Inspiring Car Wallpapers and Car Pictures (Pics) Collection:

By (W.O. Bentley), Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of luxury automobiles founded on 18 January 1919. Bentley turned to millionaire Woolf Barnato for help in 1925 when the company was always under-funded. From 1927 to 1930, Bentley won four consecutive victories at the 24 hours of Le Mans. In 1931, Rolls-Royce took full control of Bentley and the company has been owned by the Volkswagen Group of Germany since 1998.

In the 1980s, Bentley became a separate, high-performance car line once again, typified by the 1980 Mulsanne. "Blower Bentley", perhaps the most iconic model of the period is the 4½-litre with its distinctive supercharger projecting forward from the bottom of the grille and became famous in popular media as the vehicle of James Bond in the original novels, but not in film; however, John Steed, in the television series The Avengers, did drive a Bentley. Bentley presented Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. The Bentley Continental GT, a large luxury coupe powered by a W12 engine built in Crewe. The Continental Supersports in 2009 at Geneva Auto Show, a new Bentley version of the Bentley Continental was introduced. A record profit of €155 million was also announced for 2007.