Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited had been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models include the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War When i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serps was built and managing. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a revised road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as the finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control from the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of vehicles.
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The Bentley Boys were several grouped British motoring enthusiasts that will included Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin, steeple chaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, automotive journalist S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dr Dudley Benjafield. The Bentley Boys, favored Bentley cars. Many were independently wealthy and quite often had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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In March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.
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Barnato went his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon within the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by simply Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway failed to follow the same route.
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