Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited had been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of Nov 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans throughout 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 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 on the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the motor was built and working. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a changed road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control in the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of vehicles.
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The actual Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City along with 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 in the marketplace before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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In March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised your stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.
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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon within the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway wouldn't follow the same course.
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