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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of December 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans within 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add some 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 the Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with 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 acknowledged, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero machines 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 Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the powerplant was built and managing. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a modified road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control from the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of autos.

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The Bentley Boys were a small grouping of British motoring enthusiasts in 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 sometimes had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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

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Barnato went 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 efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway failed to follow the same path.

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