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Henry Royce Charles Rolls
Rolls Royce 10 hp
1884
Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business.
1904
Royce made his first car, a two-cylinder Royce10, in his
Manchester factory and introduced to
Charles Rolls that year, who was proprietor of an early motor
car dealership, C. S.
Rolls & Co. in Fulham. In the same year a partnership began
between Rolls and
Royce.
Rolls preferred three or four cylinder cars. But he was
impressed with the Royce
10 (being a two cylinder car). He agreed to take all the cars
Royce could make.
There would be four models (10 hp, 15 hp, 20 hp and 30 hp)
It was agreed that all models would have a badge ofRolls-Royce,
and be sold exclusively by Rolls.
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Rolls Royce 40/50 hp
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
Chassis number 60551, with
registration number AX 201, was
the car truly entitled to be called
Silver Ghost.
The 1926 Springfield Silver
Ghost
Rolls Royce Twenty
In December the first Rolls-Royce car, the Rolls-Royce 10 hp,
was unveiled at the Paris Salon in.
1906
On 15th
March 1906, Rolls-Royce Limited formed as a
result of partnership. New premises were required for
production of cars. After considering an offer fromDerby's
council of cheap electricity, the decision was
taken to acquire a site on the southern edge of that city.
The 40/50 hp was developed as the company's first all-
new model. This chassis was used for Rolls Royce
Armoured Car.
In 1906, Rolls-Royce produced four chassis (a four-
cylinder 20 hp and a six-cylinder 30 hp, and two examples
of a new car designated the 40/50 hp) for exhibition at the
Olympia car show. But the 40/50 hp was so new that the
show cars were not fully finished, and examples were not
provided to the press for testing until March 1907.
During World War I development of the Silver Ghost was
suspended, but the chassis and engine were supplied for
use in a range ofRolls-Royce Armoured Cars.
1908
In March 1908, Claude Johnson, Commercial Managing Director also
described as the hyphen in Rolls-Royce,
persuaded that Rolls-Royce should concentrate exclusively on the
new model. Hence, all the earlier models wereduly discontinued.
The factory began with a formal opening on 9th
July 1908 by Sir John Montagu.
1914
Aero engine manufacturing was started by Rolls-Royce.
1921
The company opened a second factory in Springfield,
Massachusetts in the
United States (to help meet demand), where a further 1,701
"Springfield Silver
Ghosts" were built. The factory was closed in
1931.
1922
Rolls Royce introduced the smaller and cheaper
Twenty in 1922, effectively ending the one-model
policy followed since 1908.
1925
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Rolls Royce RB211
Despite several improvements in 40/50, by the early 1920s the
performance of the Silver Ghost's competitors had
improved to the extent that its previous superiority had been
eroded.
Sales of 40/50 declined from 742 in 1913 to 430 in 1922.
Therefore the company decided to launch its
replacement which was introduced in 1925 as the New Phantom,
after the launch of which the older 40/50 models
were referred to as the Silver Ghost to avoid confusion.
1931
Rolls Royce acquired car maker Bantley, which splintered in the
wake of the Great Depression.
From World War II until 2002 standard Bentley and Rolls-Royce
cars were often identical apart from the radiator
grille and minor details.
1933
The colour of the Rolls-Royce radiator monogram was changed from
red to black.
1946
Rolls-Royce and Bentley car production moved to Crewe, where
they began to assemble complete cars (the new
standard steel models) for the first time. Before 1946, they had
built only the chassis, leaving the bodies to
specialist coachbuilders.
1971
Due to costs of developing the advanced RB211 jet engine, the
financial status of thecompany splintered. Hence, the company went
was nationalised as Rolls-Royce
(1971) Limited.
1973
The car division of the company was separated as Rolls-Royce
Motors.
1987
The company Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited was privatised as
Rolls-Royce Plc.
