Bentley's heart beats in Crewe, a bleak countryside in the county of Cheshire, in the north of England.
The brand with the winged B, then owned by Rolls-Royce, settled there in 1946, in a factory which produced engines for the English aviation during the Second World War.
Over the years, the productions of the two English luxury icons have ended up converging, the Bentleys becoming remodeled Rolls-Royces.
The sale in 1998 by the Vickers group of these two crown jewels shattered the established order.
At the end of a Homeric battle, the two German groups BMW and Volkswagen share the two brands, Bentley joining the bosom of Wolfsburg.
The separation becomes effective on January 1, 2003. While BMW sets up Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, in a brand new factory, Bentley retains the old red brick buildings of Crewe dating from the end of the 1930s. They are still there, but no longer for a very long time.
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