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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be 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 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of December 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced 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 include the 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 the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was recognized, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the motor was built and working. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control from the company and he grew to become 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 feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of autos.

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The Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 often had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for 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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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry to be able to 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 Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently 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 associated with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway wouldn't follow the same way.

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