Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that types, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that happen to be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers globally, and as of November 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured 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 Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and 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 known, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero search engines 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 some valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the motor was built and managing. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to help September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a altered road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed time for England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as their 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 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 in the 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 vehicles.
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Your Bentley Boys were a gaggle of 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 infrequently had a military history. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.
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Barnato driven 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 any Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato called it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway didn't follow the same path.
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