This elegantly-designed book chronicles the history of Rolls-Royce automobiles from the company's creation in 1904 to its imminent handover to BMW. All models are featured in chronological order, with sidebars providing additional information about the personalities involved, buying tips, specifications and production figures. Coverage includes the Silver Wraiths, Silver Dawns and Phantoms of the 1946 to 1955 and the absorption of Bentley; the Silver Shadow introduced in 1965; bankruptcy of the car and aero engine company in 1971; the Corniche, Camargue and Phantom (1959 to 1995), and the Silver Spirit, Silver Spur and Silver Dawn (1980 to 1998); and the use of a BMW engine in the 1998 Silver Seraph and the convoluted acquisition of the trademark by the German company.
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Jonathan Wood is a respected automobile historian with some 35 published books to his credit, including MGB: The Illustrated History. His Rolls-Royce (1982) was described by the RR Enthusiasts' Club as 'the best and most accurate condensed history yet'. He lives at Frensham, Surrey.
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This review is from: Rolls-Royce & Bentley: Spirit of Excellence (Haynes Classic Makes) (Hardcover)
Rolls Royce is the epitome of class, when you say something is the Rolls Royce of whatever, people understand instinctively that you are refering to the benchmark. This book has crisp images and the text is very interesting and refreshingly easy to read. It chonicles from start to finish the first rolls to the most current, and the reader seeing the evolution of the car, ever changing, but somehow always staying true to what makes a Rolls Royce the finest automobile in the world, that was the brilliance of the designers and creators of Rolls at Crewe. Highly recommended.
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