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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that models, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that are largely hand-built. It is a part of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Economy is shown 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are distributed via franchised dealers throughout the world, and as of Late 2012, China was the biggest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled in the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans with 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 the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 while Rolls-Royce themselves went insolvent. In 1998, Vickers sold it for you to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative services, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights on the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War We, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was identified, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, 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 lighter weight pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a car chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the powerplant was built and jogging. Delivery of the 1st cars was scheduled for June 1920, but development took longer than estimated therefore the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the primary Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs along with raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized autos with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting up in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete from the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato ended up being nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his primary Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans earn by John Duff in addition to Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd within 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment vehicle. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation in the original Bentley company was executed and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued by £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or the original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control on the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture in July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to design another generation of vehicles.

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The Bentley Boys were a gaggle of 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 sometimes had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for powerful alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the actual 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised for 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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With March 1930, during the Blue Coach Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover as well as Rover Light Six, having raced and outdone Le Train Bleu for once, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six with a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to help Calais, then by ferry to be able to 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 Glowing blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of a Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became generally known 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 known as it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting by Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway failed to follow the same route.

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