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 founded as Bentley Motors Limited 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, plus 2003.
Prominent models expand from the historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; the more recent Bentley R TypeContinental, Bentley Turbo R, and 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 as its greatest market since November 2012.
Today the majority of Bentleys are assembled at the company's Crewe factory, with a smaller number assembled in Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Germany, and with bodies for the Continental made in Zwickau as well as for the Bentayga produced at 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 within receivership. In 1971, Rolls-Royce itself was forced into receivership and the UNITED KINGDOM government nationalised the company—splitting into two companies the particular aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and automotive (Rolls-Royce Engines 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 rights to both the title Rolls-Royce as well since the company's logo got 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 sale of "Rolls-Royce" to VOLKS WAGEN included the Bentley title and logos, vehicle styles, model nameplates, production plus 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, in the end offered both to BMW AG.
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