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Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that types, 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 ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of December 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced 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 are 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 Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Joyfulness and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War My spouse and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and working. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs and also raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a altered road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to fund Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control from the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of cars.

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The particular Bentley Boys were a group 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 quite often had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for 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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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.

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Barnato went his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside 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" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway did not follow the same path.

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