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Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that styles, 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 ended up being founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 Present cards 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Late 2012, China was the major 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 stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the one day of Le Mans inside 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models add some Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Continental, 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 in order to Vickers plc in 1980 when Rolls-Royce themselves went bankrupt. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Joyfulness and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War My spouse and i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles 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 facility, in 1913, he noticed an lightweight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum may be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My spouse 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 Engine Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps specialist, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative four valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the engine was built and managing. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and in addition they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major affair was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a revised road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the entire 500 miles and finished 13th by having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed back to England to compete within the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year in the future he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans acquire by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd throughout 1922, which existed as his / her finance and investment automobile. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested in excess of £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation from the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to merely 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the fresh shares giving him control in the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash 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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Your Bentley Boys were a group of British motoring enthusiasts that will 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 qualifications. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley at Welwyn Garden City as well as produced five racing specials, starting with Bentley Blower No. 1 which was optimised with the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available before it was entirely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and it is Rover Light Six, having raced and usual Le Train Bleu for the 1st time, to better that record with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes in order to Calais, then by ferry to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public freeways, and won.

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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Orange Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of an Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by simply 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 raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory regarding his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway didn't follow the same way.

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