Bentley Motors has been a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1998 and consolidated under VW's premium brand arm Audi since 2022.
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18 Facts About Bentley Motors
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Today most Bentley Motors models are assembled at the company's Crewe factory, with a small number assembled at Volkswagen's Dresden factory, Germany, and with bodies for the Continental manufactured in Zwickau and for the Bentayga manufactured at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant.
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Rolls-Royce Bentley Motors was sold to engineering conglomerate, Vickers and in 1998, Vickers sold Rolls-Royce to Volkswagen AG.
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The durability of the first Bentley Motors cars earned widespread acclaim, and they competed in hill climbs and raced at Brooklands.
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Bentley Motors enterprise was always underfunded, but inspired by the 1924 Le Mans win by John Duff and Frank Clement, Barnato agreed to finance Bentley Motors's business.
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Birkin overruled Bentley Motors and put the model on the market before it was fully developed.
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Uncharacteristically fragile for a Bentley Motors it was not the racing workhorse the 6½-litre was, though in 1930 Birkin remarkably finished second in the French Grand Prix at Pau in a stripped-down racing version of the Blower Bentley Motors, behind Philippe Etancelin in a Bugatti Type 35.
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Bentley Motors withdrew from motor racing just after winning at Le Mans in 1930, claiming that they had learned enough about speed and reliability.
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Not even Bentley Motors himself knew the identity of the purchaser until the deal was completed.
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Bentley Motors had neglected to register their trademark so Rolls-Royce immediately did so.
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Bentley Motors was reported as saying, "Taking all things into consideration, I would rather own this Bentley Motors than any other car produced under that name".
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Under Vickers, Bentley Motors set about regaining its high-performance heritage, typified by the 1980 Mulsanne.
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Bentley Motors's restored sporting image created a renewed interest in the name and Bentley Motors sales as a proportion of output began to rise.
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Bentley Motors presented Queen Elizabeth II with an official State Limousine in 2002 to celebrate her Golden Jubilee.
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New version of the Bentley Motors Continental was introduced at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show: The Continental Supersports.
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On 23 March 2020, Bentley Motors announced to halt production due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 3 November 2020, Bentley Motors announced that all new cars sold will be electric by 2030.
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