Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is 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 had been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers globally, and as of December 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured 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 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 Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the motor was built and jogging. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the complete 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise had been always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to fund Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control on the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of cars.
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This Bentley Boys were a gaggle 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 quite often had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.
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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway wouldn't follow the same option.
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