Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British manufacturer and internet marketer of luxury cars and 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 widely known for winning the particular 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, plus 2003.
Prominent models lengthen from the historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; the more recent Bentley R TypeContinental, Bentley Turbo R, plus Bentley Arnage; to its current model line—including the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne—which are promoted worldwide, with China because its biggest market since November 2012.
Today the majority of Bentleys are assembled at the company's Crewe factory, along with a smaller number assembled in Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Philippines, and with bodies regarding the Continental created within Zwickau and for the Bentayga created at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.
The joining and 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 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 keeping the Bentley subdivision. Rolls-Royce Motors was subsequently offered to engineering conglomerate, Vickers and in 1998, Vickers sold Rolls-Royce to Volkswagen AG.
Intellectual property legal rights to both the name Rolls-Royce as well because the company's logo got been retained not simply by Rolls-Royce Motors, but simply by aerospace company, Rolls-Royce Plc, which had continued in order to license both to the automotive division. Thus the particular sale for "Rolls-Royce" to VW included the Bentley name and logos, vehicle styles, model nameplates, production and administrative facilities, the Soul of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW by VW)—but not the legal rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or even logo. The aerospace business, Rolls-Royce Plc, eventually offered both to BMW AG.
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