Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British manufacturer and online marketer of luxury cars and SUVs—and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998.
Headquartered in Crewe, Britain, the company was started as Bentley Motors Limited by W. O. Bentley in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London—and became broadly known for winning the particular 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
Prominent models lengthen through 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 particular Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga plus the Mulsanne—which are advertised worldwide, with China since its most significant market as of November 2012.
Today the majority of Bentleys are assembled on the company's Crewe factory, with a smaller number assembled at Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Germany, and with bodies regarding the Continental produced in Zwickau as well as for the Bentayga made on 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 directly into receivership and the UK government nationalised the company—splitting into two companies the particular aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and automotive (Rolls-Royce Engines 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 Volkswagen AG.
Intellectual property rights to both the title 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 to license both to the particular automotive division. Thus the particular sale for "Rolls-Royce" to VW included the Bentley name and logos, vehicle designs, model nameplates, production plus administrative facilities, the Soul of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille design trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW simply by VW)—but not the legal rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo. The aerospace company, Rolls-Royce Plc, in the end offered both to BMW AG.
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