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Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are 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 marketed via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours 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 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 and also subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc as well as were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse 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 recognized, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero motors 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 Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the serp was built and managing. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled intended for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the complete 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference 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 this individual won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as their finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control on the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial enter, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of automobiles.

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The actual Bentley Boys were several British motoring enthusiasts of 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 powerful alive; Bentley was noted because of 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 in Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised your stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record together with 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 in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.

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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway failed to follow the same route.

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