| The new eight-litre was such a success that when Barnato's money seemed to run out in 1931 and Napier was planning to buy Bentley's business, Rolls-Royce purchased Bentley Motors to prevent it from competing with their most expensive model, the Phantom II | Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of employment including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation and benefits |
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| Finley, Ross 29 November 1985 | In 1998, BMW started supplying components for the new range of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars—notably for the and for the , however, the supply contract allowed BMW to terminate its supply deal with Rolls-Royce with 12 months' notice, which would not be enough time for Volkswagen to re-engineer the cars |
The Times, Saturday, 11 July 1931; p.
28| Barnato held 149,500 of the new shares giving him control of the company and he became chairman | The durability of the first Bentley cars earned widespread acclaim, and they competed in hill climbs and raced at |
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| Liquidation The and the resulting throttled the demand for Bentley's expensive motor cars | They also sold the factory in 1932 |
Rolls-Royce had acquired the Bentley showrooms in Cork Street, the service station at Kingsbury, the complex at Cricklewood and the services of Bentley himself.
14| Many were independently wealthy and many had a military background | Bentley was reported as saying, "Taking all things into consideration, I would rather own this Bentley than any other car produced under that name" |
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| 1994—1995 : to order only version of Continental R with features of Turbo S incorporated• O, as Walter was known, always wanted to design and build his own cars | 1996—2002 : short-wheelbase performance model• Davidson, Donald; Schaffer, Rick 2006 |
Cricklewood 1919—1931 Before , and his brother, Horace Millner Bentley, sold French cars in Cricklewood, North London, but W.