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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers globally, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans inside 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 Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 while 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 amenities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My partner and 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 recognized, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter 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 an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and managing. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a modified road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control with the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your 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 develop another generation of cars and trucks.

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The Bentley Boys were a gaggle of British motoring enthusiasts that will 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 qualifications. 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 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised your stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.

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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same way.

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