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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that styles, 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 was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans inside 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 your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My partner and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP vehicles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was recognized, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an automobile chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the powerplant was built and managing. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore 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 function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a improved road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding repair shop, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th by having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid 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 fresh shares giving him control on the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of automobiles.

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Your Bentley Boys were several British motoring enthusiasts that 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 high end 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 your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special offers, 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 totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against the train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.

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Barnato drove 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 any Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato called it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the actual Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway would not follow the same way.

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