Bentley
宾利

Bentley Motors Limited is a British luxury automaker, founded by Walter Owen Bentley. Bentley cars won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 2003.
宾利汽车有限公司是沃尔特·欧文·宾利创立的一家英国豪华汽车制造商。宾利汽车产品分别在1924年、1927年、1928年、1929年、1930年和2003年赢得勒芒24小时耐力赛冠军。

Walter Owen Bentley had been in partnership with his brother Horace Millner Bentley selling French DFP cars, but he had always wanted to design and build his own range of cars bearing his name. It was on a visit to the DFP factory in 1913 that he noticed an aluminum paperweight, and had the inspired idea of using the lightweight metal instead of cast iron to make engine pistons. And he was famous for going into service in aero engines during World War I. On 18 January 1919，he set up the company on 18 January 1919 in Cricklewood near London.
沃尔特·欧文·宾利曾和他的哥哥霍勒斯·米尔纳·宾利合伙销售法国DFP汽车，但是宾利一直梦想设计并生产以自己名字命名的汽车。在1913年一次参观DFP汽车工厂的时候，宾利注意到一种铝制的镇纸，激发了他的一个想法，即用这种轻金属代替原本制作发动机活塞使用的铸铁。他在一战期间因供应空军飞机的引擎而闻名。1919年1月18日，宾利在伦敦附近的克鲁郡创立了宾利公司。

Rolls-Royce took over the assets of Bentley Motors (1919) Ltd and formed a new wholly owned company called Bentley Motors (1931) Ltd. Production was moved from London to Derby and later to Crewe. After acquiring the business in 1998, Volkswagen AG spent about $845 million to modernize the Crewe factory and increase production capacity. Most Bentley cars are assembled at the company's plant in Crewe, with a small number of Continental Flying Spurs assembled at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany. Bentley vehicles are sold via franchised dealers worldwide.
1919年，劳斯莱斯收购宾利汽车的资产并创立了新的全资宾利汽车有限公司(1931)。其生产线从伦敦搬到了德比，后又搬到克鲁郡。1998年，大众股份有限公司并购宾利，大众投入8.45亿美元整修克鲁郡的工厂，生产力有所提高。大多数宾利汽车都在公司的克鲁郡工厂组装，有小部分宾利欧陆飞驰牌是在德国德累斯顿的透明工厂组装的。宾利汽车的销售是通过全球的经销商进行的。