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B E N T L E Y H I S T O RY Social trends in the late 1920s and early 1930s were mirrored in a rise in smaller owner-driver saloon cars with style, performance and comfort. Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd. successfully met this demand with the Derby-built 31/2-litre and 41/4-litre Bentleys built between 1933 and 1939, but when W.O. was offered a job at Lagonda in 1935, the year that a Lagonda won at Le Mans, the Above: 1929 Frank Clement at Le Mans Above: 1930 Tim Birkin at Le Mans Above: 1929 Tim Birkin at Le Mans allure of working with racing cars again was irresistible. He went on to design the V12 Lagonda, later working for Aston Martin and Armstrong-Siddeley before retiring. Encouraged by Stanley Sedgwick and the Bentley Drivers Club, W.O. was Patron Side: 1924 Le Mans of the Club until his death in 1971. Side: 1930 Le Mans In 1931 Rolls Royce took over Bentley and W.O. was taken on as a development engineer by the new owners. The acquisition of Bentley by the Volkswagen Group in 1998 however added resource, new technologies and
even greater impetus to the momentum of the Bentley renaissance. A century of dreams, despair and determination Then, with the culmination of the development programme, Bentley achieved outright victory in June 2003. culminated in the launch within one year of the pure-bred Bentley Arnage Red Label, a car that recaptured that exhilarating blend of power and craftsmanship worthy of the flying B. The launch of the Limited Edition Bentley Arnage Limousine was followed in 2005 by the Bentley Continental Flying Spur. The Bentley Arnage Drophead Coupé is confirmed for production as the When Bentley announced its return to exquisite Azure, and one year later the Above: 1937 Embiricos Bentley Below: Post-War Bentley MkVI Le Mans in late 2000, it was clearly stated that it would be a three year programme Continental GTC is announced. with victory the only aim. The stunning In 2007 the Continental GT Speed was Continental GT is unveiled at Paris in launched and the following year the the same glorious year, attracting 3,200 new Brooklands motor cars begin to be deposits eight months before the first delivered. one would be delivered. The next chapters of Bentley history In 2001, Team Bentley scored a have yet to be written. But we can remarkable third place followed by a predict with some confidence that they creditable fourth in 2002 with the EXP will include luminous headlines in the Speed 8. motoring press and heartfelt praise from Bentley lovers the world over.
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