Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers globally, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated 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 Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 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 recognized, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement with regard to 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 car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the serp was built and managing. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing 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 help his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as the finance and investment car. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control from the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash in the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars.
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The Bentley Boys were a group of British motoring enthusiasts of 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 background. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Within March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against the actual 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 driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known 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 referred to as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway didn't follow the same option.
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