Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers globally, and as of Late 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans inside 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 Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, 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 her own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War When i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control with the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in 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 development another generation of cars.
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The particular Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 quite often had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Within March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.
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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting by means of Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway didn't follow the same route.
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