Bentley Automobiles
Bentley Motors, Limited is a British automobile manufacturer. or simply as O. He became well known during World War I for his rotary aero engines used in the Sopwith Camel in later versions and it was called the Bentley BR I.
The Volkswagen Group of Germany has owned the company since 1998. Bentley, his brother to sell French DFP automobiles. He had a burning desire to create and build his own line of cars under his own name.
So, in August, 1919, Bentley Motors was actually registered and they exhibited their first attempt at the London Motor Show that was held in October, 1919. It was only a chassis without a real engine. By December, 1919, they had an engine up and running.
Following the London Motor Show, they began taking orders for their cars, promising delivery by June, 1920. Actual development took longer than anticipated and actual delivery did not take place until September, 1921.
An aluminum paperweight caught Os eye on a visit to the DFP plant which gave him the idea for using instead of the typical cast iron, a light weight metal for aero engine pistons. He used this idea to make his rotary aero engines that were used during World War I in the Sopwith Camel airplane.
Constantly without funds, O Bentley asked for help from Woolf Barnato in 1925. Sammy Davis, aviator Glen Kidson and Dr. Dudley Benjafieldl kept the reputation for performance alive. Due to the serious dedication of this group, The Bentley Boys, the company won four LeMans races in a row from 1927-1930. Bugatti was their greatest competition at the time with their lightweight, fragile autos that were in great contrast to the Bentley which was durable and reliable.
Woolf Barnato had devoted a great deal of his fortune to keeping Bentley solvent, but when the Great Depression hit, demand dropped and the company sold to Rolls-Royce in 1931.
In 1998 both Bentley Motors and Rolls-Royce were sold to Vickers plc by Volkswagen for $430 million dollars. There was a bidding war between Volkswagen and BMW. After a negotiation, it was agreed that Volkswagen would build both the Rolls Royce and the Bentley until the end of 2002. HotNews PJMY12XIAOXU0827 ：
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