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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers around the world, and as of Late 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans within 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models are 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 your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights to 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 When 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 her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War We.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 policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his finance and investment car. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control with 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 enter, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of vehicles.

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This Bentley Boys were a gaggle 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 sometimes had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.

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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway didn't follow the same path.

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