Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British manufacturer and online marketer of luxury cars plus SUVs—and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998.
Headquartered in Crewe, Britain, the company was created as Bentley Motors Restricted by W. O. Bentley in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London—and became broadly known for winning the particular 24 Hours of The Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, plus 2003.
Prominent models expand from the historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; the a lot more recent Bentley R TypeContinental, Bentley Turbo R, plus Bentley Arnage; to the current model line—including the particular Continental Flying Spur, Ls GT, Bentley Bentayga plus the Mulsanne—which are marketed worldwide, with China because its most significant market since November 2012.
Today most Bentleys are assembled on the company's Crewe factory, with a smaller number assembled at Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Philippines, and with bodies for the Continental made in Zwickau as well as for the Bentayga made in the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.
The joining and eventual separation of Bentley and Rolls-Royce followed the 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 directly into receivership and the UNITED KINGDOM government nationalised the company—splitting into two companies the aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and automotive (Rolls-Royce Motors Limited) divisions—the latter retaining the Bentley subdivision. Rolls-Royce Motors was subsequently sold to engineering conglomerate, Vickers and in 1998, Vickers sold Rolls-Royce to Volkswagen AG.
Intellectual property rights to both the name Rolls-Royce as well since the company's logo had been retained not simply 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 for "Rolls-Royce" to VW included the Bentley name and logos, vehicle styles, model nameplates, production plus administrative facilities, the Soul of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW by VW)—but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or even logo. The aerospace organization, Rolls-Royce Plc, eventually offered both to BMW AG.
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