Rolls-Royce (car)

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A RollsRoyce 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

1 Rolls-Royce vehicles
2 Rolls-Royce In Popular Culture
3 Gallery
4 References

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

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

2003 Phantom
2007 Drophead Coupe

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.

Original 1905 Rolls-Royce	1979 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II	1982 Rolls-Royce Camargue
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph	1994 Rolls-Royce Silver Spur Armoured Touring Limousine	2005 Rolls-Royce Phantom