Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has 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 December 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans with 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 Ls, 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 your receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative establishments, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the serps was built and managing. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control in the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars.
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The particular Bentley Boys were several British motoring enthusiasts that 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 frequently had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Within March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against the actual train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.
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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from 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" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway failed to follow the same path.
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