Bentley Motors was founded in 1919. The big, powerful donnings did well in car racing. After the Depression, Rolls Royce took over the company and built Bentley along with its own models. In 1980 the company was taken over by Vickers who further developed the Bentley models. In 1998 bought by the Volkswagen group. They have modernized Bentley's old production premises in Crewe,