Bentley is a manufacturer of luxury cars in the UK, was founded on 18/01/1919 by Walter Owen Bentley, who is known for product line for the rotary engine fighter of World War I, the most famous Bentley BR1 as the engine used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. Since 1998, Bentley is owned by the German Volkswagen Group.
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| Walter Owen Bentley |
Bentley as an independent company
Bentley is a favorite of the elite cars in the UK, known as the "Bentley Boys" of the members: Woolf Barnato, he Henry Birkin, George equestrian athletes duller, Phi moderator Glen Kidston, the SCH Report "Sammy" Davis, and Dr. Dudley Benjafield ... that they had brought fame to the car. Once in a bet, Barnato Bentley 6.5L drove the race with a train named "Le Train Bleu" from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover and the stop is London, and Barnato won. Since then, 6.5L car with the body is designed specifically known under the name "Blue Train Bentley." The dedication of the team in the race was important to help companies based in Cricklewood, north London are paying attention to when they had four consecutive victories in the race "24 hours of Le Mans' from 1927 to in 1930. Bentley's biggest rival at this point is the Bugatti, the company specializes in producing vehicles light, elegant but less reliable as opposed to "what the world's fastest trucks" coarse but durable and reliable Bentley's confidence.
Perhaps the most characteristic form of Bentley cars in this period is the 4.5L "Blower Bentley" with supercharged special machine protruding from the bottom toward the grating on top. Cars have become popular on the media, is considered the car that James Bond character in the novel use more character John Steed in the TV movie "The Avenger" is driving Bentley .Some typical car early
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| Bentley Blower 4.5 |
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| Bentley 6 ½-Litre Speed Six Tourer |
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Bentley 6 ½-Litre Speed Six Tourer 1930 |
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| Bentley 6½-Litre Tourer |
After becoming CEO of Bentley in 1925, luck came when he signed with Barnato was a great deal for the company and helped Bentley to continue operations, but the world economic crisis has led to the expensive Bentley car not sold and eventually it was sold to Rolls Royce in 1931.
Rolls-Royce merged the Bentley brand Bentley to become the Rolls-Royce brands, with no net increase pressure especially in the machine and sold at cheaper prices. However, in the '80s, Bentley once again become high-performance cars independently. The car most prominent in this period is the car with the Bentley Continental from 1952 to 1965 and reproduced in 1992, then in 2003 to stop production. Bentley factory in Crewe, Cheshire hitherto known under the name "Royce's".
The Bentley Rolls-Royce in the period from 1931 to 1998:
* 1933-1937 3 ½ L
o 1936-1939 4 ¼ L
* 1939-1941 Mark V
o 1939 Corniche
* Mark VI 1946-1952
* 1952-1955 R Type and Continental
* S1 and Continental 1955-1959
* S2 and Continental 1959-1962
* 1962-1965 S3 and Continental
1965-1980 * T-series
o 1965-1977 T1
o T2 1977-1980
* 1971-1984 Corniche
o 1984-1995 Continental - convertible
+ 1992-1995 Continental Turbo
* 1975-1986 Camargue
* 1980-1987 Mulsanne
o 1984-1988 Mulsanne L limousine
o 1982-1985 Mulsanne Turbo
1987-1992 Mulsanne S o
o 1984-1992 Eight - cheap cars
o 1985-1995 Turbo R
o 1991-2002 Continental R
+ 1999-2003 Continental R Mulliner
+ 1994-1995 Continental S
o 1992-1998 Brooklands - improved Eight cars
+ 1996-1998 Brooklands R
o 1994-1995 Turbo S
o 1995-1997 Turbo R - updated Turbo R
+ 1996 Turbo R Sport
o 1995-2003 Azure - convertible Continental R
+ 1999-2002 Azure Mulliner
o 1996-2002 Continental T
+ 1999 Continental T Mulliner
o 1997-1998 Bentley Turbo RT - replacement for the Turbo R model
Bentley and Volkswagen Group boss
In 1998, Volkswagen bought Rolls-Royce and Bentley for £ 430 million bid after winning BMW. Previously, BMW is the supplier of spare parts for new cars Rolls-Royce and Bentley, most notably the V8 for the Bentley Arnage and V12 engines for the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. The company produces aircraft engines Rolls-Royce was awarded the right to register trademarks for BMW Rolls-Royce for £ 40 million rather than the Volkswagen. BMW and Volkswagen already have an agreement that Volkswagen would be to manufacture both Bentley and Rolls-Royce to end in 2002, then the right car manufacturer Rolls-Royce cars would be BMW. During this period, Volkswagen has reduced dependence on cars by BMW parts supplied to in 2003, Bentley has not used the engine of the BMW again.
The modern car BentleyIn 2002, Bentley presented Queen Elizabeth II of the State Limousine to celebrate its 50 year reign of England. In 2003, Bentley stopped producing cars Bentley Azure Convertible 2 door, instead came out with the company of a large luxury coupe Bentley Continental GT versions are equipped with W-12 engine of the Volkswagen.
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Bentley State Limousine of Queen Elizabeth II |
April 2005, Bentley confirmed plans to produce 4-seat convertible model Azure development on the basis of the Arnage Drophead Coupe at the factory in Crewe since 2006. Fall 2005, Continental GTC, a convertible version of the Continental GT, launched the public. Two cars were very successful at the end of 2006.
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| 2008 Continental Flying Spur |
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| A bulky Bentley Continental in-house at Crewe |
Sales of Bentley in 2005 up to 8267 units worldwide, of which 3,654 units were sold in the U.S..
A model of the recent success of Bentley:
* 1998 - Arnage saloon
* 1999 - Hunaudieres Concept
* 2002 - State Limousine
* 2003 - Continental GT coupé
* 2005 - Continental Flying Spur saloon
* 2006 - Azure convertible
* 2006 - Continental GTC convertible
* 2007 - Bentley Brooklands coupé
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