Series: 3-Litre, 3.5-Litre, 4-Litre, 4.25-Litre, 4.5-Litre, 6.5-Litre, 8-Litre, Arnage, Azure, Brooklands, Continental, Hunaudieres, Mk VI, Mulsanne, R-Type, S1, S2, S3, Speed, State, Turbo

About Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury automobiles and Grand Tourers. Bentley Motors was founded in England on January 18, 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley, known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." (1888–1971). He was previously known for his successful range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. Since 1998 the company has been owned by the Volkswagen Group.

Bentley as a separate company

Bentley is a group of wealthy British automobile aficionados known as the "Bentley Boys" (Woolf Barnato, Sir Henry Birkin, steeplechaser George Duller, aviator Glen Kidston, automotive journalist S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis, and Dr. Dudley Benjafield among them) kept the car's reputation for high performance alive. At one point, on a bet, Barnato raced Le Train Bleu from Cannes to Calais, then by ferry to Dover and finally London, travelling on public highways with normal traffic, and won ; the special-bodied 6.5L car became known as the Blue Train Bentley. Thanks to the dedication of this group to serious racing, the company, located at Cricklewood, north London, was noted for its four consecutive victories at the 24 hours of Le Mans from 1927 to 1930. Their greatest competitor at the time, Bugatti, whose lightweight, elegant, but fragile creations contrasted with the Bentley's rugged reliability and durability, referred to them as "the world's fastest lorries". Perhaps the most iconic model of the period is the 4.5L "Blower Bentley", with its distinctive supercharger projecting forward from the bottom of the grille. Uncharacteristically fragile for a Bentley, however, it was not the racing workhorse the 6½ Litre was. It became famous in popular media as the vehicle of James Bond in the original novels, but not in film; rather, John Steed in the television series The Avengers did drive a Bentley.

A great deal of Barnato's fortune went to keeping Bentley afloat after he became chairman in 1925; but the Great Depression destroyed demand for the company's expensive products, and it was finally sold to Rolls-Royce in 1931.

Bentley is now one of the most prestigous car manufactures in the whole world

• 1921-1929 3 Litre
• 1926-1930 4½ Litre & "Blower Bentley"
• 1926-1930 6½ Litre
• 1928-1930 6½ Litre Speed Six
• 1930-1931 8 Litre
• 1931 4 Litre

Bentleys of the Rolls-Royce era

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