Rolls-Royce (car)

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The Rolls Royce mascot "The Spirit of Ecstasy"

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 Motors Limited, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (2003–present), a subsidiary of the BMW Group

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 3½ L
• 1936–39 Bentley 4¼ L
• 1940–40 Bentley 4¼ L Mark V

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.

Gallery

• Rollsroyce1905.jpg

  Original 1905 Rolls-Royce

• Oro.jpg

  1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II

• Camargue.JPG

  1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue

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  Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph

• Park Ward.JPG

  1994 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Armoured Touring Limousine

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  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.