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(191931 Before World War I, W.O. TYLER had been bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia in partnership with his brother TT Model H.M. Bentley selling French DFP bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia cars, but he had always wanted to design and build bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia his own range of cars bearing his name. In August bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 1919, Bentley Motors Ltd. was registered, and a chassis with bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia dummy engine was exhibited at the London Motor Show in bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia October of that year.[1] An engine was built and running bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia by December, and orders were taken for deliveries starting in bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia June 1920; however, development took longer than estimated, and the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia first cars were not ready until September 1921.[1 It was bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia on a visit to the DFP factory in 1913 that bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia W.O. noticed an aluminium paperweight and had the inspired idea bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia of using the lightweight metal instead of cast iron to bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia make engine pistons. The first Bentley aluminium pistons went into bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia service in aero engines for the Sopwith Camel, in service bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia during the Great War The company was always underfunded, and bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley turned to millionaire Woolf Barnato for help in 1925. bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia As part of a refinancing deal, which resulted in his bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia effectively owning the company, Barnato became chairman. A great deal bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia of Barnato's fortune was devoted to keeping Bentley afloat, but bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the Great Depression destroyed demand for the company's expensive products, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and it was finally sold to Rolls-Royce in 1931 [edit] bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia The Bentley Boy A group of wealthy British motorists known bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia as the "Bentley Boys" (Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry Birkin, steeplechaser bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, automotive journalist S.C.H. "Sammy" Davis, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and Dr. Dudley Benjafield among them) kept the marque's reputation bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia for high performance alive. Thanks to the dedication to serious bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia racing of this group, the company, located at Cricklewood, north bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia London, was noted for its four consecutive victories at the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 24 hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930. Their bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia greatest competitor at the time, Bugattiwhose lightweight, elegant, but fragile bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia creations contrasted with the Bentley's rugged reliability and durabilityreferred to bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia them as "the world's fastest lorries." In March 1930, during bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the Blue Train Races, Woolf Barnato raised the stakes on bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Rover and its Rover Light Six, having raced and beat bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Le Train Bleu for the first time, to better that bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia record with his 61/2-litre Bentley Speed Six on a bet bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia of ?100. He drove against the train from Cannes to bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Calais, then by ferry to Dover and finally London, travelling bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia on public highways, and won; the H.J. Mulliner-bodied formal saloon bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia he drove during the race as well as a streamlined bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia fastback "Sportsman Coupe" by Gurney Nutting he took delivery of bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia on 21 May 1930 became known as the "Blue Train bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentleys"; the latter is regularly mistaken for (or erroneously referred bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia to) as being the car that raced the Blue Train, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia while in fact Barnato named it in memory of his bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia race.[2][3 [edit] Car model The original model was the 3-litre, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia but as customers put heavier bodies on the chassis, a bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia larger 41/2-litre model followed. Perhaps the most iconic model of bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the 
period is the 41/2-litre "Blower Bentley," with its distinctive bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia supercharger projecting forward from the bottom of the grille. Uncharacteristically bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia fragile for a Bentley, it was not the racing workhorse bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the 61/2-litre was. It became famous in popular media as bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the vehicle of James Bond in the original novels, but bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia not in film; however, John Steed, in the television series bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia The Avengers, did drive a Bentley bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 192129 3-litr * 192630 41/2-litre bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia & "Blower Bentley * 192630 61/2-litr bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 192830 61/2-litre Speed Si bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 193031 8-litr bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 1931 4-litr [edit] Bentleys of the Rolls-Royce era (193198 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 1935 Bentley 31/2-litre Cabriolet S1 Continental Fastback Coupe' with Mulliner bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia bodywork 1952 Bentley R Type: an evolution of the Mark bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia VI, which was the first Bentley available from the manufacturer bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia with a standard body Rare left-hand drive 1963 Bentley S3 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Continental 1980 Bentley Mulsanne Rolls-Royce had bought Bentley secretly using bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia a company named the British Central Equitable Trust; not even bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley himself knew the true identity of the purchaser until bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the deal was completed.[1] A new company, wholly owned by bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Rolls-Royce, was formed as Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd. As W.O. bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley was little more than an employee, he left to bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia join Lagonda in 1935 when his contract was up for bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia renewal. The Cricklewood factory was closed and sold, and production bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia moved to the Rolls-Royce works in Derby When a new bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley car appeared in 1933, the 31/2-litre, it was a bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia sporting variant of the Rolls-Royce 20/25and although disappointing some traditional bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia customers, it was well-received by many others. Even Bentley himself bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia was reported as saying, "Taking all things into consideration, I bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia would rather own this Bentley than any other car produced bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia under that name."