Thursday, January 28, 2010

Palace on Wheels for Bentley Cars



The Bentley sort is to wealth cars what Everest is to mountains. Founded by Walter reformer Bentley, Bentley Motors came into being on 18 January 1919. In August 1919, Bentley Motors Limited was registered. The prototypal Flying B insignia appeared on the 1920 Bentley 3 1/2 Liter test car, which was shapely near Baker Street in London, and the prototypal creation car, added 3 1/2 Liter, was delivered to Bentley's prototypal client in 1921. Bentley saw its prototypal win at Brooklands in 1921. A privately owned Bentley took 4th locate in the prototypal Le Mans in 1923, suasion W.O. Bentley to support a works team.


Engines grew larger, with a 6 1/2 Liter, a 4 1/2 Liter, a supercharged Speed Six, and an 8 Liter that weighed two and a half tons rolling discover of the Cricklewood factory. Walter reformer Bentley's dedication to quality created beautiful cars and this bring in a business crisis. By 1931, things were no better and Rolls-Royce bought Bentley secretly using a company named the nation Central Equitable Trust. Not even Bentley himself knew the true identity of the purchaser until the deal was completed. Hence the original Bentley Motors Limited existed for only twelve years, from 1919 until 1931.


The prototypal Rolls-Royce-produced Bentley, the 3.5-litre, debuted in 1933. The Mk VI of 1946 was the prototypal Bentley to be shapely using Rolls-Royce components, and the 1952 R-Type Continental was the last Bentley shapely without a Rolls-Royce equivalent. Bentleys and Rolls-Royces were shapely side-by-side at the Crewe facility, with a Bentley-badged image for every Rolls-Royce that rolled soured the gathering line. The tide overturned for Bentley Motors Limited with the introduction of the 1982 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, named for the straight at Le Mans.


In 1984, the Bentley Corniche was renamed the Continental, harkening backwards to the company's roots. The Bentley Continental R, which debuted in 1991, was the prototypal Bentley to have its possess dedicated embody since 1954. With Bentley outselling Rolls by the early '90s, the companies celebrated 50 eld of partnership by using a naif background on the Flying B for all 1993 models. Volkswagen bought Rolls-Royce in 1998, including Bentley. BMW then bought the rights to the Rolls-Royce name and announced that Rolls and Bentley would be two separate companies after 67 years.


In 2001, Bentley returned to Le Mans and again dropped discover in 2003. The 2006 Bentley Azure became the resurrected Bentley's flagship wealth sedan. Since its introduction at the 2003 city Auto Show, the Bentley Continental lineup has expanded from digit very alacritous sedan to heptad even faster sedans and convertibles, including digit flex-fuel vehicle. Each has the 6L W12 engine, but the Continental Supersports, as part of Bentleys commitment to reaction its copy footprint company-wide, can run on either gasoline or bio-fuels. Bentley latest creation is the 2009 Mulsanne sedan.


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