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 founded 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 Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.
Prominent models extend through the historic sports-racing Bentley 4½ Litre and Bentley Speed Six; the a lot more recent Bentley R TypeContinental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage; to the current model line—including the particular Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne—which are advertised worldwide, with China since its biggest market since November 2012.
Today many Bentleys are assembled on the company's Crewe factory, along with a tiny number assembled in Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Australia, and with bodies for the Continental created in Zwickau as well as for the Bentayga made on the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.
The joining plus eventual separation of Bentley and Rolls-Royce followed the series of mergers and acquisitions, beginning with the 1931 purchase by Rolls-Royce of Bentley, then within 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 Engines Limited) divisions—the latter retaining 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 name Rolls-Royce as well as the company's logo experienced been retained not by Rolls-Royce Motors, but by aerospace company, Rolls-Royce Plc, which had continued to license both to the particular automotive division. Thus the particular sale of "Rolls-Royce" to VW included the Bentley title and logos, vehicle designs, model nameplates, production plus administrative facilities, the Soul of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille condition trademarks (subsequently sold to BMW simply by VW)—but not the legal rights to the Rolls-Royce name or even logo. The aerospace business, Rolls-Royce Plc, eventually marketed both to BMW AG.
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