Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary 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 marketed via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of November 2012, China was the largest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans within 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 the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights for 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 We, 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 own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War We.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine for that 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 so the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a improved road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to fund Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control in the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial enter, W. O. Bentley was able to style another generation of automobiles.
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This 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 background. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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In March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.
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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway wouldn't follow the same way.
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