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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers globally, and as of November 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 for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans inside 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models include the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Ls, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War When 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 manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate lighter in 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 motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative some valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the serp was built and jogging. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, 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 time for England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise had been always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control of the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of vehicles.

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The actual Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 often had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.

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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally 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 called it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway failed to follow the same path.

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