Co. who mainly built them in fastback coupe form. Other coachwork came from Park Ward (London) who built six, later including a drophead coupe version. Franay (Paris) built five, Graber (Wichtrach, Switzerland) built three, one of them later altered by Köng (Basel, Switzerland), and Pininfarina made one. James Young (London) built in 1954 a Sports Saloon for the owner of the company, James Barclay. After July 1954, the model was fitted with an engine with a larger bore of 94.62 mm (3.7 in), giving a total displacement of 4.9 L (4887 cc/298 in³). The rarity of the R Type Continental has made the car valuable to car collectors. In 2015 a 1952 R Type Continental, in unrestored condition, sold for over $1 million USD. Production numbers R Type: 2323 (295 with coachbuilt bodies) R Type Continental: 208 (including the prototype) In popular culture Skulduggery Pleasant, of the series of novels by Derek Landy, drives a 1954 Bentley R-Type. Notes References R Cars introduced in 1952 Rear-wheel-drive vehicles