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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that happen to be largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of November 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small amount 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 with 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models range from 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 your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may 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 search engines during World War When 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 official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative some valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the powerplant was built and working. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a improved road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or the original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control of the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture throughout July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of automobiles.

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

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against the train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.

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

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