Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of December 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at 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 are the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Ls, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative establishments, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars and trucks in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War We.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the motor was built and running. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major celebration was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a revised road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete inside 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to fund Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control of the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of vehicles.
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The actual Bentley Boys were a group of 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 sometimes had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blower 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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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against the actual train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.
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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway failed to follow the same option.
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