Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that types, 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 had been 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 Nov 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 day of Le Mans inside 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 Ls, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative establishments, the Spirit of Joyfulness and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War When i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the powerplant was built and jogging. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 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 repair shop, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control in the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash 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 develop another generation of cars.
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The particular Bentley Boys were a gaggle 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 frequently had a military qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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With March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.
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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by simply Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same course.
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