Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers globally, and as of Nov 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans throughout 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 Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your 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 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 form trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo which 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 cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serps was built and operating. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the 1st 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 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles 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 by having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control from the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of automobiles.
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The Bentley Boys were a small grouping of 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 qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against the actual 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 owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel on the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway failed to follow the same course.
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