When Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveiled the Rolls-Royce Phantom in 2003, it heralded a new age for the marque, proudly reclaiming its position at the forefront of automotive design and engineering.
Working to the maxim of company founder Sir Henry Royce – “Strive for perfection in everything you do” – the design and engineering teams spent four years developing this breakthrough model. Using the most advanced technology, whilst drawing inspiration from the company’s rich heritage, their goal was clearcut: to develop a 21st century Rolls-Royce that would be truly worthy of the famous Spirit of Ecstasy.
The result was the Rolls-Royce Phantom. Built at a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Goodwood, this flagship Rolls-Royce ensured the company’s renaissance by combining the spirit of its illustrious forebears with ground-breaking technology and visionary engineering techniques.
The Bentley S1 was a luxury car produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1955 through 1959. It marked Bentley parent, Rolls-Royce, reducing the differences between their Bentley and Roll-Royce models, with the S1 differing only in its radiator design and badging from the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I.
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Bentley S1 Continental (1956-1959)
Manufacturer : Bentley Productions : 1956-1959 Engine : 4.9 L (4887 cc/298 in³) straight-6 Transmission : 4-speed automatic transmission was standard, with a 4-speed manual available as an option Source : netcarshow.com
The Bentley S1 was a luxury car produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1956 through 1959. It marked Bentley parent, Rolls-Royce, reducing the differences between their Bentley and Roll-Royce models, with the S1 differing only in its radiator design and badging from the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I.
The models shared the 4.9 L (4887 cc/298 in³) straight-6 engine, with this being the last vehicle to use this engine. The bore was 95.25 mm (3.7 in) and the stroke was 114.3 mm (4.5 in). Twin SU carburetors were fitted, with upgraded models from 1957. A 4-speed automatic transmission was standard, with a 4-speed manual available as an option. Two wheelbases were produced: 123 in (3124 mm) and, from 1957, 127 in (3226 mm).
The Bentley T-Series was even more rarely built than the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. The Bentley being technically an identical twin of the Rolls Royce seems to have been bought mostly by owners wishing a little more understatement. The formerly more sportive image of Bentley motor cars differing from Rolls Royces was gone by the time the Silver Shadow/Bentley T was introduced and thus couldn’t motivate buyers any more. The outward appearance of a Bentley T is slightly more dynamic because the bonnet design is a few centimeters lower and the radiator shell shape with its rounded edges is smoother.
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Bentley T2 (1977)
Bentley T2 (1977) 1
Manufacturer : Bentley Productions : 1977 Engine : 8 cylinder 90 degree V-configuration, aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder block with cast iron wet cylinder liners; bore x stroke 104.14 x 99.06 mm (4.1 x 3.9 in), capacity 6,750 Transmission : 3 speed manual transmission Source : automobile-catalog.com
The Bentley T2 somehow gave off that the company had been vague whether or not Bentley should keep an individual identity. Support for the marque inside the company had deterioted over recent years. During the prototype stadium of the Silver Shadow the parallel development of a separate new Bentley model had been aborted. Only early models of the Bentley T1 had shown engine valve covers embossed with the inscription “Bentley” – later models showed the name “Rolls-Royce” on the valve covers. And the Bentley T2 went one step further because the instruments on the facia carried the Rolls-Royce logo of entwined RR instead of the Bentley-B.
Theodore N. Charagionis – Founder of the Hellenic Motor Museum, has a great interest in cars, especially old cars. His father’s cars, were the resource persons the first getaway to my passion for driving, not always with his father’s approval. In 1977, Pls his first child was born, He decided That Had he completed the first cycle of my participation in Competitions, so I turned to the collection of old cars.
Charagionis has criterias for his cars. The main criteria for selecting car models his childhood dreams were the resource persons. The first cars of the collection, were the resource persons a Maserati Mistral, a Rolls Royce Wraith, two E-type Jaguars, two Lancia Appia Zagato, Austin Healey 3000 two and three Dinos (one of Them a Ferrari). And then, with the number of cars increasing gradually and with difficulty because of the “poor” then Greek market, in the early 90′s He had reached the 25 cars and started to think that I might be going over the top. So, He think to build a cars museum. Read the rest of this entry »
Toyota Century First Generation 1967 Specifications : Manufacturer : Toyota Productions : 1967 Engine : 3.0L 3V V8, Transmission : 3-speed manual, 4-speed manual, 3-speed automatic, 4-speed automatic Read the rest of this entry »
Manufacturer : Rolls-Royce
Productions : 2003
Engine : 6.75-litre V12 engine
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Transmission : 5 speed manual transmission