178 bhp, 4,566 cc, inlet-over-exhaust six-cylinder engine with twin SU carburettors, four-speed manual transmission, independent wishbone front suspension with coil springs and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and servo-assisted hydraulic front and mechanical rear brakes.

Wheelbase: 3,048 mm 178 bhp, 4,566 cc, inlet-over-exhaust six-cylinder engine with twin SU carburettors, four-speed manual transmission, independent wishbone front suspension with coil springs and anti-roll bar, live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and servo-assisted hydraulic front and mechanical rear brakes.

Wheelbase: 3,048 mm The R-Type Continental may have been born in Great Britain, but it was in France where it learned to stretch its legs.

Specifically, one looks to the “French Indianapolis”, the banked oval of L’autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry.

It was here, in September 1951, that a Continental prototype ventured.

It evolved from the standard R-Type and featured modif...