28 APRIL 1939, Page 42

De-" Sported" Cars If, as seems possible, the latest example

of the Bentley is to set a new fashion in which we have been disgustedly compelled to know as " Sports " cars, that horrible word will fall into disuse, or at least mean something else. The Bentley is presented as a silent sports car with the behaviour of an ordinary car. Originally " Sports " described any model that went or was supposed to go faster than the standard one. To dress the part it was usually twice as noisy, and half as comfortable and far more difficult to keep in tune. It also cost more. Not every example fell so low, but generally speaking the description fits the majority of Sports cars until very recent times—especially in the matter of noise and shortage of seating.