visakhthefried's video: Rolls Royce

Rolls Royce elegantly captured the essence of one of the great periods in 20th Century design. Rolls-Royce has been around for a century, and has had alliances with Bentley and BMW as well as going it alone. They've reinvented themselves for the twenty-first century, but as you can see from the links below, the history lives on through enthusiasts and modern Rolls designs. Rolls and Royce were in fact people before the history of Rolls-Royce as a company every began. Frederick Royce was a British electrical equipment manufacturer who built the first Royce cars in 1904. The three two-cylinder, 10-hp cars he built attracted the attention of Charles Rolls, a longtime car enthusiast from way back in 1894 and son of a baron. He owned a dealership in London, where he first encountered a Royce. He was so taken with the engineering that he partnered with the car's creator. Royce would built the cars, and Rolls would sell them. Rolls-Royce entered the Me Decade with the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur, both of which were massive, squared-off, ultra-luxury automobiles that dripped wealth in the '80s. As I'm sure you've guessed by now, Silver Spirits II and III and Silver Spurs II and III appeared in the '80s and '90s. In 1998, the all-new Silver Seraph was launched, with a V12 engine under its long nose. Rolls-Royce celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2004, and the centenary of its most famous car, the Silver Ghost, in 2007. In 2003, after ending its partnership with Bentley, the company produced an all-new Phantom, available as a sedan, coupe, or convertible. A limited-edition Phantom Silver was issued in 2004 to mark the company's uninterrupted 100-year run. Cars to come include the new, smaller RR4, a "Baby Roller" in the tradition of the 20HP of the 1920s. And to set the record straight: the red enamel radiator badge was changed to black during the Phantom II period, before the death of Henry Royce. Rolls-Royce acquired Bentley in 1931, when W.O. Bentley's company was facing an uncertain financial future. Rolls-Royce and Bentley parted ways in 2002. Volkswagen at this point owned Rolls-Royce, who owned Bentley. BMW came in and bought the Rolls-Royce name, freeing VW to develop Bentleys independent of Rolls, which it was happy to do. Bentley aficionados refer to these six decades as "the blackest of all." Rolls-Royce has set the standard by which all other luxury carmakers are judged. Its vehicles are opulent and pricey, which makes them the ideal ride of the rich and famous. Charles Rolls and Henry Royce formally established Rolls-Royce in 1906. The company's 6-cylinder Silver Ghost was unveiled that same year. By 1914 the company was well-established in America. At that time, Rolls-Royce began manufacturing airplane engines; the company still manufactures jet engines to this day. In 1998 Volkswagen AG purchased Rolls-Royce; however, around the same time, BMW purchased the rights to the Rolls-Royce name. VW built Roll-Royce vehicles through 2002, but starting on Jan. 1, 2003, BMW began building them, ending Rolls' 70-year partnership with Bentley. Top Models Rolls-Royce Ghost Rolls-Royce Phantom Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe