ROAD TEST 1989 BENTLEY EIGHT Classics World

ROAD TEST  1989 BENTLEY EIGHT  Classics World

Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is really a British manufacturer and internet marketer of luxury cars plus SUVs—and a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998.

Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was created 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 The Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

Prominent models lengthen from your 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 Continental Flying Spur, Ls GT, Bentley Bentayga plus the Mulsanne—which are advertised worldwide, with China since its biggest market since November 2012.

Today most Bentleys are assembled in the company's Crewe factory, with a little number assembled from Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Australia, and with bodies with regard to the Continental created 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 the series of mergers and acquisitions, beginning with the particular 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 aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and automotive (Rolls-Royce Motors Limited) divisions—the latter keeping 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 since the company's logo experienced been retained not by Rolls-Royce Motors, but by aerospace company, Rolls-Royce Plc, which had continued in order to license both to the particular 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 Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille form trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW simply by VW)—but not the rights towards the Rolls-Royce name or logo. The aerospace business, Rolls-Royce Plc, in the end marketed both to BMW AG.

Bentley Eight with a very special CHEAP numberplate

Bentley Eight with a very special CHEAP numberplate

Sold: Bentley Eight Saloon Auctions Lot 22 Shannons

Sold: Bentley Eight Saloon Auctions  Lot 22  Shannons

Bentley Eight

Bentley Eight

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