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Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that patterns, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of Late 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans inside 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Ls, 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 on the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which can be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc as well as were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP cars and trucks in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was recognized, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War My spouse and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the motor was built and running. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th by having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control of the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial input, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of automobiles.

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The particular Bentley Boys were a gaggle of British motoring enthusiasts that 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 track record. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories at the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against your train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.

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Barnato driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, 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 Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway wouldn't follow the same option.

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