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Discover the unique asymmetry of the Bentley logo and its historical significance, including its evolution over the years.

Bentley logo historyasymmetric logo designW.O. Bentleyluxury automobile factscar design evolutionBentley brand identityclassic car knowledgeautomobile enthusiasts

Chapters

  1. 0:00Introduction to the Bentley logo
    01
  2. 0:10Asymmetry explained
    02
  3. 0:20History of the logo
    03
  4. 0:40W.O. Bentley's influence
    04
  5. 1:00Return to the original design
    05
  6. 1:10Conclusion on logo significance
    06

Transcript

0:00

Did our logo is asymmetric? No, I did not., all this knowledge you have as well. Ian, I've fooled you again. You've done it. So, if you look very closely, okay? It's not symmetric, it's asymmetric.

0:15

There is 10 feathers on the left and there's 11 feathers on the right. You're one of 99% of all the visitors I take around the factory that did not know this and they've owned 20 Bentleys, they did not know this. The reason for this is because when we started 106 years

0:31

ago, we were symmetric, 13 and 13, 12 and 12, 10 and 10. But W.O. Bentley, he found out after we won Le Mans in 1924, there was other brands, coach builders, were forging our logo.

0:46

So, W.O. With help of a great car designer, Mr. Gordon Crosby, they came up with an idea very slightly of 10 and 11 feathers to prove who drives a true Bentley. How clever is that? That was taken away

1:01

though when we were purchased by Rolls-Royce. We did go back to obviously, symmetric. But Volkswagen came in, they looked at our history and then we went back to 10 and 11 feathers.

1:13

back to 10 and 11 feathers.

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