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Bentley Motors in Crewe, England, has a long history of producing the same offspring of luxury cars. The company was founded in 1919 by Walter Bentley, previously established for its range of military aircraft engines, especially engines for the Sopwith Camel.

That’s where Walter Bentley noted that the use of aluminum in the development of aviation and engine components and both higher performance and maintenance were, let alone several options for casting and machining. Like the time in the history of many manufacturers always responds in large part to the cast iron parts, making it difficult, prone to overheating and durable.

So with the new type of engine has used Walter Bentley on the first vehicle in 1921 and the first Bentley BR1 left the band. A year later Bentley cars was observed in many races and hill climbs in the entire United Kingdom and even in the American endurance race of 500 miles of Indianapolis. But it was two years later in 1924, when Bentley was finally put on the map with a victory in the coveted 24-hour race at Le Mans in France. To top this car Bentley has won no less than four consecutive races won by 1927 and 1930.

After Wall Street crash of 1929 in the United States, car sales fell seriously Bentley worldwide. The problem got so bad the company Rolls Royce Corporation was sold in 1931. Fast forward to today proves itself to be the Bentley marque by German automaker Volkswagen AG since 1998 in the possession as popular today as ever. Even with the uncertainty of the global brand new Bentley experiencing sales growth in many emerging countries around the world, including India, China and Qatar.

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