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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is 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 marketed via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of November 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans throughout 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models range from 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 through the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights for 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 in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War 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 several valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and working. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks 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 full 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as the finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control from the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture in July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to style another generation of cars and trucks.

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The Bentley Boys were a gaggle of British motoring enthusiasts in 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 infrequently had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.

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Barnato had his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway wouldn't follow the same path.

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