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Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a additional 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 sold via franchised dealers globally, and as of The fall of 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled for the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 day of Le Mans with 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models range from 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 in addition to subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 any time Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My partner 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 acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturing area, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement pertaining to cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero engines 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 some valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated so the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs and also raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized cars with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a revised road car driven by means of works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued coming from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control of the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of vehicles.

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Your Bentley Boys were a group of 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 sometimes had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for high performance alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model in the marketplace before it was thoroughly developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Within March 1930, during the Blue Teach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public motorways, 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 an Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato known as it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred for the reason that road and railway did not follow the same route.

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