Bentley Generators Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is often a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary 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 distributed via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of December 2012, China was the most significant market.Most Bentley cars are assembled in the Crewe factory, but a small volume of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated 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 add 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 this Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley on the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it to help Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it to be able to Volkswagen AG. The sale included your vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative amenities, the Spirit of Inspiration and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights for the Rolls-Royce name or logo which might 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 autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was acknowledged, always wanted to design and build his very own cars. At the DFP manufacturing plant, in 1913, he noticed an metal paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement for cast iron to fabricate brighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero engines during World War I.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited a vehicle chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps policeman, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for the chassis. By December the serp was built and jogging. Delivery of the first cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated hence the date was extended in order to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and so they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major event was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a changed road car driven through works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th having an average speed of 74. 95 mph after starting in 19th position. The team was then rushed returning to England to compete inside the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference to help his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato had been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his initial Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he / she won numerous Brooklands events. Just a year in the future he acquired the Bentley organization itself.The Bentley enterprise has been always underfunded, but inspired by the actual 1924 Le Mans gain by John Duff along with Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to money Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd inside 1922, which existed as their finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested much more than £100, 000, saving the business as well as workforce. A financial reorganisation of the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors paid back for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to only 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the new shares giving him control on the company and he started to be chairman. Barnato injected further cash in the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture inside July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial feedback, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of autos.
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The Bentley Boys were a group 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 often had a military backdrop. They kept the marque's reputation for high end alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories on the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 for you to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley with Welwyn Garden City in addition to produced five racing deals, starting with Bentley Blowing apparatus No. 1 which was optimised to the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model on the market before it was fully developed. As a result, it was unreliable.
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Inside March 1930, during the Blue Prepare Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on Rover and Rover Light Six, having raced and defeated Le Train Bleu for the very first time, to better that record in reference to his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six using a bet of £100. He drove against the train from Cannes in order to Calais, then by ferry for you to Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.
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Barnato drove his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon inside race against the Glowing 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 called 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 named it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts this Gurney Nutting coupé race along a road parallel for the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred as the road and railway wouldn't follow the same option.
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