Bentley

W.O.Bentley & His brother HM bought a french auto company called Lecoq and Fernie and renamed it Bentley.Bentley first started off making airplane engines in WWI then they wanted to call it Bentley Motors.The first flying B emblem appeared on  the 1920 Bentley 3 1/2 Liter test car and another Bentley 3 1/2 Liter was sold as the first production car in 1921.Bentley started making race cars in 1921-1930.Bentley took its first when at Brooklands in 1921 then they  entered in its only indianapolis 500 in 1922 Where they took last place. But A privately owned Bentley took 4th places in the first ever Le Mans in 1923.engines started getting bigger and bigger making the car better for the buyers.Rolls-Royce bought Bentley in 1931 that makes Rolls Royce and Bentley partners in 1993 all models of Bentley had green on the background of the flying B.Then Volkswagen bought Rolls-Royce in 1998 including Bentley Then BMW bought the rights to Rolls Royce on december 31 2002