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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers globally, and as of Nov 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours 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 Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My partner and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well 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 My spouse 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 Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the powerplant was built and operating. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the primary 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 vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a improved road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the complete 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £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 of the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture throughout July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of vehicles.

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The Bentley Boys were several grouped British motoring enthusiasts of 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 frequently had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City and produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised with the 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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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes in order to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.

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Barnato went his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called 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 associated with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway wouldn't follow the same route.

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