[1 After World War II, production of Rolls-Royce bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and Bentley cars was moved to an ex-wartime engine factory bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia in Crewe, Cheshire. Bentleys increasingly became Rolls-Royces without the distinctive bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia grilles and with a lower price tag, and by the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 1970s and early 1980s, sales had fallen badly, with at bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia one time less than 5% of production carrying the Bentley bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia badge.[1 The parent company failed in 1970 following problems with bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia aero engine development, and the car division was floated off bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia to become Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. and remained independent until bought bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia by Vickers in August 1980 In the 1980s, Bentley became bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia a separate, high-performance car line once again, typified by the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 1980 Mulsanne. The new sporting image created a new interest bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia in the name and sales as a proportion of output bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia started to rise. In 1986, the Rolls-Royce:Bentley ratio was 60:40, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and in 1991, it was 50:50.[1 The Bentley factory in bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Crewe, Cheshire, is still known in the town by the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia name "Royce's." For more on Bentley Motors from 1931 to bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 1998, see Rolls-Royce and Rolls-Royce Motors [edit] Car model bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 193337 31/2-litr bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 193639 41/4-litr bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 193941 Mark bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 1939 Mark bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 194652 Mark V bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 195255 R Type and Continenta bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 195559 S1 and Continenta bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 195962 S2 and Continenta bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 196265 S3 and Continenta bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 196580 T-serie bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 196577 T bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 197780 T bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 197184 Cornich bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 198495 Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia convertibl bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 199295 Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Turb * 197586 Camargu bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 198087 Mulsann bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 198488 Mulsanne L bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia limousin bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 198285 Mulsanne Turb bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 198792 Mulsanne bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 198492 Eight lower-priced mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 198595 Turbo R bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia turbocharged performance versio bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 19912002 Continental R turbocharged 2-door bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 19992003 Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia R Mulliner performance mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 199495 Continental S intercoole bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 199298 Brooklands bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia improved Eigh bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 199698 Brooklands R performance Brookland bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 199495 Turbo S bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia limited-edition sports mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 199597 Turbo R updated bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Turbo bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 199597 Turbo RL updated Turbo R bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia LWB (Long Wheel Base bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 1996 Turbo R Sport limited-edition sports mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 19952003 Azure convertible Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 19992002 Azure Mulliner performance mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 19962002 Continental T short-wheelbase performance mode bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia + 1999 Continental T Mulliner firmer bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia suspensio bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia o 199798 Bentley Turbo RT replacement for the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Turbo R [edit] Volkswagen Group ownershi 2003 Bentley Azure Mulliner, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Final Series In 1998, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors were purchased bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia from Vickers (the owner since 1980) by Volkswagen Group for bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia ?430 million, following a bidding war with BMW. BMW had bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia recently started supplying components for the new range of Rolls bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and Bentley cars, notably V8 engines for the Bentley Arnage bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and V12 engines for the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. VW believed bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia that the Rolls-Royce name was included in the purchase, when bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia in fact it belonged to Rolls-Royce plc, the aero-engine company, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and was used by the automobile division under licence. It bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia also emerged that BMW's aeronautical division had a joint venture bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia agreement with Rolls-Royce plc and that the German company was bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia able to terminate its supply deal with Rolls-Royce with 12 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia months' notice, which would not be enough time for VW bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia to re-engineer the cars BMW and Volkswagen entered into negotiations, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and an agreement was reached whereby Volkswagen would manufacture both bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars until the end of 2002, licensing bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the name from Rolls-Royce plc; on 1 January 2003, the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia right to build Rolls-Royce cars would transfer to BMW. BMW bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia licensed the brand from Rolls-Royce plc and paid ?40 million bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia to VW, but the deal did not include any manufacturing bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia facilities, staff, or intellectual property on present or future models. bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia BMW also agreed to continue its supply agreements, which gave bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia VW the time it needed