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Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that models, 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 ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of November 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans throughout 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 Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was recognized, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War We.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative some valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the engine was built and jogging. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment car. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control with the company and he grew to become 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 enter, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars and trucks.

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Your Bentley Boys were a gaggle of 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 frequently had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted due to 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 on Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten 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 your train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.

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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway would not follow the same way.

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