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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that types, 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 seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of December 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 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 on the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, 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 pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My spouse 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 Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the serps was built and working. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major celebration was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding repair shop, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to be able to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being 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 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control in the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of cars.

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Your Bentley Boys were a gaggle of British motoring enthusiasts 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 sometimes had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful 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 your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley on Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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

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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same path.

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