The Little Automobile Firm is a small outfit within the UK that builds devoted reinterpretations of among the world’s most well-known automobiles. Previously, it has assembled small variations of the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa and even provides a mini model of James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5. However for its newest creation, the corporate has taken on one thing somewhat bigger with its reimagined Bentley Blower.
Known as the Blower Junior, the brand new mannequin is an 85 % duplicate of the unique Bentley Blower from the Twenties. To create it, The Little Automobile Firm (TLCC) labored carefully with Bentley to scan the unique workforce automobile to seize each element.
To stay as true to the unique as doable, the Blower Junior is constructed round a painted metal body and comes with scaled down leaf spring suspension and “period-correct” friction dampers at every nook. Nevertheless, it isn’t all previous tech, as TLCC has additionally fitted the automobile with Brembo disc brakes on the entrance and fashionable drum brakes on the rear to carry it to a protected cease.
Different fashionable prospers embody carbon fiber development of the rear bodywork, as a substitute of the standard ash wooden used on the unique, and even a USB charging port hidden within the sprint.
The ensuing automobile measures a formidable 12-feet lengthy, which is longer than a Chevrolet Spark, and 5 toes large, which is only a smidge skinnier than a Good ForTwo. In distinction, TLCC’s Bugatti Child recreation measures simply 9 toes lengthy and about three toes large.
In addition to being a lot greater than the corporate’s different fashions, the Blower Junior can be the primary automobile from TLCC to be licensed street authorized. With house for 2 and baggage room on the rear, because of this the Blower could possibly be used for a fast jaunt across the countryside, a run to the retailers or perhaps a fast commute to the workplace. Now, you don’t typically see individuals doing that within the unique Blower, that’s for positive.
If you’re going to begin commuting within the Blower Junior, you is perhaps happy to know that the 4.5-liter supercharged motor discovered within the unique is out. As a substitute, the Blower Junior is constructed round a 48V electrical powertrain with a 15 kW motor powering the wheels. The motor kicks out 20 hp, which TLCC says is sufficient to get the brand new mannequin as much as a high pace of 45 mph. Sadly, that pace shall be restricted to 25 mph within the U.S attributable to laws.
With its onboard battery, TLCC says the Blower Junior has a spread of as much as 65 miles and, when the time involves cost, the port could be discovered within the mock supercharger mounted to the entrance of the automobile. Very neat.
The corporate plans to construct 99 First Version examples of the Blower Junior, which shall be completed on this beautiful Blower Inexperienced shade. Every will characteristic “first version” badges on the hood, door sills and sprint, in addition to a “1 of 99” plaque.
The automobile makes its debut at Monterey Automobile Week and full-scale manufacturing of the restricted version mannequin is scheduled for the second quarter in 2024.
