Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers around the world, and as of November 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans throughout 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 on the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 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 his own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serp was built and jogging. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid back 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 from the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of vehicles.
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The Bentley Boys were a small grouping of 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 infrequently had a military history. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record together 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 motorways, and won.
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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway wouldn't follow the same way.
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