| Walter Owen Bentley founded Bentley Motors on 18 | | | | Bentley Motors Limited introduced the Mulsanne |
| January 1919 and registered it as Bentley Motors | | | | Turbo in 1982 and it was a tuning point for the car |
| Limited in August 1919. Its first car appeared after | | | | company. In 1984, the Corniche was renamed the |
| two year with a 3 1/2 litre engine. Walter Owen | | | | Continental and Continental R, which debuted in 1991, |
| Bentley founded Bentley Motors on 18 January 1919 | | | | was the first Bentley to have its own dedicated |
| and registered it as Bentley Motors Limited in August | | | | body since 1954. In 1998, Volkswagen bought |
| 1919. Its first car appeared after two year with a 3 1 | | | | Rolls-Royce, including Bentley. BMW then bought the |
| 2 Litre engine. | | | | rights to the Rolls-Royce name and announced that |
| It's first victory at motorsports came at Brooklands | | | | Rolls Royce and Bentley are two separate companies |
| in 1921. It took the 4th place in the first Le Mans in | | | | and this happened after a period of 67 years. |
| 1923, inspiring W.O. Bentley to support a factory | | | | In 2001, It returned to Le Mans and again dropped |
| team. Engines grew larger, with a 6 1/2 Liter, a 4 1/2 | | | | out in 2003. In 2006 the Azure was launched which |
| Liter, a supercharged Speed Six and an 8 Liter rolling | | | | came out to become the resurrected it's flagship |
| out of its factory. WO Bentley's fascination to create | | | | luxury sedan. The Continental lineup has been very |
| beautiful cars brought in a financial crisis and in 1931 | | | | successful since its introduction at the 2003 Detroit |
| Rolls-Royce bought Bentley Motors Limited. The | | | | Auto Show. It has expanded from one very fast |
| original company existed for only twelve years. | | | | sedan to seven even faster sedans and the form of |
| The first Rolls-Royce-produced Bentley was launched | | | | convertibles that include one flex-fuel vehicle. Each |
| in 1933 and it came with a 3.5-litre engine. The 1946 | | | | has the 6L W12 engine, but the Continental |
| Mk VI was the first to be built using Rolls-Royce | | | | Supersports, can run on either gasoline or bio-fuels. |
| components and the 1952 R-Type Continental was | | | | Its latest creation is the 2009 Mulsanne sedan that |
| the last to be built without Rolls-Royce's aid. | | | | debuted at the Frankfort Motor Show. |