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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers globally, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 day of Le Mans within 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add 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 Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Ecstasy 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 as well as were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars and trucks in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the engine was built and working. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled intended for 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 and they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major celebration was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise had been always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or their original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control on the company and he grew 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 enter, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of vehicles.

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Your Bentley Boys were a gaggle of 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 due to the four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for 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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In March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public highways, 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 structured 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 ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway would not follow the same path.

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