Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited had been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Nov 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans with 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models range from 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 particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Joyfulness and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights to 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 My partner and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the motor was built and working. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs and also raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a improved road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 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 in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference for you to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or their original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control with the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to style another generation of cars.
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The actual Bentley Boys were a gaggle of British motoring enthusiasts in 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 top rated alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was entirely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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With March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.
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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway did not follow the same route.
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