Royce biography

The story of the origins of the History of Rolls-Royce Limited originates in May, when Henry Roys, a successful engineer, met Lanch with Charles Rolls, the owner of one of the first car interior, and they made a deal. Everything else has already become a legend. Cars with two-, three-, four-and-six-cylinder engines, some behind the others hit the world with the courage of engineering and skill.

Charles Rolls Charles Rolls studied engineering at Cambridge University. He became one of the first students who bought a car, and soon began to participate in races. To finance his passion, he opened a car for the sale of cars, mainly of foreign production. All his search for a reliable supplier of English cars led to an acquaintance with Henry Royce. The first pilot, who crossed the La-Channel twice, he died as a result of an accident at the air show in July.

Sir Henry Roys, known for his attention to details and the desire for excellence, Henry Roys registered his first patent of the Bayonet cartridge for light bulbs in the year. His company produced generators, electric motors and taps. Dissatisfied with his decoration, Royce decided to modernize him and focused all his attention to creating the best cars in the world.

In the year, he designed and collected his first engine, the first samples of which conquered roads in the year. Initially, a cube engine was installed on it. The most famous are models with the Barker Tourer body and Barker convertible with a hard top. The first car was built at the Royce factory on Cook Street in Manchester, and after its triumph, the company moved to a specially built plant for Chatingale Road, Derby.

After the war, Rolls-Royce resumed car production and opened its first factory in the United States in the year. The “R” engine was designed to participate in the Schneider Cup in the UK in the fact that Royce sketched his design with a cane, strolling along the sands of Western Whittering. It was this engine after refinement that became the legendary Merlin, which was then installed on the union aircraft Spitfire and Hurricane.

Designed for owners, the car has become very popular with the middle -class gaining strength - professional doctors, lawyers and businessmen. A line six -cylinder engine volume of cube was installed on it. The latest armored vehicles Silver Ghost were assembled in the year for the Russian Trade Representative Office "Arkos". Phantom was gathered both in the UK and at the new factory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Phantom II chassis was significantly processed, and this made it the perfect choice for those who went out of work on Friday evening, went to the weekend to the south of France. The most famous bodies were: the limousine Park Ward and the sedan de Wil; Sedan de Wil Hooper. During the Second World War, by order of the Ministry of Aviation, all the attention at Derby Works and at the new plant in Kruta, which became the Rolls-Royce home in the year, switched to aircraft engines.

The war changed the attitude to Rolls-Royce as a “brilliant fish in the sea of ​​technology” for the contender for world leaders in the construction of aviation engines. All bodies for Silver Wraith were made to order. The production of these cars lasted up to a year, they installed a cube engine. Mulliner and limousine Hooper Touring. Silver Dawn became the first serial Rolls-Royce car with a standard steel case.

All cars were exported. Nevertheless, some bodies were made to order, turning these cars into the pearls of collectors. Six -cylinder in a row engine volume of cube. In the second half of the city century, Rolls-Royce began their long-term cooperation with the royal family, replacing such a privileged supplier of car cars as Daimler. All 18 Phantom IV cars created exclusively for royal persons and heads of states are still the most rare Rolls-Royce Motor Cars in the world.

Its engine is the volume of cube. He had much more fans with the V8 engine and a body body than his predecessor. The dashing sixties turned Rolls-Royce facing the new "breed" of the owners. Actors, pop stars and heroes of their time increasingly began to choose cars of this brand. So Rolls-Royce is not the first time for the first time became the star of the movie screen.

In the same year, John Lennon acquired Phantom V. And although the car was originally white, Lennon repainted it into black matte. When the new color was bored with him, Lennon decorated it in a psychedelic style, and this Rolls-Royce to this day is one of the most valuable relics of pop stars. The company had to be divided into two independent enterprises-Rolls-Royce Limited, which specialized in aviation engines, renamed Rolls-Royce PLC, and Rolls-Royce Motors Limited, producing cars.

But despite this, these years have been marked by the release of many famous models.The stylish two -door Corniche Body Body was designed on the basis of Silver Shadow, but manually built Mulliner Park Ward. Corniche was produced in two modifications - with a hard top and with a folding top. Throughout history, such a car was created. This was the first Rolls-Royce, created in the metric system and offered at that time the most exclusive innovations, for example, automatic layered air conditioning.

Silver Shadow II replaced him, the changes touched not only his appearance - a curved black bumper and the lower spoiler appeared - the characteristics of his handling also improved. In the year, the company was renamed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited and registered on the stock exchange. In the year, the power of Rolls-Royce cars set a new speed record. Silver Spirit has retained the lower part of the Silver Shadow, but the upper part of its body has become more modern and elegant.

Silver Spur added four inches to the Spirit wheelbase. In the year, 25 Silver Spur Centenary cars were created to commemorate the summer anniversary of the automotive industry in the UK. On the basis of the Silver Spur model, a limousine was also created with 42 -inch -increased lengths. The latest Rolls-Royce model, created in KRO, Silver Seraph was actually the first completely updated Rolls-Royce since the release of Silver Shadow more than 30 years ago.

The Corniche model has many common features with Silver Seraph, but a regular V8 was installed on it. Today, the headquarters of the Rolls-Royce and the assembly plant are located among the hills of Sussex in Goodwood, Great Britain. The beauty of the surrounding nature inspires not only the world -famous architect Sir Nicholas Grimshou, but also all those who every day creates the history of the legendary brand of the car.

The creation of the first new Rolls-Royce car began with the task of creating the best car in the world. Phantom was her solution. Inspired by the inspired words of its founder, in the year the Rolls-Royce team set itself the task of creating the most advanced cars in the world. And her solution was Phantom Series II. The start of the Ghost and Ghost Extnded Wheelbase with an elongated wheelbase designated the following stage in the development of the brand.

This led Rolls-Royce to create two exclusive families, each of which has a bright personality, but they are united, embodying all the power of Rolls-Royce. To construct and create the most technically advanced cars, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars requires significant investments in personnel resources and assembly plant in Goodwood.