Everyone knows Bentley as a high-end luxurious GT, sedan, or SUV, with vehicles just like the Continental, the Flying Spur, and the Bentayga, however Bentley has been round for 101 years, and whereas at a sure second in historical past, a Bentley was roughly a rebadged Rolls Royce, the advertising and marketing behind that concept was that you’ve got a driver if you happen to personal a Rolls Royce whilst you drive a Bentley your self, and customarily talking the Bentley counterpart was a extra sporty model of the Rolls Royce model, however issues have modified significantly over time, Rolls Royce being acquired by BMW AG whereas Bentley went to Volkswagen Group.
Traditionally a Rolls Royce could be marketed in the direction of a extra ‘aged’ group of individuals which were rich for generations, whereas a Bentley could be extra applicable for the youthful ‘new cash’ people, however that additionally has modified with the Rolls Royce Ghost and Culinnan, lots of that are being owned by so-called new cash now too, and whilst you can spec a Bentley Flying Spur or Bentayga as a really basic magnificence, you may get very sporty with carbon fiber and the likes, however what was Bentley like 100 years in the past?
Let’s check out this 21-minute overview of the historical past of Bentley: