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Note for reference: car weight and power data is hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The main powertrain man at Bentley at the time of the Azure T was Brian Gush, apposite given the whooshy power delivery of the ancient but still unfeasibly impressive L-series 6.75-litre pushrod V8.
Earlier twin turbo L-series engines did have some problems with head gaskets and camshaft/tappet wear, but Bentley fixed that two years before the Azure T came out by fitting modified head studs, bolts and gaskets. They can still lose oil but it’s usually more seepage than actual lose-age, or loss as it is sometimes called.
The wheels were upgraded to 20-inchers for the T. The suspension and gearbox settings could be separately configured by the driver. In addition to the gen-two Azure’s steel stiffening members in the sills and running up into the A-pillars there was substantial cross bracing linking the front and rear subframes. These braces were made from carbon fibre to minimise weight and were very successful in reducing the wobbliness that marred the gen-one Azure experience.
There have been difficulties with the Azure’s hydraulic roof mechanism, which we believe started out as a Mercedes design for the R129. The hydraulics were given to failure, sometimes drenching the cabin with fluid. Solenoids could go bad too. Five-figure bills were generated by Bentley dealers trying to resuscitate the roof on out-of-warranty Azures.
A new hide-covered boot rail with a chrome strip along the top edge tidied up the boot area, whose space was designed to take two sets of golf clubs to the tip after another disastrous round. The actual capacity wasn’t that large at 310 litres, but if you could afford an Azure T you could probably also afford an all-silk wardrobe. As all powerfully built PH director types know, silk folds down nice and flat.
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