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Bentley Motors Limited is a luxury automobile manufacturer known for its high-end vehicles and prestigious brand image. Founded on January 18, 1919, in London by Walter Owen Bentley and his.

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Among its past owners is David Brown Limited, a machine tool company that rolled Aston into its Tractor Group in 1947.. Bentley was founded in 1909 by Walter Owen Bentley and his brother Horace.

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Several famous men also own Bentleys. Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. owns a Bentley Continental GT. Amongst his very large car collection Jay Leno owns a 1924 Bentley and a 1989 Bentley Turbo R. Other famous people who own Bentleys include Jay-Z, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, and many more. Click through the list to see the rest of celebrity.

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The winning Bentley Le Mans car in 1927 had featured a robust 3.0-liter engine, and a move up to 4.5 liters had resulted in a second win in 1928. For 1929, W.O.'s plan for Le Mans was to upsize.

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A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group continues to build new Bentleys (and even a few re-created old Bentleys) at the former Rolls-Royce plant in Crewe in northern England, but it is the earliest cars that concern us here. These are the so-called "W.O.s," produced from 1921 to 1931 at Bentley's original Cricklewood factory in northwest London.

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The Bentley brothers were kept in the dark as to the identity of their new owner until after the ink was dry, and Barnato took a seat on the Board of Rolls-Royce. W.O. himself jumped ship to Lagonda in 1935, when his contract expired. From 1931 onwards, Bentley badged cars shared engines and chassis with their Roller contemporaries.

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During this era, Bentley and Rolls-Royce worked closely together, sharing platforms and components. Despite the collaboration, Bentley struggled to differentiate itself from Rolls-Royce, and ultimately, Vickers sought to sell the brand. Volkswagen's Takeover. In 1998, Volkswagen AG, the German automotive giant, became the new owner of Bentley.

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Bentley Motors is a British luxury automaker that has been producing cars since 1919. Founded by Walter Owen Bentley, the company has gone through several owners over the years. Today, it is owned by Volkswagen Group, which acquired it in 1998. The history of Bentley Motors began when Walter Owen Bentley founded the company in London in 1919.

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Jennifer Lopez. Singer/actor/dancer Jennifer Lopez is the proud owner of two Bentleys: a Bentley Continental and a Bentley Arnage. Bentley Continental drivers enjoy immense power from a 6.0 liter W12 engine that can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds.

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1921 — The history of Bentley motor cars truly begins with the delivery of the brand's first automobile in September. 1926 — Captain Woolf Barnato acquires Bentley and invests heavily in the business. 1927-1930 — A group of high-profile British motorists drive Bentley cars to victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, four times in a row.

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The Bentley name has been synonymous with high-performance luxury in Los Angeles and Glendale for over one hundred years! The company was founded in 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley as an independent company, but has since changed hands among various owners, including Rolls-Royce and Vickers PLC. So who makes Bentleys today? Since 1997, when Vickers PLC decided to sell the Rolls-Royce brand (which.

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0. Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 - 13 August 1971 [2]) was an English engineer who founded Bentley Motors Limited in London. He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley established his own firm in 1919.

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Bentley winged "B" badge bonnet (hood) ornament. Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs.Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded by W. O. Bentley (1888-1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London, and became widely known for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930.

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WATCH. For Bentley Motors, it was July 10, 1919 when 31-year-old Walter Owen Bentley officially founded his new company in a backstreet London garage "to build a fast car, a good car, the best.

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Bentley has been named as one of Britain's Top Employers on multiple occasions. Bentley operates in 67 different markets, with some 239 retail partners. 11,206 cars were delivered to customers in 2020, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and a seven-week factory lockdown. The figure was the highest in the company's 101-year history.

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The Bentley Story. From W.O. Bentley, who founded Bentley Motors in 1919, to the current team of over 4,000 dedicated employees, the company's extraordinary cars have always been designed and built by exceptional people using only the finest of materials. They have always been driven by exceptional people, too.