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Уолтер Бентли на протяжении всей своей жизни старался улучшить и модернизировать двигатели автомобилей, за что и получил прозвание - «Король двигателей».  Уолтер Оуэн Бентли. Статья опубликована Последняя правка произведена Детство и юность Уолтер Бентли родился в году, в Лондоне. Отец большого семейства был богатым бизнесменом.

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Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September – 13 August ) was an English engineer who designed engines for cars and aircraft, raced cars and motorcycles, and founded Bentley Motors Limited in Cricklewood near London. He was known as "W. O." without any need to add the word Bentley. Bentley, born in Hampstead, London, was the youngest of his Adelaide-born parents’ nine children. His father was retired businessman Alfred Bentley, and mother was Emily, née Waterhouse. As the son of a prosperous.

Старость среди любимых людей. Он считал, что мощность двигателя можно увеличить только за счет его объема. Но он мечтал об автомобилях. Уолтером были усовершенствованы англо-французские авиадвигатели Clerger, устанавливаемые на известные истребители Sopwith Snipe и Sopwith Camel.

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He was known as "W. In and Bentley raced Quadrant , Rex , and Indian motorcycles. In he joined his brother, H.

Fitted with the alloy pistons and a modified camshaft , a DFP took several records at Brooklands in and At the outbreak of war Bentley knew that using aluminium alloy pistons in military applications would benefit the national interest: As security considerations prevented his broadcasting the information to engine manufacturers, he contacted the official liaison between the manufacturers and the Navy.

That man, Commander Wilfred Briggs , would be his senior officer throughout the war. Commissioned in the Royal Naval Air Service , Bentley was sent to share with the manufacturers the knowledge and experience he had gained from the modifications to the engines of the DFP cars he sold in Britain. Bentley next visited Louis Coatalen at Sunbeam , with the result that the same innovation was used in all their aero engines.

Designated the BR1 , Bentley Rotary 1 , the engine was fundamentally different from the Clerget except in the design of the cam mechanism, which was retained to facilitate production. A prototype was running in the early summer of The bigger BR2 followed in early In recognition, Bentley was awarded the MBE.

After the war, in early , W. They formed a group at small premises in Cricklewood to turn his aero engines business into one of car production. In a group that included Frank Burgess formerly of Humber and Harry Varley formerly of Vauxhall Motors , they set about designing a high quality sporting tourer for production under the name Bentley Motors.

Интересный факт! Наиболее популярной моделью является автомобиль Bentley S-2. Данное авто принадлежало Джону Ленону. Он приобрел его исключительно для рекламы нового альбома The Beatles — «Yellow Submarine».

A plaque marks the building in what is now Chagford Street NW1. In , when a rather skeptical W. A Bentley 3 Litre won at Le Mans in Neither of the two Bentleys entered in the race finished it, but subsequent models won again in , , , and , with the factory team managed by W. Ettore Bugatti is said to have commented that W. With Bentley Motors Ltd. The racing version of the W. In , against W. Although Barnato continued racing Bentleys with distinction, and even though the company sold a hundred of its 8 Litre model, which was launched as a grand car for the ultra-rich in October Bugatti sold three of his equivalent model, the Royale , the Great Depression took its toll.

On 10 July a Receiver was appointed to the company. Napier and Son entered negotiations as prospective purchasers. The Press Association understands that Messrs Napier and Son, aero-engine builders, have reached an agreement to take over Bentley Motors Limited which is in voluntary liquidation. It is expected that the matter will come before the Court within the next few days.

Cricklewood production [7] [18]. Rolls-Royce took immediate steps to remedy that. Thereafter production was from Rolls-Royce premises in Derby and, postwar, Crewe. Rolls-Royce had acquired the Bentley showrooms in Cork Street, the service station at Kingsbury, the whole establishment at Cricklewood and Bentley himself. This last was disputed by Napier in court without success. Everything was sold but some 8-litre chassis which were taken to Derby.

The name alone was to be kept and used for a smaller economy car but that prototype proved to be as complex and expensive as the bigger Rolls-Royces and its development was halted. Barnato was invited to become a director of the new Rolls-Royce subsidiary, Bentley Motors Limited. Hearing of this W. Rootes arranged for him to test a new Hillman each weekend. As obliged to do by the court he joined Rolls-Royce under a contract extending from 1 May to the end of April But, he did admire their achievement.

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