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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that types, 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 ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Nov 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in 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 1 day of Le Mans with 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add some 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 Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Joyfulness and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to 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 regarded, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum 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 machines 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 Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serps was built and operating. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete inside 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors repaid 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 new shares giving him control of the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture in July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of cars and trucks.

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The Bentley Boys were several grouped British motoring enthusiasts that will 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 track record. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order 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 Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised your stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone 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 the train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.

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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato called it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway wouldn't follow the same way.

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