Rolls-Royce (car)
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A Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by:
- Rolls-Royce Limited (1906-1973)
- Rolls-Royce Motors (1973-2003), which was owned by Vickers between 1980 and 1998, and after that by Volkswagen. Since 2003 this company is called Bentley Motors Limited
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003-present), a subsidiary of BMW
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[edit] Rolls-Royce vehicles
[edit] Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles
- 1904-1906 10 hp
- 1905-1905 15 hp
- 1905-1908 20 hp
- 1905-1906 30 hp
- 1905-1906 V-8
- 1906-1925 40/50 Silver Ghost
- 1922-1929 Twenty
- 1925-1929 40/50 Phantom
- 1929-1936 20/25
- 1929-1935 Phantom II
- 1936-1938 25/30
- 1936-1939 Phantom III
- 1939-1939 Wraith
- 1949-1955 Silver Wraith
- 1949-1955 Silver Dawn
- 1950-1956 Phantom IV
- 1955-1966 Silver Cloud
- 1959-1968 Phantom V
- 1965-1980 Silver Shadow
- 1968-1991 Phantom VI
- 1971-1996 Corniche I-V
Bentley models (from 1933)
- 1933-1937 Bentley 3½ L
- 1936-1939 Bentley 4¼ L
- 1940-1940 Bentley 4¼ L Mk V
[edit] Rolls-Royce Motors vehicles
- 1975-1986 Camargue
- 1980-1998 Silver Spirit/Silver Spur
Bentley models were produced mostly in parallel with the above cars. The Bentley Continental coupés (produced in various forms from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s) did not have Rolls-Royce equivalents. Very expensive Rolls-Royce Phantom limousines were also produced.
- 1998-2002 Silver Seraph
- 2000-2002 Corniche V
[edit] Rolls-Royce Motor Cars vehicles
- 2003 Phantom
- 2007 Phantom Drophead Coupé
- 2008 Phantom Coupé
[edit] Rolls-Royce In Popular Culture
Rolls-Royces have often been used in popular culture as a stereotype of wealthy people, particularly millionaires. Examples include the one driven by the eccentric millionaire in the film, City Lights (1931), starring Charlie Chaplin.
[edit] Gallery
 Original 1905 Rolls-Royce |
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 1994 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Armoured Touring Limousine |
[edit] References
- Rolls-Royce and Bentley Models. Rolls-Royce and Bentley Photos, Reports and Books. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
