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Bentley Power generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which can be largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of November 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled for the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the twenty four hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add 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 this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley from your receivers in 1931 in addition to subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc as well as were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse and 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 recognized, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War My partner and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an automobile chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps official, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative several valves per cylinder engine to the chassis. By December the engine was built and managing. Delivery of the very first cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence 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 celebration was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars and trucks with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the total 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete inside 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato seemed to be nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his 1st Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise ended up being always underfunded, but inspired by the particular 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financial Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as the finance and investment car. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation with the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control in the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash into the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of automobiles.

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This 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 good performance alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories at 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 along with produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised for that Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Throughout March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that record regarding his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against the actual train from Cannes for you to Calais, then by ferry for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, and won.

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Barnato went his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is routinely mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting through Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway would not follow the same course.

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