During this 75 year period, 197,086 luxury cars – 97 percent of Bentley’s entire production – have been handcrafted, an extraordinary milestone when considered that just 38,933 were built before modern-day models such as the Continental GT and Bentayga were introduced from the turn of the century.
Although Bentley’s history dates back to 1919, Crewe became part of the luxury marque’s story in 1938; the Pyms Lane site transforming from potato fields to a significant manufacturing base for the Merlin airplane engines, a key pillar of the war efforts. Selected due to its strong transport links and a ready supply of skilled labor, at its peak in 1943, the Crewe factory employed over 10,000 colleagues.
