Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British manufacturer and online marketer of luxury cars plus SUVs—and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998.
Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was started as Bentley Motors Restricted by W. O. Bentley in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London—and became broadly known for winning the 24 Hours of The Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
Prominent models extend from your historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; the a lot more recent Bentley R TypeContinental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage; to the current model line—including the particular Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne—which are marketed worldwide, with China since its biggest market since November 2012.
Today most Bentleys are assembled at the company's Crewe factory, with a smaller number assembled at Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Australia, and with bodies for the Continental produced in Zwickau and for the Bentayga made in the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.
The joining plus eventual separation of Bentley and Rolls-Royce followed a series of mergers plus acquisitions, beginning with the 1931 purchase by Rolls-Royce of Bentley, then in receivership. In 1971, Rolls-Royce itself was forced in to receivership and the UK government nationalised the company—splitting into two companies the particular aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and automotive (Rolls-Royce Motors Limited) divisions—the latter retaining the Bentley subdivision. Rolls-Royce Motors was subsequently marketed to engineering conglomerate, Vickers and in 1998, Vickers sold Rolls-Royce to Vw AG.
Intellectual property rights to both the name Rolls-Royce as well because the company's logo experienced been retained not by Rolls-Royce Motors, but simply by aerospace company, Rolls-Royce Plc, which had continued to license both to the particular automotive division. Thus the sale of "Rolls-Royce" to VW included the Bentley name and logos, vehicle styles, model nameplates, production plus administrative facilities, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW simply by VW)—but not the legal rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or even logo. The aerospace organization, Rolls-Royce Plc, finally offered both to BMW AG.
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