Title : Used Bentley - As Relevant Today As Ever
Bentley Motors Limited was set up by Walter Owen Bentley (known affectionately as just W.O) in the year 1919. In 1998 the company was bought. The company it went to is another car manufacturing giant, Volkswagen, of Germany. Bentley comes from humble beginnings, compared to the giant it is today. It was originally famous for producing rotary aero-engines during the First World War. One well known model was the Bentley BR1. The company moved into the production of top quality cars. Their mission for the type of car they wanted to make was clear, shown in this quote by W.O himself "To build a good car, a fast car, the best in class."
These words still relevant today as the company continues manufacturing cars that resonate this aim. The making of a Bentley is a process of the highest standard. Whether you are looking into buying a new or used Bentley, you can guarantee that your car will have been made with the upmost care and precision. Every aspect of the manufacturing of a single Bentley car is filed on computer in minute detail. This is so that every part of the process can be tracked back to its source.
There is not a single part of the car that is made without the upmost attention that it deserves. Every piece of glass that you see in the Bentley had been polished with a pumice so fine, it is usually used to polish optical lenses. The steering wheel is stitched by hand simultaneously using two needles. The way in which the wheel is put together is too complex for a machine to replicate, so each wheel is made by hand, taking fifteen hours work. The leather used on the interior furnishings is all cut from the same piece of material, to get as consistent and fine quality of design as possible. The trimming of each, for example, Continental GT, used thread measuring one hundred and thirty five meters. This length is equivalent to the height of the London Eye. These are just a few examples of the extreme attention to detail and quality that are enforced in the making of Bentleys.
A Bentley is a car that, on hearing the name, you immediately think of class, refinement, power and money. It is undeniable that even a used Bentley is very expensive. But you are paying for quality. In the media, Bentley became popularly known as the car driven by James Bond in the original books, though not later in the films. It was, however, the car of choice for John Steed in the television series The Avengers. This goes to show exactly what sort of connotations arise when one thinks of a Bentley. When one thinks of James Bond, they think of style, class, smoothness of character. These too, are true of the Bentley, whose charm is not diminished by time, despite the company having been established nearly one-hundred years ago. A company that can survive this long, with so fine a reputation, must be doing something right.