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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that styles, 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 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers globally, and as of November 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for 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 some 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 the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, 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 their own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War My partner 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 Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a improved road car driven simply by 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 up in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete inside 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year in the future he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as the finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or the original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control in the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of cars.

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Your 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 sometimes had a military history. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available before it was fully 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 and its Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against this 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 went 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 any Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway did not follow the same course.

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