15 Things You Didn't Know About BENTLEY

fifteen things you didn't know about Bentley welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello a Luxor's and welcome to another exciting original video presented by Alex calm today we're revealing some interesting and surprising facts about Bentley a British luxury car company that has produced some of the most desirable cars in the world for nearly 100 years Bentley was founded as Bentley Motors Limited in 1919 by wo Bentley in London the first car bearing Bentley's name was produced in the same year and presented at the London Motor Show in 1921 the three litre Bentley's were made available to the public and Bentley quickly made a name for themselves because of the durability of their cars captain Woolf Barnato bought his first Bentley in 1925 and used it to win numerous races in 1926 he bought Bentley for around one hundred and thirty dollars which would be nearly two million dollars at today's valuation the most iconic model of the early years of Bentley was their four and a half liter blower Bentley which was what James Bond drove in the original novels Bentley was acquired by rolls-royce in 1931 and remained a part of their company until Volkswagen AG beat out BMW with a bit of around four hundred and fifty million dollars in 1997 in the modern era Bentley has brought us the Mulsanne Continental GT Continental GT Convertible the Flying Spur and the been taken if you are new here welcome be sure to subscribe and follow us on Instagram at Alex we are inspired by Bentley's long-running success focus on luxury and dedication to quality we know how many of our fellow a Luxor's out there can't wait to add one or more of these highly desirable cars to their car collection so let's learn more about them with these 15 things you didn't know about Bentley number one the winged logo changes depending on the car the wing to be hood ornament was originally designed to represent speed and power the initial designer also wanted to prevent forgery so he added a different number of feathers on each side hoping that forgers wouldn't notice Bentley also tends to change the number of feathers based on what type of car vintage cars typically have 13 feathers on the left and 14 on the right derby cars have 10 and 11 and crew cars have 10 on both sides number two it takes 399 hours to build a Mulsanne Bentley has one of the longest production times of luxury cars and they are proud of this fact the stitching on the steering wheel of one Mulsanne takes five hours and 620 stitches to complete to contrast stitch the entire cabin of a Continental GT takes 25 hours it takes 399 hours to build a Molson 130 hours to build a Flying Spur and 104 hours to build a Continental GT number 3 there is a Bentley ice driving school in Finland from February to March Bentley holds their power on ice school in the far north of Finland expert drivers teach participants how to drive the 616 horsepower w12 Flying Spur and the Continental GT in some extremely harsh winter conditions participants who buy the $13,600 Premium Package get a four-day experience at the school which also includes private jet flights between Helsinki and the chalet Iruka peak Resort where you can enjoy open fires saunas luxury accommodations and first-class local cuisine number four Bentley set the ice speed record in 2011 the Bentley Continental Supersports convertible which runs on biofuel was actually the first car to ever achieve the feat of going 200 miles per hour on ice the $300,000 convertible beat Bentley's own ice speed record they had set back in 2007 with a Bentley Continental GT the same driver finish rally legend Juha Kankkunen set both records the super sports convertible hit a top speed of 205 miles per hour on ice when the record was set in 2011 in Finland on the Baltic Sea number five bridling made a special watch to commemorate the ice speed record to commemorate Bentley's ice speed record Breitling made a special watch that they gave away for free with just one catch you had to buy a Bentley super sports ISR which stands for ice speed record only 100 of these special edition cars were made and originally sold for around $300,000 the watch comes with an engraved titanium case and a carbon fiber presentation box with a unique identification plaque number six rolls-royce secretly acquired Bentley in 1931 after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 Bentley struggled financially as demand went down for their expensive cars in 1931 they were no longer able to pay the bills so there was a bidding war to see who would buy the company rolls-royce used a front company to buy the company and even Bentley himself didn't know the true identity of the buyer until the sale was complete production was halted for two years before resuming rolls-royce works in Derby wo Bentley left when his contract expired in 1935 all Bentley's made from 1931 to 2004 used the rolls-royce chassis and adapted rolls-royce engines number seven the solar panel installation on the roof of the Bentley Factory is