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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers globally, and as of December 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add 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 the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc as well as were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War When i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP vehicles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero motors 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 Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major celebration was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a altered road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto 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 here we are at England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year in the future he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as the finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control from the company and he grew to be 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 feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of vehicles.

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The Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 track record. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was entirely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against the train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.

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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway did not follow the same path.

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