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Bentley Engines Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) can be a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars that happen to be largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited seemed to be founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of November 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small amount of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled on the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are stated in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans within 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 the actual Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley through the receivers in 1931 and also subsequently sold it to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went on the rocks. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the auto designs, model nameplates, production and administrative establishments, the Spirit of Euphoria and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo that happen to be owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc and also were licensed to BMW AG.Before World War I, Walter Owen Bentley, and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French DFP autos in Cricklewood, North London, but W. O, as Walter was regarded, always wanted to design and build his own cars. At the DFP manufacturer, in 1913, he noticed an aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could be a suitable replacement regarding cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero applications during World War My partner 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 Motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 5 valves per cylinder engine for that chassis. By December the serp was built and running. Delivery of the primary cars was scheduled with regard to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended for you to September 1921. The durability of the initial Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim and they also competed in hill climbs as well as raced at Brooklands.Bentley's first major function was the 1922 Indianapolis 500, a race, dominated by specialized automobiles with Duesenberg racing chassis. They entered a modified road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the whole 500 miles and finished 13th with the average speed of 74. 95 mph after commencing in 19th position. The team was then rushed here we are at England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Chief Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference in order to his heavyweight boxer's visibility, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his very first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car this individual won numerous Brooklands backrounds. Just a year later on he acquired the Bentley company itself.The Bentley enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and also Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to financing Bentley's business. Barnato had incorporated Baromans Ltd in 1922, which existed as his or her finance and investment car or truck. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested over £100, 000, saving the business and workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was completed and all existing creditors repaid for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued from £1 each to just 1 shilling, or 5% or their own original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the completely new shares giving him control of the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash to the business: £35, 000 secured by debenture within July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial enter, W. O. Bentley was able to develop another generation of autos.

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The particular Bentley Boys were a gaggle 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 frequently had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for good performance alive; Bentley was noted because of its four consecutive victories for the 24 Hours of The Mans from 1927 to help 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed the particular 4½ litre, lightweight Blower Bentley in Welwyn Garden City and also produced five racing special offers, starting with Bentley Motorized inflator No. 1 which was optimised for the Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model available on the market before it was totally developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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Inside 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 the very first time, to better that record along with his 6½-litre Bentley Speed Six over a bet of £100. He drove against the particular train from Cannes to be able to Calais, then by ferry to help Dover, and finally London, travelling on public streets, and won.

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Barnato owned his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon from the race against the Violet Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of the Speed Six with sleek fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by means of Gurney Nutting. Both cars became often known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is frequently mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato referred to as it in memory involving his race. [19][20] A painting by simply Terence Cuneo depicts the Gurney Nutting coupé racing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because road and railway would not follow the same path.

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