In 1884 Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business. He made his first car, a two-cylinder Royce 10, in his Manchester factory in 1904. The company is currently known for designing experimental cars
The Phantom IV was the most exclusive Rolls-Royce model ever built. Only eighteen were made between 1950 and 1956, seventeen of which were sold - exclusively to royalty and heads of state. Sixteen are preserved in museums, public and private collections.
The Rolls-Royce 10 hp was the first car to be produced as a result of an agreement of 23 December 1904 between Charles Rolls and Henry Royce, and badged as a Rolls-Royce. The 10 hp was produced by Royce's company, Royce Ltd., at its factory in Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester, and was sold exclusively by Rolls' motor dealership, C.S.Rolls & Co., at a price of GBP395
Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business. He made his first car, a two-cylinder Royce 10, in his Manchester factory in 1904, and was introduced to Charles Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on 4 May of that year. Rolls was proprietor of an early motor car dealership, C.S.Rolls & Co. in Fulham. On the photo: King George V on a Rolls-Royce. Photo dated from 1911
After WWII, Rolls-Royce achieved success in designing gas turbine engines Dart and Tyne for civil and military aircraft
During WWI, a half of aviation engines of Entente aircraft were produced by Rolls-Royce. By the end of the 1920s, the production of aviation engines had become the main activity of the company. On the photo: Actress Marlene Dietrich poses near a Rolls-Royce in Hollywood, 1934
A classic Rolls Royce in its graceful beauty
A velvet-covered Phanton Rolls-Royce, also known as Drophead
Phantom III
Thunderbirds TV from 1965-1966