Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might 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 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of November 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans with 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 Ls Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the automobile designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy 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 and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate light pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War When 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 Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the engine was built and jogging. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a improved road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or the original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control of the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial enter, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of autos.
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The actual Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for high end alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.
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Barnato driven 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 an Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by simply Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often 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 referred to as it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway did not follow the same way.
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