Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be 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 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of November 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans throughout 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models add some Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are 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 vehicles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My spouse 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 Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative some valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the motor was built and operating. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th with 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.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control on the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of autos.
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The actual Bentley Boys were a small grouping 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 sometimes had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes in order to Calais, then by ferry for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.
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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known 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 referred to as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway didn't follow the same route.
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