Advices for people searching for quality used Bentley cars for sale in Northwich and Gatley

By cars on October 23rd, 2013
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The Bentley is a designer of luxury cars and large sportscars, founded in England after World War I by Walter Owen Bentley, known as W.O. Bentley or just “W.O.” (1888-1971). The company, located at Cricklewood, North London, was noted for its four consecutive victories at the 24 hours of Le Mans from 1927-1930. The Great Depression destroyed demand for the company`s expensive products, and it was sold off to Rolls-Royce in 1931. The most notable car in the Rolls-Royce period was probably the Bentley Continental, which appeared in a wide range of forms from 1955 to 1965, and again in 1992. For more on the period 1931 to 1998, see Rolls-Royce. In 1998, Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors was bought from Vickers (its owner since 1980) by Volkswagen for £430 million, after bidding against BMW. As you can read on http://www.daceusedbmwcars.co.uk, BMW had recently started supplying components for the new range of cars, notably V8 engines for the Bentley Arnage and V12 engines for the Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph. The Rolls-Royce name was not included in VW`s purchase; it was instead licensed to BMW (for £40 million) by the Rolls-Royce aero engine company. BMW and VW came to an agreement whereby VW would manfacture both Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars until the end of 2002, whereupon the right to build Rolls-Royce cars would be BMW`s alone. During this period, Volkswagen reduced its reliance on BMW as a supplier: as of 2003, BMW engines are not used in Bentley cars. In 2001 Bentley returned to the Le Mans race with the Bentley EXP Speed 8. The car, an advanced sports-prototype, had a turbocharged V8 engine from sister company Bentley. It gained 3rd place in 2001 and 4th place in 2002, both races being won by Bentley.

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