly make him one of the modern-day Bentley Boys. We will be celebrating this achievement with a very special �extreme' Bentley, which will be the fastfivecars powerful model ever to bear the famed Winged B emblem."

A limited edition of just 100 examples of this fastfivecars extreme Bentley will be made and the car will make its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 1st March.

Bentley Continental Supersports sets world speed record on ice

The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible breaks the world speed record on ice. And we never even knew there was a world speed record on ice.

The Continental Supersports convertible with all-wheel-drive, 6-liter, 12-cylinder Bentley was Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen. The world's fastest all-wheel-drive soft-top convertible allowed Kankkunen to shatter his own 2007 world ice speed record of 321.6kph (199.83mph), which he set in a Continental GT at the same location.

Last time in 2007, he missed the 200 mph mark, and achieved a speed record of 199.83 mph in the Continental GT at the same location.

A limited edition of this fastfivecars extreme Bentley will make its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Production will be limited to just 100 examples!





Press Release

BENTLEY SUPERSPORTS SHATTERS WORLD SPEED RECORD ON SHEET ICE

Rally champion, Juha Kankkunen achieves 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) in extreme Bentley convertible

(Oulu, Finland. 15 February 2011) Finland's four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen drove a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible on the hazardous frozen waters of the Baltic Sea, off the coast of Finland, at a breathtaking 205.48 mph (330.695 km/h) to set a new world speed record on ice.

Kankkunen was in irresistible form with his all-wheel drive, 6-litre, 12-cylinder Continental Supersports convertible which, in line with the Company's CO2 strategy, ran on biofuel. The world's fastest soft top enabled Juha to shatter his own 2007 world ice speed record of 199.83 mph (321.6 km/h) set in the Continental GT at the same location.

With the help of his own experienced team and Bentley engineers, Kankkunen overcame the challenges of temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees, sudden snow blizzards and potentially dangerous crosswinds on the 16.5km track on a 70cm-thick layer of sea ice. The record attempt was driven on a 1000m long measured distance with the speed certified by officials from the Finland Traffic Police. His new world record was based on the average of two runs in opposite directions with measured speeds ratified by a representative of The Guinness Book of Records.

"The last time, I narrowly missed the magical 200 mph mark in a Continental GT. When I heard about the Supersports I was determined to go record breaking again with the Bentley Boys. This time, with over 600bhp under the bonnet, a Quickshift transmission and the security of the all-wheel drive system, the Supersports convertible was the perfect car to go for the record. " Kankkunen said.

"200mph came up after 5km on sheet ice. Then it was just a question of getting everything right in the timing zone and hoping the snow kept away. There's nothing to beat driving a Bentley at these speeds; the conditions may be perilous but the car responds so well to the slightest adjustment which gives you the confidence to push even harder."

As with the previous record-breaking drive in the Continental GT the Anglo-Finnish team used a car with minimum modification. A fully-welded, heavy-duty safety roll-cage, along with Pirelli winter tyres (Pirelli SottoZero II 275/40R20) and a rear bumper-mounted parachute provided reassurance in case of an emergency. Front and rear spoilers provided optimum high speed stability on the treacherous surface.

To highlight Bentley's environmental commitment to sustainable fuel sources, Kankkunen's Supersports Convertible was fuelled with E85 bioethanol rather than petrol (gasoline). All models in the Continental range are capable of running on petrol (gasoline), E85 bioethanol or any combination of the two.

Wolfgang D�rheimer, Bentley's new Chairman and Chief Executive, said:

"The ice speed record is an amazing feat by Juha Kankkunen, whose skill and courage in extreme conditions truly make him one of the modern-day Bentley Boys. We will be celebrating this achievement with a very special �extreme' Bentley, which will be the fastfivecars powerful model ever to bear the famed Winged B emblem."

A limited edition of just 100 examples of this fastfivecars extreme Bentley will be made and the car will make its global debut at the Geneva Motor Show on 1st March.