Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that patterns, 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 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are marketed via franchised dealers world-wide, and as of Late 2012, China was the largest market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled with the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 1 day of Le Mans within 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 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 on the receivers in 1931 along with subsequently sold it in order to Vickers plc in 1980 as soon as Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. 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 Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc along with were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War When i, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP automobiles in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build her own cars. At the DFP manufacturing facility, in 1913, he noticed an aluminium paperweight and thought that aluminum might be a suitable replacement with regard to cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero machines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a motor vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Powerplant Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine with the chassis. By December the engine was built and jogging. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled regarding June 1920, but development took longer than estimated to ensure the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the 1st Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim plus they competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a altered road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto mechanic, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the full 500 miles and finished 13th with an 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.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference for you to his heavyweight boxer's prominence, Captain Woolf Barnato was nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands backgrounds. Just a year after he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by this 1924 Le Mans get by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as his finance and investment auto. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested more than £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was performed and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued through £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand-new shares giving him control of the company and he grew to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture with July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial insight, W. O. Bentley was able to development another generation of cars.
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Your Bentley Boys were several 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 quite often had a military track record. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted for its four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 to be able to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City along with produced five racing special deals, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Within March 1930, during the Blue Educate Races, Woolf Barnato raised the particular stakes on Rover and its particular Rover Light Six, having raced and beaten Le Train Bleu for initially, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six on the bet of £100. He drove against this 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 driven his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon in the race against the Blue Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of your Speed Six with efficient fastback "Sportsman Coupé" simply by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became referred to as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that competed the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato called it in memory connected with his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts your Gurney Nutting coupé auto racing along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway would not follow the same course.
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