Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Engineering Manufacturing Distribution
Fate	Acquired by Rolls-Royce Limited (1931) Acquired by Vickers plc (1980) Acquired by Volkswagen Group (1998)
Predecessor	Rolls-Royce Motors
Founded	18 January 1919; 98 years ago (1919-01-18)
Founder	H. M. Bentley W. O. Bentley
Headquarters	Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Wolfgang Dürheimer (Chairman, CEO) Woolf Barnato (Chairman 1922–1929)
Products	Continental Flying Spur Continental GT Bentayga Mulsanne
Production output	9,107 vehicles (2012) 7,593 vehicles (2011)
Services	Automobile customisation
Revenue	€1,453 million (2012) €1,119 million (2011)
Profit	€8 million (2011) -€245 million (2010)
Number of employees	3,600 (2013)
Parent	Volkswagen Group
Website	bentleymotors.com
Footnotes / references

Bentley Motors Limited (/ˈbɛntli/) is a British company that designs, develops, and manufactures luxury motorcars which are largely hand-built. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG. Now based in Crewe, England, Bentley Motors Limited was founded by W. O. Bentley on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood, North London. Bentley cars are sold via franchised dealers worldwide, and as of November 2012, China was the largest market.

Most Bentley cars are assembled at the Crewe factory, but a small number of Continental Flying Spurs were assembled at the factory in Dresden, Germany for a brief period when there was insufficient capacity at Crewe. Bodies for the Continental are produced in Zwickau, Germany. Bentley won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, and 2003.

Regarded as a British luxury automobile icon, Bentley models include the Bentley 4½ Litre, Bentley Speed Six, Bentley R Type Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. As of 2015, Bentley produce the Continental Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentley Bentayga and the Mulsanne.