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Walter Owen Bentley founded his company in 1919 to build fast, durable touring cars, and within a decade his machines and the wealthy, hard-living Bentley Boys who drove them had won Le Mans five times. Ettore Bugatti supposedly called them the fastest lorries in the world, a back-handed compliment the brand has embraced ever since. The cars combine brute power with hand-stitched luxury, and the winged B remains one of motoring's most desirable badges.
Financial trouble in the Depression led to a takeover by Rolls-Royce in 1931, and for decades Bentleys were largely rebadged Rolls-Royces with slightly sportier pretensions. The turning point came in 1998, when Volkswagen bought the Crewe factory and Bentley brand. VW investment produced the Continental GT of 2003, a huge commercial hit that made Bentley a modern brand, and a return to Le Mans brought victory in 2003. The Bentayga of 2015 became one of the first ultra-luxury SUVs, and the Flying Spur sedan completed the lineup.
Bentley retired its famous W12 engine in 2024, and its current cars rely on a twin-turbocharged V8, often paired with a plug-in hybrid system. The brand's first electric car, the Torcal, is a smaller, urban-oriented SUV and a major test of whether the brand's buyers will embrace electric power. The company has also reorganized its retail operations, turning showrooms into lounges, and continues to expand its Mulliner personalization division. Rivals include Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Maybach.
Bentley's fortunes depend on wealthy buyers in the United States, China, the Middle East and Britain, so tariffs, trade deals and economic swings matter. A trade agreement between India and the United Kingdom, for instance, has cut prices there. The coverage on this page tracks new model reveals, reviews, the electric transition, design and executive appointments, sales and results, recalls, and the classic Bentleys that still turn up in barns. It is a brand forever balancing heritage against reinvention.
Crewe's grand tourers, from the Bentley Boys' Le Mans wins to the Continental GT, Bentayga, Flying Spur and the electric Torcal under VW ownership.
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