Bentley was founded by vehicle enthusiast Walter Owen Bentley, in partnership with his brother in 1919 in England. Their initial cars and trucks ended up built obtainable in 1921, about a year afterwards than it turned out expected to get launched. The business was usually lacking funds which led W.O. Bentley to make the choice to seek the help of millionaire Woolf Barnato which sooner or later, this lead to Barnato owning the firm and generating him chairman with the board.

Bentley manufactured higher performance cars that won consecutive victories from 1927 to 1930 at the 24 hours of Le Mans. Woolf Barnato, staying a motorist himself, tried to keep the company in good shape although it meant applying most of his wealth, but the costly parts and upkeep of the Bentleys could not withstand the wonderful depression and was eventually sold to Rolls-Royce in 1931.

Upon Rolls-Royce's acquisition of the firm, it had been renamed Bentley Motors Limited. The old Bentley customer's didn't like the new Bentley as it had been perceived as being a less expensive Rolls-Royce since it resembled the Rolls' shape and exterior, all the same, some liked the new version. Eventually, sales dropped for both the Rolls-Royce and the Bentley and the firm was acquired by Vickers.

In 1998, the business was won by Volkswagen from a war bid with BMW, but the two businesses have found a way to come up with an arrangement for each companies to have a role from the manufacturing and retention on the brand from the Rolls-Royce types.

Getting a top of the line, high effectiveness engine high-class automobile, Bentleys are still thought to be about the most prestigious manufacturers in the world. It truly is even now becoming applied to race at the Le Mans Series. And because Volkswagen is the new mum or dad of the company, we can anticipate to see modern products to appear out below the Bentley title, possibly a hybrid model or even an SUV inside the short term.