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Rolls Royce and Bentley Timeline
Rolls Royce and Bentley Timeline
Charles Stewart Rolls
27 August 1877 - 12 October 1910
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Henry Royce
1863-1933
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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 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
1905 - 1906 6 Rolls-Royce 15 HP
1905 - 1906 40 Rolls-Royce 30 HP
1906 - 1925 6173 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40/50 HP 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 0 TT 1st at Le Mans with the 1922 TT
1926 - 1930 363 Bentley 6.5 Litre
1926 - 1930 182 Bentley Speed 6 Introduction in October 1928 of the Bentley Speed Six - a contender for the motor sport events
1927 - 1931 665 Bentley 4.5 Litre 1st at Le Mans with the Bentley 4.5 Litre in 1922
1927 - 1931 55 Bentley 4.5 Litre Supercharged
1928 0 Blue Train Bentley Bentley won race against train from Paris to Nice
1929 - 1936 3827 Rolls-Royce 20/25
1930 - 1931 100 Bentley 8 Litre Only 100 made before financial disaster struck
1930 - 1935 1402 Rolls-Royce Phantom II
1931 - 1934 50 Bentley 4 Litre In 1931 Bentley Motors Ltd is taken over by Rolls-Royce Ltd
1932 - 1935 278 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental
1933 - 1936 1177 Bentley 3.5 Litre
1936 - 1938 1201 Rolls-Royce 25/30 HP
1936 - 1939 710 Rolls-Royce Phantom III
1939 491 Rolls-Royce Wraith
1939 - 1941 15 Bentley Mark V
1939 - 1941 4 Bentley Corniche
1946 - 1953 5202 Bentley Mark VI
1946 - 1955 1883 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith In 1946 Bentley production moves to Crewe
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 1
1955 - 1959 3538 Bentley S Series
1959 - 1962 2716 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II
1959 - 1962 2308 Bentley S2
1959 - 1968 832 Rolls-Royce Phantom V
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 In 1971 Rolls-Royce faced financial difficulty & eventually became part of the Vickers empire
1968 - 1992 374 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV
1971 - 1987 4347 Rolls-Royce Corniche
1975 - 1985 525 Rolls-Royce Camargue
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 - 1985 1736 Bentley 8
1984 - 1994 421 Bentley Continental
1985 - 1995 5864 Bentley Turbo R In 1987, fuel injection is introduced
1987 - 1992 970 Bentley Mulsanne S
1988 - 1992 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 In 1990, active ride suspension is introduced
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 In 1998, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is sold to Volkswagen, though BMW hold the rights to the name and the marque
1998 - 2000 1182 Bentley Arnage Green Label
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 In 2002, the first Rolls-Royce motor car is built at the new premises in Goodwood
2002 - to date 0 Bentley Arnage T
2002 - to date 0 Bentley Arnage R
2003 - to date 0 Bentley Continental GT
2003 - to date 0 Rolls-Royce Phantom
2005 - to date 0 New Bentley Azure
2005 - to date 0 Bentley Continental Flying Spur
2006 0 Bentley Continental GTC