Bentley authorised this 85 percent-scale reproduction of the 1929 Blower. Neighborhood Electric Vehicles have 20-horsepower electric motors and 25-mph peak speeds. The UK-based Little Car Company (LCC) will make it for six figures. Bentley ran a “continuation” of its 1920s “Blower.” Each cost $2.1 million, and only 12 were made. Before the program was announced, they were sold out. People who missed out on the Bentley Blower can now buy the Bentley Blower Junior, a smaller electric car. UK Little Automobile Company makes the Blower Junior, a new automobile. It debuted at Monterey Car Week. The Bugatti Baby II was created by the same manufacturer that made miniature, electric versions of the Aston Martin DB5, Ferrari Testarossa, Jaguar E-Type, and the gigantic Tamiya Wild One Max. However, the Blower Junior, more significant and legal to drive on both sides of the Atlantic, is the most ambitious historic automobile reinvention. An 85% scale replica of the actual automobile. It will be uncomfortable for extended trips. Europe will sell the Blower Junior as an “L7e quadricycle” except on high-speed roads. Its 20-hp electric engine in the back lets it reach 45 mph. The Junior will be named a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle in the US and can only go 25 mph. Most states won’t let Junior drive on roads over 35 mph. It is doubtful that many Americans will evaluate the Blower Junior’s 65-mile range using Europe’s WLTP method. Slow Blower Junior has a lovely design. Like the original car, LCC employed leather straps to secure the hand-formed louvres on the aluminium hood’s central hinge. We saw the prototype with unusual sunshine through these gaps because there is no engine up front, but LCC claims it is working on ways to use the area for bag storage—a very elegant frunk. The well-designed gasoline tank in the prototype’s back has storage. When not in use, it opens to expose a locked trunk. A socket in the “supercharger” in the front charges the 48-volt, 10.8-kWh battery pack under the floor. LCC aimed to match the new Bentley’s frame components, such as the elliptical springs and round friction dampers at each corner. Hydraulics control the front discs and back drums to improve brake safety. The Junior will have regular gas and stop pedals. The right brake was on the original automobile before standardisation. Two years ago, we drove the ‘Continuation’ Blower with the least current brakes.
