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Evolution of the Rolls-Royce

  • Rolls Royce History

    Rolls Royce History
    Rolls Royce was created by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls in 1904. Rolls-Royce was founded in the UK. The first model was a Six-Cylinder Silver Ghost.
  • Rolls-Royce Closing

    Rolls-Royce Closing
    During the Great Depression Rolls-Royce in America were not selling and forced them to close there. People couldn't afford to pay for an expensive car.
  • New cars

    New cars
    In 1959 a new model called Silver Wraith was redesigned and had a individual coach-built body.
  • Rolls-Royce growing

    Rolls-Royce growing
    In the 1980's Bentley came along and was competition for Rolls-Royce. They are both high in cars that everyone wants. Rolls-Royce had been around for awhile and was very good at what they were building.
  • Adding on to the brand

    Adding on to the brand
    In 1990 BMW joined Rolls-Royce. With them making more cars now they were making tons of money.