Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a additional 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 available via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Nov 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans inside 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models range from the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My partner and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP vehicles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War When i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the serp was built and jogging. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th by having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference for you to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise had been always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as their finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control with the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture throughout July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of vehicles.
The actual Bentley Boys were several British motoring enthusiasts which 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 infrequently had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for high end alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.
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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon within the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway didn't follow the same course.
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