1920s
4 articles
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The vintage Bentleys: 3 Litre to Blower, the cars of the Bentley Boys (1921–1931)The Cricklewood Bentleys won Le Mans five times in eight years, gave the world the Blower and the Speed Six, and bankrupted their maker building the 8 Litre masterpiece. A guide to the W.O. era, the Bentley Boys legend, buying realities of the marque's grandest era.
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Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost: the car that invented the best car in the world (1906–1925)The 40/50hp Silver Ghost earned Rolls-Royce its best-car-in-the-world title with silence, smoothness and a 14,371-mile trial without an involuntary stop, then served empires, armies and Lawrence of Arabia. A guide to the veteran flagship, the Springfield cars, and the buying realities.
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Austin Seven values: Chummy over Ruby, the Ulster and Swallow premiums, and a pre-war market that has halvedA 1920s Chummy tourer sells for more than double a 1930s Ruby saloon. Austin Seven prices from 533 recorded auction sales, what the Nippy, the Ulster, the Swallow and the specials make, and why the car that motorised Britain has lost half its value in real terms since 2018.
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British classic cars of the 1920sA guide to Britain's vintage years, from the Austin Seven that killed the cyclecar and the mass-produced Bullnose Morris to the Le Mans-winning Bentleys, the coachbuilt Rolls-Royces and the great vintage sports cars from Vauxhall, Alvis and Sunbeam.