the largest in the UK the Bentley Factory has 20,000 solar panels situated on their roof which is the highest number of any building or business in the UK the panel's generate enough energy to power 1,200 houses over a year number eight Bentley one lemon races 73 years apart in Bentley's early years they had a strong presence at the 24 hour of lemon race winning in 1924 1927 28 29 and in 1930 after winning at LeMond in 1930 Bentley decided not to engage in any more motor racing saying they had learned enough about speed and reliability however many years later Bentley's speed 8 1 mm real among the 73 year time span is the largest gap between any of the LeMond winning marques number nine the most expensive Bentley sold at auction for over six million dollars the most expensive Bentley ever sold at auction was a 1928 Bentley four-and-a-half litre LeMond sports bobtail the car placed third at the 1929 24-hour of LeMond race and is the only remaining bobtail four and a half liter in existence the vintage car sold for six million fifty thousand dollars at a 2012 auction in Pebble Beach California number 10 Floyd Mayweather bought Isaiah Thomas a Bentley for his birthday Isaiah Thomas an NBA player who was recently traded from the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers was given a two hundred thousand Bentley for his 26th birthday by Floyd Mayweather back in 2015 the two became friends in 2010 when a mutual friend took Isaiah along to a Floyd Mayweather workout that night they went to a Robin Thicke concert together and remained close friends of her sins Thomas said he's given me a few gifts before nice ones but that one was unbelievable if you want to learn more about the undefeated boxer click on the upper right hand corner to watch our video of 15 things you didn't know about Floyd Mayweather number eleven Bentley owners are given a photo album that documents their cars creation when customers receive their cars Bentley also provides a photo album that documents each step of the manufacturing process of their particular car from the shell to the final product customers also receive a second book that explains in great detail how specialized parts work so that the body and repair shops can tackle any problems and if a local repair shop cannot fix the problem Bentley will dispatch an engineer anywhere in the world to solve it number 12 Bentley has their own furniture line Bentley helm is a partnership between Bentley and the artisan furniture designer Clubhouse Italia they advertise the exclusive collection of Bentley furniture as being inspired by the techniques materials and finishes that characterized Bentley's renowned car interiors Bentley also produces a wide range of other products including handbags golf clubs jewelry boxes model cars fragrances and eyewear number 13 Queen Elizabeth was the first to own a van take a 4x4 after driving a prototype on her Balmoral estate Queen Elizabeth wanted to own the Bentley van take off' or buy 4 which bentley presented as the most powerful and exclusive sports utility vehicle in the world of course she got her wish in fact she became the very first owner of the $200,000 vehicle she intended to use the vehicle for hunting expeditions number fourteen Bentley on demand was launched in 2017 Bentley launched a new concierge style luxury experience called Bentley on demand in the summer of 2017 the service is exclusively for Bentley owners who want to have access to a Bentley while on vacation or business trips or wish to ride around in a different Bentley than the one they own for special occasions the program was launched in New York Los Angeles and Dallas with more cities to follow number 15 Bentley invented black chrome at Ralph Lauren's request the Bentley Motors Mulliner division is Bentley's customization unit for clients who want their cars to be further personalized about half of the Bentley sold each year get further customizations for Shaquille O'Neal they emblazoned the Superman logo on the front grille they installed a karaoke machine in the back seat for a Japanese millionaire and they changed the doors of Queen Elizabeth's limousine so that she would be able to fully stand up before stepping out of the car the workers at Mulliner are ready to take on just about any challenge for their high paying customers they even invented a whole new process to create black chrome when Ralph Lauren requested this feature that had never been produced before now that you've learned more about Bentley we'd like to know which one of their models is your favorite let us know what you think in the comments [Music] still here here's a bonus fact just for you of course Bentley is a favorite car brand amongst the rich and famous a few celebrities who own one or more Bentley's our David Beckham Kim Kardashian Robert Downey jr. jay-z Mark Wahlberg Kobe Bryant and Jennifer Lopez thank you for spending some time with us 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Length: 11min 56sec (716 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 17 2017