Bentley
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Bentley Motors Ltd. (произносится: Бэ́нтли Мо́торз лимитед) — британская автомобилестроительная компания, специализирующаяся на производстве автомобилей класса «люкс».
Большая база объявлений о продаже автомобилей Bentley. Полная информация об автомобилях — фотографии, отзывы, характеристики и цены.
Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that today designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG.
Volkswagen AG acquired the vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks, but not the rights to the use of the Rolls-Royce name or logo, which are owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Both cars became known as the " Blue Train Bentleys ;" the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory of his race. Громадный опыт, полученный в спортивных соревнованиях, - подлинное богатство бренда. Bentley Flying Spur Mansory. Martin Winterkorn former Chairman of the Board of Management.
Bentley Motors — Википедия
It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. In order to safeguard the company, the UK government nationalised the company and split off the, profitable, motor cars division into a new separate company, Rolls Royce Motors Limited, which included the Bentley brand.
Subsequently, Rolls Royce Motors was then sold to British engineering conglomerate, Vickers. Therefore, the sale included the Bentley name and logos, vehicle designs, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks subsequently sold to BMW by VW , but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo which are owned by Rolls-Royce plc.
O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his own cars. By December the engine was built and running. They entered a modified road car driven by works driver, Douglas Hawkes , accompanied by riding mechanic, H. With this car he won numerous Brooklands races. Just a year later he acquired the Bentley business itself. With renewed financial input, W. Bentley was able to design another generation of cars.
The Bentley Boys were a group of British motoring enthusiasts that included Woolf Barnato , Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin , steeple chaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston , automotive journalist S. The Bentley Boys , favored Bentley cars. Many were independently wealthy and often had a military background.
As a result, it was unreliable. He drove against the train from Cannes to Calais , then by ferry to Dover , and finally London, travelling on public highways, and won.
Barnato drove his H. Mulliner —bodied formal saloon in the race against the Blue Train. Both cars became known as the " Blue Train Bentleys ;" the latter is regularly mistaken for, or erroneously referred to as being, the car that raced the Blue Train, while in fact Barnato named it in memory of his race. John Steed in the television series The Avengers also drove a Bentley. Not even Bentley himself knew the identity of the purchaser until the deal was completed. By coincidence, he had bought a sizable stake in Rolls-Royce not long before Bentley Motors was liquidated.
In the same year Bentley confirmed that it would continue racing. The attempted total obliteration of Bentley Motors and its founder was an outcome of a long-standing vendetta between Hives and Bentley.
The two engineers had completely opposing natures. Rolls-Royce had acquired the Bentley showrooms in Cork Street, the service station at Kingsbury, the complex at Cricklewood and the services of Bentley himself.
This last was disputed by Napier in court without success. Bentley had neglected to register their trademark so Rolls-Royce immediately did so. Bentley left to join Lagonda. Bentley was reported as saying, "Taking all things into consideration, I would rather own this Bentley than any other car produced under that name". Crewe also had extensive open farming land.