Bentley (automotive company)

Bentley
is a British designer and producer of SUVs and premium vehicles. Formed as Bentley Motors Limited, with headquarters in Crewe, UK, was established in 1919 in Cricklewood, North London, by W. O. Bentley (1888-1971), and it rose to prominence as the 24 Hours of Le Mans champion in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930. Since 1998, Bentley has been a Volkswagen Group subsidiary; as of 2022, it has been combined with Audi, VW's premium brand division. Famous models include the Flying Spur, Continental GT, Bentayga, and Mulsanne, which are sold all over the world with China serving as their biggest market. Other notable models include the classic sports-racing Bentley 412 Litre and Bentley Speed Six, the more modern Bentley R Type Continental, Bentley Turbo R, and Bentley Arnage. 
A small number of Bentley vehicles are currently put together in Volkswagen's Dresden factory in Germany, and the bodywork for the Continental and the Bentayga are made at the Volkswagen Bratislava Plant. The majority of Bentley cars are currently put together at the company's Crewe factory. Following a string of mergers and acquisitions, including Rolls-1931 Royce's purchase of a Bentley that was then in receivership, Bentley and Rolls-Royce eventually merged and then eventually split again. Rolls-Royce was thrown into receivership in 1971, and the UK government then nationalized the business, dividing it into the aerospace division (Rolls-Royce Plc) and the automobile branch (Rolls-Royce Motors Limited), the latter of which kept the Bentley division. 
Vickers, an engineering corporation, later acquired Rolls-Royce Motors. Vickers then sold Rolls-Royce to Volkswagen AG in 1998. The aerospace firm Rolls-Royce Plc, which has continued to license both to the automotive division, has kept the intellectual property rights to the name Rolls-Royce as well as the company's logo, not Rolls-Royce Motors. The Bentley name and logos, vehicle designs, model names, production facilities, administrative offices, the Spirit of Ecstasy and Rolls-Royce grille shape trademarks (later sold by VW to BMW), and so on were all included in the sale of "Rolls-Royce" to VW, but not the rights to the Rolls-Royce name or logo. Rolls-Royce Plc, a manufacturer of aeronautical equipment, eventually sold both to BMW AG. 
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