Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers around the world, and as of December 2012, China was the greatest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small variety of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans within 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 your Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to 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 automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his or her own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a 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 engine was built and running. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs in addition to raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a improved road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th through an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting off in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's stature, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year afterwards he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd with 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control from 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 development another generation of vehicles.
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The Bentley Boys were several 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 infrequently had a military history. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted to its four consecutive victories with the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City and produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market 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 this stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and survived Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record together with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against this train from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry in order to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.
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Barnato driven 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 your Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to 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 referred to as it in memory associated with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé sporting along a road parallel towards Blue Train, which scenario never occurred since the road and railway wouldn't follow the same course.
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