Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers around the world, and as of December 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans with 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
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Iconic Bentley models include the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Ls, 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 through the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also 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 his own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the motor was built and managing. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven through 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 beginning 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 be able to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own 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 in the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of autos.
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Your 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 often had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for high end alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for that 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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In March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.
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Barnato owned 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 the Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same option.
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