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Rolls-Royce Automobiles By Model

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost - 1906 to 1926
Rolls-Royce Phantom I - 1925 to 1931
Rolls-Royce Phantom II - 1929 to 1936
Rolls-Royce 20/25 - 1929 to 1936
Rolls-Royce 25/30
Rolls-Royce Phantom III - 1936 to 1939
Rolls-Royce Wraith - 1938 to 1939
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith - 1946 to 1959
Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn - 1949 to 1955
Rolls-Royce Phantom IV - 1950 to 1956
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud - 1955 to 1966
Rolls-Royce Phantom V - 1959 to 1968
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow - 1965 to 1980
Rolls-Royce Phantom VI - 1968 to 1991
Rolls-Royce Corniche - 1971 to 1996
Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit - 1980 to 1989
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph - 1998 to 2002
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
Rolls-Royce Phantom - 2003 to Present

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1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental

1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental
1933 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1995 Rolls-Royce Corniche - Celine Dion

1995 Rolls-Royce Corniche - Celine Dion
1995 Rolls-Royce Corniche - Celine Dion Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The British Car Days Car Show at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Georgia, May 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Tourer

1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Tourer
1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Tourer Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1950 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith WME 85

1950 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith WME 85
1950 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith WME 85 Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (SOLD)

1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (SOLD)
1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost (SOLD) This is a 1922 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost chassis and a 1913 London to Edinburgh touring body. Formerly of the Arturo Keller and John Spencer Bradley Collection. Chassis number 48 CE. A stunning concours example of a 1701 tourer. Family Classic Cars 33033 Camino Capistrano San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone: 1 (949) 496-3000 Fax: 1 (949) 488-0523 Email us at: info@familyclassiccars.com Website: www.familyclassiccars.com
by Douglas

1953 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Limousine

1953 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Limousine
1953 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV Limousine Coachwork by Hooper Used bt His Highness Abdul Illah, Prince Regent of Iraq One of the rarest Rolls-Royce motorcars ever built - and the only model to be factory equipped with a straight-eight engine - the Phantom IV was available exclusively to royalty and heads-of-state. Only seventeen were delivered to customers when they were new. This car carries the only example of this style of Hooper coachwork fitted to a Phantom IV. It was built to the order of His Highness Abdul Illah, the Prince Regent of Itaq for the coronation of his nephew, the King. Unfortunately, the Prince was assassinated in 1959 in the revolution that eventually brought Saddam Hussein to power. At the time of the uprising, the car was at Hooper's in London for servicing and was saved as a result. The Phantom IV is so highly refarded that, of the seventeen cars delivered new to customers, eight are still owned by their original purchasers or their heirs.
by Douglas

1962 Rolls Royce Phantom V James Young Touring Coupe

1962 Rolls Royce Phantom V James Young Touring Coupe
1962 Rolls Royce Phantom V James Young Touring Coupe Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Blackhawk Auto Museum in Danville, California.
by Douglas

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I Brewster St. Andrew Town Car

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I Brewster St. Andrew Town Car
1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I Brewster St. Andrew Town Car Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I York Roadster

1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I York Roadster
1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I York Roadster Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II Drophead Coupe

1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II Drophead Coupe
1961 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II Drophead Coupe Photo By: Douglas Wilkinson Location: The Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance in Rochester, Michigan, August 7, 2005.
by Douglas

Brief Rolls Royce History

1904-1906 - British engineer Henry Royce builds his first automobile. Mr. CS Rolls was so impressed that Rolls-Royce was formed. The famous radiator shape was part of this original design.

Rolls-Royce Ltd was founded in 1904 by Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce. Royce was a respected engineer and manufacturer who had developed an interest in motor cars as an effiecient means of transportation. Rolls was a pioneer motorist whose firm of C.S. Rolls and Company sold quality French automobiles.

The Rolls-Royce radiator mascot, "The Spirit of Ecstacy", was designed by illustrator/sculptor Charles Sykes and debuted in 1911. The Rolls-Royce grille and mascot are covered by Britian's Protection of Monuments Act.

1912-1913 - Alpine Trials helped find weak spots in the engineering allowing "the best car in the world" to be even better.

1916 - A report in The Times told of the perfect reliability of the armoured car service in the Egyptian desert, where the cars, all Rolls-Royces, moved to timetable and engine breakdowns were unknown. "The cars have run over thousands of miles of the roughest desert, and the complete absence of engine trouble is a triumph for British workmanship."

1965 - Siver Shadow introduced. If the box type form was something of a shock to Rolls-Royce traditionalist after the smooth lines of the Cloud, there were much more radical changes under the skin: all independent self levelling suspension, disk brakes and a monocoque structure. In one fell swoop Rolls-Royce had entered the modern era.

In 1971, Rolls-Royce Ltd., was nationalized by the British Government because of the pending financial collapse of Rolls-Royce, due mostly to the money spent on the development of the RB211 jet aircraft engine. In 1973, the government sold off the motor car business by forming Rolls-Royce Motors and Rolls-Royce Plc to concentrate on the aero industry. In this reorganization, Rolls-Royce Plc maintained ownership of the trademarks of the Rolls-Royce name, logos, mascot, and grille shape.

Vickers purchased the Rolls-Royce Motors company in 1980 which they operated using the Rolls-Royce name, logo, mascot and grille shape under a license agreement with Rolls-Royce, Plc, the aircraft-engine manufacturer. In 1998 Vickers put the company up for sale.

Volkswagen out-bid BMW for the Rolls-Royce Motors assets but, in an odd twist, Rolls-Royce Plc decided to sell the license for the use of the Rolls-Royce name to BMW. Volkswagen had purchased the rights to use the "Spirit of Ecstacy" mascot and grille shape and the Bentley name and logos, but not the right to use the Rolls-Royce name. VW claimed it was only interested in the Bentley which was outselling Rolls-Royce by almost double.

Volkswagen and BMW came to an agreement whereby Volkswagen would purchase engines from BMW and rights to use the Rolls-Royce name and logo until the end of 2002. Volkswagen built its last Rolls-Royce in August 2002, ending nearly sixty years of Rolls-Royce manufacturing tradition at the Crewe, England facility.

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