Type: Private Limited Company
Founded: 18 January 1919
Founder(s): Walter Owen Bentley
Headquarters: Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Area served: Worldwide
Key people: Dr. Franz-Josef Paefgen, CEO
Industry: Automotive industry
Products: Cars
Revenue: Automotive industry
Employees: 4000 (2006)
Parent: Volkswagen Group
Website: www.bentleymotors.com

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer of automobiles founded on 18 January 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley (known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O."). Mr. Bentley had been previously known for his range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. Since 1998, the company has been owned by the Volkswagen Group of Germany.

Car models

The original model was the 3-litre, but as customers put heavier bodies on the chassis, a larger 4½-litre model followed. Perhaps the most iconic model of the period is the 4½-litre "Blower Bentley," with its distinctive supercharger projecting forward from the bottom of the grille. Uncharacteristically fragile for a Bentley, it was not the racing workhorse the 6½-litre was. It became famous in popular media as the vehicle of James Bond in the original novels, but not in film; however, John Steed, in the television series The Avengers, did drive a Bentley.