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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that styles, 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 seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers globally, and as of November 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans inside 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 through the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War When i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the engine was built and operating. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a changed road car driven by means of 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 to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's stature, 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 backgrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley small business itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff as well as Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as their finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and its workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or their original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control on the company and he evolved into 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 suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars and trucks.

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The actual Bentley Boys were several British motoring enthusiasts 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 top rated alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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In March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the 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 owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with more efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through 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 connected with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway failed to follow the same course.

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