The 1929 Bentley Blower was a legendary car built to win races. It was built by a private individual, not Bentley, who exhausted his entire fortune creating it

The 1929 Bentley Blower was a legendary car built to win races. It was built by a private individual, not Bentley, who exhausted his entire fortune creating it and the car never won a single race. But he pushed the edge of what was possible in his time. A Bentley Blower could do 125 miles an hour which was a record in 1929. The last one auctioned off brought $7 million. I personally have always wanted to own a Jaguar XK-120 which when it was introduced nineteen years later could do 150 mph. Seventy years later that you can buy a car that will do over 200 mph doesn't seem like that big an accomplishment. But if something goes wrong at high speed the Jaguar (like the Bentley Blower) lacks both seat belts and air bags so there is a high likelihood you won't live to tell the tale.