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A Rolls-Royce car may refer to vehicles produced by:

• Rolls-Royce Limited (1906–73)
• Rolls-Royce Motors (1973–2003), which was owned by Vickers between 1980 and 1998, and after that by Volkswagen. Since 2003, this company has been known as Bentley, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003–present), a subsidiary of the BMW Group

Contents 1 Vehicles 1.1 Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles 1.2 Rolls-Royce Motors vehicles 1.3 Rolls-Royce Motor Cars vehicles 2 Rolls-Royce in popular culture 3 Gallery 4 References

Vehicles

Rolls-Royce Limited vehicles

• 1904–06 10 hp
• 1905–05 15 hp
• 1905–08 20 hp
• 1905–06 30 hp
• 1905–06 V-8
• 1906–25 40/50 Silver Ghost
• 1922–29 Twenty
• 1925–29 40/50 Phantom
• 1929–36 20/25
• 1929–35 Phantom II
• 1936–38 25/30
• 1936–39 Phantom III
• 1939–39 Wraith
• 1949–55 Silver Wraith
• 1949–55 Silver Dawn
• 1950–56 Phantom IV
• 1955–66 Silver Cloud
• 1959–68 Phantom V
• 1965–80 Silver Shadow
• 1968–91 Phantom VI
• 1971–96 Corniche I–V

Bentley models (from 1933)

• 1933–37 Bentley 3.5 Litre
• 1936–39 Bentley 3.5 Litre
• 1940–40 Bentley 3.5 Litre

Rolls-Royce Motors vehicles

• 1975–86 Camargue
• 1980–98 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
• 2000–02 Corniche V

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars vehicles

• 2003– Phantom
• 2007– Phantom Drophead Coupé
• 2008– Phantom Coupé

Rolls-Royce in popular culture

Rolls-Royces have often been used in popular culture as a stereotypical signifier of wealthy people, particularly millionaires. Examples include the one driven by the eccentric millionaire in the film City Lights (1931), starring Charlie Chaplin, and the titular 'star' of The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964). The many rich fictional villains to drive Rolls-Royces include One Hundred and One Dalmatians' Cruella de Vil (she careers around dangerously in a long, red 'Roller') and Auric Goldfinger (who smuggles Gold by replacing the vehicle's bodywork). Less notoriously, Lady Penelope is chauffeured around in FAB1, a futuristic pink Rolls in all versions of Thunderbirds (TV series).

Gallery

Rollsroyce1905.jpg Original 1905 Rolls-Royce	Oro.jpg 1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II	Camargue.JPG 1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue
Rolls.arp.850pix.jpg Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph	Park Ward.JPG 1994 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Armoured Touring Limousine	Blue Phantom.JPG 2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom

References

• "Rolls-Royce and Bentley Models". Rolls-Royce and Bentley Photos, Reports and Books. http://www.rrab.com/models.htm. Retrieved on 2007-10-27. 

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Marque	1900s					1910s					1920s					1930s					1940s					1950s					1960s					1970s					1980s					1990s					2000s
Rolls-Royce			Rolls-Royce Limited													Rolls-Royce Limited & Bentley																					Rolls-Royce Motors				Rolls-Royce Motors (Vickers plc)									BMW & Volkswagen Group			BMW
Bentley											Bentley																																							Volkswagen Group
Armstrong Siddeley					Armstrong Siddeley					Armstrong Whitworth					Armstrong Siddeley																Bristol Siddeley				Rolls-Royce Limited										Rolls-Royce plc
Aston Martin							Aston Martin																		Aston Martin																						Premier Automotive Group (Ford)								Aston Martin
Lagonda			Lagonda
Jaguar Cars												SS Cars Ltd												Jaguar Cars							Jaguar Cars & Daimler Motor Company			British Motor Holdings	British Leyland							Jaguar Cars & Daimler Motor Company				Premier Automotive Group (Ford)									Tata Motors
Daimler Motor Company	Daimler Motor Company					Birmingham Small Arms Company										Birmingham Small Arms Company
Lanchester Motor Company	Lanchester Motor Company
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Triumph						Dawson Car Company					Triumph																																					BMW
Riley (car)	Riley (car)																			Nuffield Organisation							British Motor Corporation							British Motor Holdings
MG Cars												MG Cars																																				Rover Company Rover Group (BMW)			MG Rover Group (Phoenix Venture Holdings)			Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation + Nanjing Automobile Group	Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
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Napier & Son	Napier & Son
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