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Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that happen to be largely hand-built. It is a part 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 around the world, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the largest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans with 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 Continental, 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 in the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights towards 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 automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, 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 could be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero 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 several valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the motor was built and running. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed to 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 was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise had been always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as the finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or the original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control from the company and he became chairman. Barnato injected further cash in 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 and trucks.

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

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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.

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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by simply Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known 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 known as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by means of Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway failed to follow the same option.

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