ROLLS-ROYCE (CAR)

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Original 1905 Rolls-Royce

2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom

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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Rolls-Royce cars

In popular culture

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Rolls-Royce cars

===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 20 hp

★ 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
'Bentley models' (from 1933)

★ 1933-1937 Bentley 3½ L

★ 1936-1939 Bentley 4¼ L

★ 1940-1940 Bentley 4¼ L Mk V
===Rolls-Royce Motors vehicles===

★ 1975-1986 Camargue

★ 1980-1998 Silver Spirit/Spur/Dawn
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
===Rolls-Royce Motor Cars vehicles===

★ 2003 Phantom

★ 2006 Drophead Coupe

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.

External links

Rolls-Royce and Bentley Books and Resource Center