The Silver Ghost was used by the British Navy to raise its first Armored squadron.
They were used both in World War 1 and 2.
The cars were an important advantage for the British forces during the war.
Rolls Royce for the masses
To counter the Great Depression and the dwindling sales, RR ame out with Twenty – its small car.
The company dropped its one car at a time strategy.
The car costed £1100 in 1930s.
Bentley and RR
RR bought Bentley when the latter failed after the Great Depression.
The purchase was so secret that even Bentley founder W.O.Bentley didn’t knew that RR was the buyer.
Bentley was at that time a complete sports brand like Lamborghini today.
Is used by James Bond in the original books by Ian Fleming.
Was sold to the Volkswagen group in 1998.
RR used Bentley as sports-versions of its own cars. But that changed in 1980s with the Mulsanne that re-established Bentley as a premium sports model.
Famous Bentleys during RR
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Shaping the auto world
Rolls-Royce is known to be the shaper of the automobile evolution. Lets see that with the two Phantoms. The original which came in 1925 and the new model which debuted in 2003.