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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really 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 Jan 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are offered via franchised dealers globally, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 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 Continental, 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 as well as subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille appearance trademarks, but not the rights towards 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 vehicles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the serps was built and working. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major celebration was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding repair shop, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the complete 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands contests. 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 earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to simply just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control with the company and he grew to become chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture throughout July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of automobiles.

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The particular Bentley Boys were several grouped 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 quite often had a military history. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing packages, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised this stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using 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 motorways, and won.

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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to to be, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting by means of Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway didn't follow the same path.

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