Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can 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 available via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of December 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 day of Le Mans throughout 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 particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 along with 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 your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative establishments, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape 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 partner and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted 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 motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and running. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence 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 as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th with the 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.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control of the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in 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 autos.
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The Bentley Boys were several 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 frequently had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes in order to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.
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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting by means of Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway failed to follow the same path.
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