Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that happen to 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 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of November 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day 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 Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo that are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War When i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the serps was built and working. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and 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 cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th through an 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 in order to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control from the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture in July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to style another generation of cars.
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The particular Bentley Boys were several 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 infrequently had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Within March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.
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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through 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 called it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway did not follow the same option.
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