Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are 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 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Nov 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans throughout 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models add 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 this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Inspiration 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 as well as 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 identified, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the engine was built and managing. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs and also raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a altered road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding repair shop, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control in the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash to 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 style another generation of cars and trucks.
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This Bentley Boys were a small grouping 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 frequently had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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With March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record regarding 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 for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.
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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of 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 branded it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway wouldn't follow the same option.
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