
Bentley S2 Red Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Car Brand
- Bentley
- Model Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 436139951
- Year
- 1960
- Era
- 1960s
- Body Type
- Saloon
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138108387
About the Bentley S2 Red Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Bentley S2 is a red diecast saloon with a sealed one-piece body, letting the model hold sharp panel lines along its flanks. This used example's box shows traces of storage, the casting itself unaffected. A compact way to represent Crewe's post-war luxury saloon on a shelf.
The Bentley S2 belongs to an era when Crewe still built genuinely handsome saloons, and Minichamps' small-scale diecast keeps that elegance intact.
Sealed Diecast Construction at 1:43
Zinc alloy at this compact scale still carries a pleasing weight for its size, denser in the hand than a plastic model of the same dimensions. The body is a fixed one-piece casting rather than an articulated shell, and that construction is what lets the model hold a single, unbroken shut line running the full length of the doors and boot rather than the wider gaps an opening mechanism would need to accommodate. The S2's long bonnet, upright grille and formal roofline all translate cleanly at this size, and the red paintwork carries a solid, even gloss appropriate to a saloon of this stature. At 1:43, the whole car occupies roughly the footprint of a large mug on a shelf, which is exactly the appeal of the scale for anyone building a broad collection.
The S2 in Bentley's Post-War Saloon Story
Introduced in the late 1950s, the S2 brought a V8 engine to Bentley's flagship saloon for the first time, replacing the earlier straight-six and giving the car genuinely effortless performance to match its formal presence. Built on the same body as its Rolls-Royce sibling, the S2 represented the last era before Bentley and Rolls-Royce saloons began to diverge more sharply in character, and it remains one of the more approachable entry points into Crewe's post-war history for a collector.
Building a Vintage Saloon Shelf at 1:43
This is a used model, and the box shows traces of storage typical of time spent in a previous collection, though the casting itself carries no such marks. Grouped with other 1:43 post-war saloons from Bentley, Rolls-Royce or Jaguar, the S2 anchors a compact vintage display without demanding the shelf depth a 1:18 saloon would need.











