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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers globally, and as of Late 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans throughout 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 from your receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 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 her own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the serp was built and managing. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended to be able to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a changed road car driven by simply 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 starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference for you to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control on the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture in July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of cars.

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The actual 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 frequently had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.

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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon within the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis 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 by means of Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway would not follow the same route.

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