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Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that styles, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited had been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are available via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of December 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled with the Crewe factory, but a small quantity of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the a day of Le Mans with 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 Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 as well as subsequently sold it for you to Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went belly up. In 1998, Vickers sold it to help Volkswagen AG. The sale included the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc in addition to 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 in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum may very well be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War We.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the serp was built and operating. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the very first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs and also raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major occasion was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a improved road car driven simply by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete inside 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car they won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley enterprise itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and its particular workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was carried out and all existing creditors paid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their particular original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control from 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 cars and trucks.

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The Bentley Boys were a small grouping of 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 sometimes had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted for the four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed your 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley from Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for that 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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In March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record along with 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 to be able to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public roads, and won.

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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with streamlined fastback "Sportsman Coupé" through Gurney Nutting. Both cars became called the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is on a regular basis mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel to the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway didn't follow the same route.

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