BENTLEY

Bentley cars

The beginning of the history of the British company for the production of cars Bentley dated 1919, from the moment when Walter Bentley and Gary Varley assembled the first car.

For a long time, Bentley cars were produced to the same standards as Rolls-Royce, but this lasted until 1998. After that, the German automaker Volkswagen Audi Group bought out the bulk of the shares and became the parent company for Bentley.

The main direction of the company is the creation of luxury cars.

The lineup

Under the brand Bentley produced only expensive cars, so global sales are small in numbers, when compared with other, more accessible firms.

Despite this, the following Bentley models are bought in the world: Bentayga, Continental, Flying Spur, Continental GT, Mulsanne, Continental GTC.

Statistics show that in 2018 about 6,500 cars of all models were sold. The biggest demand is Bentley Bentayga – 1409 copies. The second and subsequent places are: Continental – 686 units; Flying Spur – 190 pcs .; Continental GT – 129 units; Mulsanne – 16 cars.

Bentley VIN

All cars of this brand are going very high quality. Therefore, manufacturers pay attention to every little thing. Machine models have almost the same VIN code location. It is located on the front left front, in the lower corner of the windshield or written in the documents.

Bentley VIN Specification

In total there are 2 options for the formation of an identification number – for models produced in the period 1980-2003, and cars 2003-today. Old cars are fully consistent with the world standard.

“Primordial” cars (before 2003) on 11 symbols of the VIN-code displayed information about the place of assembly. In total there are 2 options: C – Crew, W – Wilsden. Number 12 indicates the location of the steering wheel: H – on the right, X – on the left.

New models (since 2003) under 11 symbols imply the place of assembly:

• 4 – Crewe, Great Britain (Mulsanne);
• 8 – Dresden, Germany;
• C – Crewe, Great Britain (Continental).

The code of each car is encrypted in position 7-8.

Bentley production is carried out in the UK. A VIN always starts with WMI characters, which Bentley can have the following types:

SCB (until 2018) – Manufacturer: BENTLEY (GB); Country: United Kingdom;
SJA (since 2018) – Manufacturer: BENTLEY (GB); Country: United Kingdom;

Verification of the Bentley VIN code

Expensive cars require careful inspection, especially if they are bought in a used state. Based on data from a personal cipher (VIN), specialists can find out its full history, including the regularity of maintenance, the facts of participation in an accident, the history of repair and mileage. In order to make the right choice, it is better to make sure that the history of the car you like is clean and to check it with CARVIN-INFO