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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that patterns, 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 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers around the world, and as of November 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans throughout 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models are 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 actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with 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 known, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate lighter in weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an automobile chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Generator Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and managing. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the 1st 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 vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a modified road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control in the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash in the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of cars and trucks.

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The particular Bentley Boys were a gaggle 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 quite often had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record in reference to 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 for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.

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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same course.

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