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11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by obafemee80(m): 11:27am On Dec 23, 2018




I know you can say one or two things about the Rolls-Royce brand, Porsche, Ford,Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Maybach ,Peugeot ,Audi and our own indigenous automaker, Innoson Motors. But what about the ultra-luxurious Bentley brand that makes car models we all yearn to drive in our lifetime.

Autojosh.com presents 11 Interesting Facts you should know about the automaker, BENTLEY

1) Bentley Motors was founded in 1919 by famous British constructor and an engineer ,Walter Owen Bentley. His mission statement is as true today as it was then “To build a good car, a fast car, the best in its class”

2) The 1920 Bentley EXP 1 was the first Bentley car ever made while the 1920 Bentley EXP 2 is the oldest surviving Bentley, the second ever made and the first to win a race. 

3) Volkswagen Group acquired the Bentley brand in 1998. VW also controls Audi ,Bugatti ,Lamborghini, Porsche ,SEAT,Skoda ,MAN,Scania to mention a few.

4) In 1994, six Dominators SUV with different colors were specially built for Sultan of Brunei (the former world's richest man ,who also boasts of over hundreds of Rolls Royces cars) at cost ₦1.4b ( £3m) per car .The 4-wheel drive luxury Sport Utility Vehicle was built on a Range Rover  chassis.

5) The Bentley Bentayga is Bentley's first mass-production SUV. The all-wheel drive, 5-door ultra-luxury SUV  starts at ₦71m ($195k), if you love to get one for yourself .
It is powered by a 600 horsepower W12 engine,has a top speed of 187 mph and will move from standstill to 60 mph in 4.0 seconds .



6) The Bentley's flying "B" ornaments was first used on 6½ Litre Bentleys in the late 1920’s.The modern types are designed to enter the bonnet in the event of an accident. The letter “B” stands for Bentley while the silver wings around it signifies speed.



7) The armored Bentley State Limousine is the official statecar created by Bentley for Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002.

She has two of it that are valued at ₦4.6billion ( 10m GBP) each. They are powered by a Rolls-Royce – Bentley twin-turbocharged, 6.75-litre V8 engine .

cool Bentley current model line-up includes the Mulsanne, the Flying Spur sedan,Bentayga SUV and the New Continental GT. Past models includes the Continental (2003-2018),Arnage and Azure .All 2019 Bentley models will come with Special Centenary Badges to celebrate Its 100 Years.





9) It takes around 110 hours to build a Continental GT, 130 to build a Continental Flying Spur sedan, 130 to build a Bentayga and around 400 to build a Mulsanne from start to finish

10) On average, 26 Continentals and Continental Flying Spurs, 5 Mulsannes and 31 Bentaygas are built in a day.

11) It takes 30 engineers about 13 and a half hours to build one W12 engine and about 136 hours or over 5 days to complete the interior trim on a Mulsanne.

Feel free to add to these facts…

https://autojosh.com/11-interesting-facts-about-bentley-you-should-know/

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Sportdab(m): 11:48am On Dec 23, 2018
Bentley is Bae!! grin

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Teaser4(m): 3:56pm On Dec 23, 2018
Why should we know?....why do you conclude we don't know already?....google Issa bae....

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by dalhjana: 3:58pm On Dec 23, 2018
I need a jet li
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Passionate888: 3:58pm On Dec 23, 2018
No. 15 is so interesting... Buhari sef
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Purposeciti: 3:59pm On Dec 23, 2018
Interesting
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Ogaga87(m): 3:59pm On Dec 23, 2018
I'm changing my taste right now..
Make I try whether JUMIA go fit deliver this to me before end of year


Na joke I dey O

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by apesinola001: 4:01pm On Dec 23, 2018
Interesting

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by obojememe: 4:02pm On Dec 23, 2018
there is one bently i saw at elegushi private beach, looks like a very old model buh still classy .. they make good cars no doubt

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by naijaboiy: 4:04pm On Dec 23, 2018
After knowing all these facts and someone will still not be able to afford it. cry

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by stanley000: 4:05pm On Dec 23, 2018
Fun facts-- more than 80 presidents in the world uses Benz as their official car and has continued to do that for the past 2decades.

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by BrainnewsRadio(f): 4:11pm On Dec 23, 2018
Wonderful
I will soon buy it..

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by kentoplash(m): 4:14pm On Dec 23, 2018
Is it just me, or is this post actually not interesting?
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Neddyned(m): 4:15pm On Dec 23, 2018
OK!! make people no go do blood money because of this vanity car o!

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Chukazu: 4:19pm On Dec 23, 2018
British people selling of their Iconic brands the way Buhari is borrowing to put Nigeria in debt

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Aldebaran(m): 4:21pm On Dec 23, 2018
Like for Bentley grin

Share for Rolls-Royce grin

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by ednut1(m): 4:24pm On Dec 23, 2018
Why should we know about a car we cant afford yet Even op drives a seina

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by clapbest(m): 4:27pm On Dec 23, 2018
Class is indeed priceless
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by sisisioge: 4:28pm On Dec 23, 2018
Wowzerful...the car too bam o grin

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by nicepoker101(m): 4:42pm On Dec 23, 2018
Ferrari for me.
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by maxillaboy: 4:48pm On Dec 23, 2018
derok7943x:

You no dey tire? shocked
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by able1993(m): 4:52pm On Dec 23, 2018
That is nice, gonna use one soon but gotten legitly if there is any word like that......

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Nobody: 5:07pm On Dec 23, 2018
If only u guys will vote beta person 2019 amma get my bentleygrin If u vote me, we'll use dis bae 4 taxi
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Nobody: 5:08pm On Dec 23, 2018
ednut1:
Why should we know about a car we cant afford yet Even op drives a seina
grin
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by 11doubledee: 5:17pm On Dec 23, 2018
Please are there no Chinese versions that are more affordable?
shocked shocked shocked

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by anambraamaka: 5:19pm On Dec 23, 2018
My car
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Cooladex(m): 5:45pm On Dec 23, 2018
I really don't think I need this info tho.

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Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by Bossontop(m): 6:44pm On Dec 23, 2018
undecided
Re: 11 Interesting Facts About BENTLEY You Should Know by ttworld: 7:39pm On Dec 23, 2018
OK Bentley what next?

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