The four-seat 100-mph fastback
The R-Type Continental enabled sustained 100 mph travel for four. Its aluminium H.J. Mulliner fastback, high gearing and tuned six set the formula. The 193 Mulliner cars vary by engine and gearbox; 15 others have rarer coachwork.
Market value · road
$586K–$904K
Typical $692K · 13 sales · +28% vs ’19–’21
Market value · road
$586K–$904K
Typical $692K · 13 sales · +28% vs ’19–’21
Market & Price
A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.
Records: Published auction record for the model — $2,975,000 · Gooding & Company, Amelia Island · 2022; 33 documented road sales on file · 2007–2025. estimate band $586K–$904K · good road cars.
Compound annual growth
| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Y | -30.7% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | -1.0% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | -9.4% | +13.3% | +11.8% |
*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends
Deepest drawdown · model window
Forecast ladder · model quantiles
| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| +6M | $573K | $695K | $843K |
| +12M | $534K | $698K | $911K |
| +24M | $483K | $704K | $1.0M |
Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice
33 of 33 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record
Floor
$586K
Typical
$692K
Ceiling
$904K
Estimate band for good road cars. 13 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.
Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Indicative USD range across documented R-Type Continentals; singular provenance or rare coachwork may sit outside it.
Road record
$2,975,000
Published auction record for the model
Gooding & Company, Amelia Island · 2022
Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.
Published auction results include buyer's premium. No currency conversion has been applied.
Overview
Chief projects engineer Ivan Evernden used the pre-war Embiricos Bentley and Corniche as evidence that lower drag could deliver sustained speed without simply adding power. Chief stylist John Blatchley drew a low fastback around the R-Type chassis, and H.J. Mulliner translated it into lightweight aluminium coachwork.
The prototype, OLG 490, ran in 1951. Customer production began in May 1952 and the first delivery followed in June, despite resistance inside a company that also built Rolls-Royce limousines.
Early cars used the tuned 4.6-litre engine; later cars received 4.9 litres as customer options increased weight. When production ended in 1955, 208 cars had been completed.
Reference
The records
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HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Bentley R-Type Continental file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The value drivers
Two F40s can be indistinguishable in a photograph and a million apart at the hammer: the difference is never in the paint. Build the file below and watch the band move.
Indicative band · the base car
$586K–$904K
a good, honest road car — before its file is read
Spans are indicative, drawn from the documented sales cited beside each attribute. The calibrated multipliers — and how they compound for one specific chassis — are member instruments.
The variants
The register separates the R-Type Continental into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.
H.J. Mulliner Fastback012 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard
The cars
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
09 documented · public records
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Bentley R-Type Continental.
Chief projects engineer
Defined the high-speed four-seat brief and led the aerodynamic and mechanical development.
Chief stylist
Developed the low roofline, inclined radiator, rear haunches and fastback profile.