to reduce its reliance on bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia BMW as a supplier. Bentley reintroduced the venerable Rolls-Royce V8 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia engine into the Arnage, initially as an additional model, and bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia all BMW engine supply ended in 2003 with the end bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia of Silver Seraph production [edit] Modern Bentley The current Bentley bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia lineup (from left): Flying Spur, Continental GT, and Arnage Queen bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Elizabeth II's Bentley State Limousine In 2002, Bentley presented Queen bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Elizabeth II with an official State Limousine to celebrate the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Golden Jubilee. In 2003, Bentley's 2-door convertible, the Bentley Azure, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia ceased production, and the company introduced the Bentley Continental GT, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia a large luxury coupe. The car is powered by a bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia W-12 engine built in Crewe Demand had been so great bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia that the factory at Crewe was unable to meet orders bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia despite an installed capacity of approximately 9500 vehicles per year; bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia there was a waiting list of over a year for bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia new cars to be delivered. Consequently, part of the production bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia of the new Flying Spur, a four-door version of the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Continental GT, was assigned to the Transparent Factory, where the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia VW Phaeton luxury car is also assembled. This arrangement ceased bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia at the end of 2006 after around 1000 cars, now bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia highly sought after. All car production reverted to the Crewe My Audi bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia plant In April 2005, Bentley confirmed plans to produce a bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 4-seat convertible modelthe Azure, derived from the Arnage Drophead Coupe bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia prototypeat Crewe beginning in 2006. By the autumn of 2005, bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the convertible version of the successful Continental GT, the Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia GTC, was also presented. These two models were successfully launched bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia in late 2006 A limited run of a Zagato modified bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia GT was also announced in March 2008, dubbed "GTZ. A bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia new Bentley version of the Bentley Continental was introduced at bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia the 2009 Geneva Auto Show: The Continental Supersports. This new bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley is a supercar combining extreme power with pioneering FlexFuel bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia technology (environmentally friendly). A muscular two-seater with distinctive exterior and bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia interior styling that is unmistakably Bentley in its design, craftsmanship bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia and performance. The engine derived from Bentleys current W12 power bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia unit was re-engineered, re-tuned and re-mapped to achieve phenomenal supercar bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia potency. 0-60mph in 3.7 seconds (0-100km/h 3.9 seconds). 621bhp (463kW/630PS). bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia 800Nm (590 Ib ft) @ 2000 to 4500rpm. The Continental bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Supersports is the fastest, most powerful production Bentley ever. [4 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley sales continued to increase, and in 2005, 8,627 were bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia sold worldwide, 3,654 of which were sold in the United bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia States. In 2007, with sales of 10,014, the 10,000 cars-per-year bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia threshold was broken for the first time in the company's bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia history. For 2007, a record profit of 155 million was bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia also announced.[5 * 1998 Arnage bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia saloo * 1999 Hunaudieres Concep bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2002 State Limousin bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2003 Continental GT coupe bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2005 Continental Flying Spur saloo bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2006 Azure convertibl bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2006 Continental Auto Loan Companies GT convertibl bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2007 Continental GT Speed coupe bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2008 Bentley Brooklands coupe bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia * 2008 Bentley Continental Flying bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Spur Speed saloo * 2009 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Continental GTC Spee * 2009 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Azure * 2009 Arnage bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia saloon, Final Serie * 2009 bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Continental Supersport The current board of management consists of Dr. bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Franz-Josef Paefgen, Chairman and Chief Executive; Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, Engineering; bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Stuart J. McCullough, Sales & Marketing; Douglas G. Dickson, Manufacturing; bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Christine A. Gaskell, Personnel; and Juergen Hoffmann, Finance [edit] Current bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Bentley racin In 200103, the Bentley Speed 8 enjoyed a bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia successful racing streak in the Le Mans series [edit] Future bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia car Since Bentley's induction into the VW Group, rumours of bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia an SUV-style vehicle have repeatedly surfaced. These have been shot bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia down by Bentley employees on the basis that the idea bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia would not fit into their future plans and also the bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia fact that the manufacturing facilities are already running at full bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia capacity Borrowing hybrid technology developed by Bentley owners, VW Group bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia is another focal point as the trend towards hybrid cars bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia is expanding year on year The all-new Grand Bentley The bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia "all new grand Bentley" that will be replacing the Final bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Series Arnage. To date, only a teaser image is available bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia from Bentley. [6] The car is likely to be revealed bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia next summer, most likely in August at the Pebble Beach bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia Concours d'E'le'gance in the USA. The new car is expected bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia for the 2010 model year and is said to take bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia styling cues from the Bentley styling cues from the Bentley bentley in the Free Online Encyclopedia State