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1955 - 1966



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Rolls Royce and Bentley Timeline
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27 August 1877 - 12 October 1910 Charlie-boy
Henry Royce

  Henry  1863-1933
Year No. made Model Comment
1904 3 Royce 10 HP Henry Royce takes his first car for a trial ride – a two cylinder 2-seater
1904-1905 17 Rolls-Royce 10 HP
1904-1906 37 Rolls-Royce 20 HP
1905-1906 6 Rolls-Royce 15 HP
1905-1906 40 Rolls-Royce 30 HP
1905-1906 3 Rolls-Royce Legalimit V8 Manufacture begins on the first generation of Rolls-Royce motor cars all powered by in-line engines & sporting the classic Grecian shaped radiator.
1906 - 1925 6173 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50HP Formation of Rolls Royce & launch of this 6- cylinder car
1919 1622 Bentley 3 Litre The first Bentley engine roared into life at The London Motor Show
1924 1st at Le Mans with the 1922 TT
1926 – 1930 363
182
Bentley 6 ½ Litre
Bentley Speed 6
1927 - 1931 665
55
Bentley 4 ½ Litre
Bentley 4 ½ Litre Supercharged
1928
Blue Train Bentley
1st at Le Mans with the 4 ½ Litre
Bentley won race against train from Paris to Nice
1930 - 1931 100 Bentley 8 Litre Only 100 made before financial disaster struck
1929 – 1936 3827 Rolls Royce 20/25
1930 – 1935 1402 Rolls Royce Phantom II
1931 - 1934 50 Bentley 4 Litre
1931 Bentley Motors Ltd taken over by Rolls Royce Ltd
1932 - 1935 278 Rolls Royce Phantom II Continental
1933 – 1936 1177 Bentley 3 ½ Litre
1936 - 1938 1201 Rolls Royce 25/30 HP
1936 - 1939 710 Rolls Royce Phantom III
1939 491 Rolls Royce Wraith
1939 – 1941 15
4
Bentley Mark V
Bentley Corniche
1946 Bentley production moved to Crewe
1946 - 1955 1883 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith
1946 – 1953 5202 Bentley Mark VI
1949 - 1955 785 Rolls Royce Silver Dawn
1950 - 1956 18 Rolls Royce Phantom IV
1952 – 1955 2528 Bentley R Type Continental
1955 - 1959 2359 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I
1955 – 1959 3538 Bentley S Series
1959 - 1968 832 Rolls Royce Phantom V
1959 - 1962 2716 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud II
1959 - 1962 2308 Bentley S2
1962 - 1966 2376 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III
1962 – 1966 1630 Bentley S3
1965 - 1977 19493 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow I
1965 – 1977 1852 Bentley T Series
1968 - 1992 374 Rolls Royce Phantom VI
1971 Rolls Royce faced financial difficulty & eventually became part of the Vickers empire
1971 – 1987 4347 Rolls Royce Corniche
1975 - 1985 525 Rolls Royce Camargue 1 Bentley Camargue produced by special request
1977 - 1980 8425 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II
1977 - 1980 2145 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith II
1977 – 1981 568 Bentley T2
1980 – 1986 482 Bentley Mulsanne
1980 – 1989 6238 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
1980 – 1989 8129 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit
1981 – 1993 1226 Rolls Royce Corniche II
1982 – 1985 498 Bentley Mulsanne Turbo
1984 – 1992 1736 Bentley 8
1984 – 1994 421 Bentley Continental
1985 – 1995 5864 Bentley Turbo R
1987 Introduced fuel injection
1987 – 1992 970 Bentley Mulsanne S
1988 – 1989 1226 Rolls Royce Corniche II
1989 – 1992 452 Rolls Royce Corniche III
1989 – 1993 1152 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit II
1989 – 1993 1658 Rolls Royce Silver Spur II
1990 Introduced active ride suspension
1991 – 2002 1533 Bentley Continental R
1992 – 1995 8 Bentley Continental Turbo
1992 – 1997 1380 Bentley Brooklands
1993 – 1994 430 Rolls Royce Silver Spur III
1993 - 1994 211 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit III
1993 – 1996 219 Rolls Royce Corniche IV
1994 – 1995 60 Bentley Turbo S
1994 – 1995 18 Bentley Continental S
1994 - 1998 507 New Rolls Royce Silver Spur
1994 - 1998 237 New Rolls Royce Silver Dawn
1995 122 New Rolls Royce Silver Spirit
1995 – 1996 25 Rolls Royce Corniche S
1995 – 1996 1366 New Bentley Turbo R
1995 – 2002 1098 Bentley Azure
1996 30 Bentley Turbo R Sport
1996 – 2002 322 Bentley Continental T
1997 – 1998 50 Bentley Turbo RT
1998 Rolls Royce Motor Cars was sold to Volkswagen, though BMW hold the rights to the name & marque
1998 – 2000 1182 Bentley Arnage Green Label
1998 – 2000 71 Bentley Continental SC
1998 – 2002 1570 Rolls Royce Silver Seraph
1999 – 2002 2273 Bentley Arnage Red Label
2000 – 2002 374 New Rolls Royce Corniche
2000 – 2002 127 Rolls Royce Park Ward
2002 First Rolls Royce motor car built at the new premises in Goodwood
2002 to date Bentley Arnage T
2002 to date Bentley Arnage R
2003 to date Bentley Continental GT
2003 to date Rolls Royce Phantom
2005 to date New Bentley Azure
2005 to date Bentley Continental Flying Spur
Coming Soon Bentley Continental GTC


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