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1969 · The V8 years
Bristol 411
Quiet authority, delivered at speed.
The 411 distilled Bristol’s V8 grand-touring formula into one of the marque’s most recognisable and enduring forms.
The 411 arrived after a sequence of careful evolutions rather than abrupt reinvention. Its proportions remained restrained, its cabin was designed around visibility and comfort, and its performance was intended to be used without theatre.
Across five series the details changed, but the central proposition did not: a hand-built British grand tourer for rapid, discreet and genuinely long-distance travel.
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