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Bentley Magnetic motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is usually a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which might be largely hand-built. It is a additional of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited has been founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 The month of january 1919 in Cricklewood, North London.Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers around the world, and as of Nov 2012, China was the major market.Most Bentley cars are assembled on the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs are assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany. Bodies for the Continental are manufactured in Zwickau, Germany.Bentley won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

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Iconic Bentley models include the 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 the particular Mulsanne.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in the receivers in 1931 and subsequently sold it to be able to Vickers plc in 1980 whenever Rolls-Royce themselves went broke. In 1998, Vickers sold it in order to Volkswagen AG. The sale included the car designs, model nameplates, production and administrative features, the Spirit of Fervor and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks, but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo that are 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 known, always wanted to design and build their own cars. At the DFP factory, in 1913, he noticed an light weight aluminum paperweight and thought that aluminum could possibly be a suitable replacement intended for cast iron to fabricate lighter pistons. The first Bentley aluminum pistons were suited to Sopwith Camel aero motors during World War My spouse and i.In August 1919, W. O. registered Bentley Motors Ltd. and in October he exhibited an auto chassis, with dummy engine, at the London Electric motor Show. Ex-Royal Flying Corps police officer, Clive Gallop, designed an innovative 4 valves per cylinder engine for your chassis. By December the motor was built and operating. Delivery of the initial cars was scheduled pertaining to June 1920, but development took longer than estimated and so the date was extended to September 1921. The durability of the very first 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 Indiana 500, a race, dominated by specialized vehicles with Duesenberg racing framework. They entered a modified road car driven by simply works driver, Douglas Hawkes, accompanied by riding auto technician, H. S. "Bertie" Browning. Hawkes completed the complete 500 miles and finished 13th with an average speed of 74. 95 mph after beginning in 19th position. The team was then rushed to England to compete in the 1922 RAC Tourist Trophy.Captain Woolf BarnatoIn ironic reference for you to his heavyweight boxer's size, Captain Woolf Barnato has been nicknamed "Babe". In 1925, he acquired his first Bentley, a 3-litre. With this car he or she won numerous Brooklands contests. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley business itself.The Bentley enterprise seemed to be always underfunded, but inspired by your 1924 Le Mans acquire 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 / her finance and investment car. Via Baromans, Barnato initially invested well over £100, 000, saving the business and it is workforce. A financial reorganisation on the original Bentley company was accomplished and all existing creditors payed off for £75, 000. Existing shares were devalued via £1 each to simply 1 shilling, or 5% or his or her original value. Barnato held 149, 500 of the brand new shares giving him control in the company and he evolved into chairman. Barnato injected further cash into your business: £35, 000 secured by debenture throughout July 1927; £40, 000 in 1928; £25, 000 in 1929. With renewed financial suggestions, W. O. Bentley was able to create another generation of automobiles.

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The 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 quite often had a military background. They kept the marque's reputation for top rated alive; Bentley was noted due to the four consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1927 in order to 1930.In 1929, Tim Birkin developed this 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 for your Brooklands racing circuit. Birkin overruled W. O. and put the model out there before it was completely developed. As a result, it was unreliable.

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With March 1930, during the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised the actual stakes on Rover and its particular 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 this 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 went his H. J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon within the race against the Azure Train. Two months later, on 21 May 1930, he took delivery of any Speed Six with structured fastback "Sportsman Coupé" by Gurney Nutting. Both cars became known as the "Blue Train Bentleys"; the latter is often mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that ran the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato branded it in memory of his race. [19][20] A painting simply by Terence Cuneo depicts the particular Gurney Nutting coupé rushing along a road parallel towards the Blue Train, which scenario never occurred because the road and railway failed to follow the same path.

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