2024 marks the 120th anniversary of the introductory meeting between Henry Royce and The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls in 1904. The first in a series celebrating a landmark model from each decade of the marque’s history focuses on not one, but two motor cars; the Royce 10 H.P., the first motor car built by Henry Royce, and the Rolls-Royce 10 H.P., the inaugural model for the newly established marque.
The latest instalment in the ‘Makers of the Marque’ series honours Ernest Hives. Hives turned his self-taught driving skills and fascination for motor cars into a glittering career with Rolls-Royce, rising all the way through the ranks of the company in its early days: first as an experimental test driver, then as part of the 'works' team contesting the great motor trials of the day, before becoming Chairman of the Board in 1950.
The third in a series profiling the principal characters in the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars foundation story as the marque celebrates its 120th anniversary year features Eleanor Velasco Thornton. A strong, intelligent, self-assured and highly influential woman, in an automotive world that was then almost entirely male-dominated. She has a unique place in Rolls-Royce history, best known as the purported model for the Spirit of Ecstasy mascot.
As the marque celebrates its 120th anniversary year, the ‘Makers of the Marque’ series profiles the principal characters in the Rolls-Royce foundation story. The second in the series features Henry Royce, one of the marque’s co-founders whose life followed a truly extraordinary arc – from impoverished origins and with minimal formal education, he became a giant of 20th Century engineering and innovation.
This year, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates the 120th anniversary of the first meeting between Henry Royce and Charles Rolls. While their two names became world-famous, Rolls-Royce might never have existed without the intervention, influence and contributions of others. In this series, as well as the founders themselves, these crucial actors are remembered.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars commemorates the first vehicles of the Goodwood era – the RR-0.01 and RR-0.02 gravity racers, which were commissioned to participate in the Soapbox Challenges at the 2001 and 2002 Goodwood Festival of Speed. These remarkable vehicles have now been faithfully restored to their former glory by the next generation of skilled artisans and craftspeople at the Home of Rolls-Royce, ready for the next chapter in their fascinating history.
As Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the retirement of Torsten Müller-Ötvös after almost 14 years as its Chief Executive Officer, the company reflects on Claude Johnson – the only person in the marque’s history to have held the top job for longer.
The participants in the 110th anniversary re-enactment of the 1913 Alpenfahrt, comprising members of the 20-Ghost Club (the world’s oldest Rolls-Royce owners’ club and devoted exclusively to models built before 1940) make a triumphant return to Salzburg.
Today, Rolls-Royce marks the 110th anniversary of the 1913 Spanish Grand Prix in which Silver Ghosts took first and third places – a technical and tactical domination that would set the template for the marque's legendary triumph at the 1913 Alpenfahrt a few weeks later.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the 110th anniversary of its success in the Alpine Trial in 1913 – an event whose significance in Rolls-Royce’s legend cannot be overstated.
For all his many honours and achievements, Sir Frederick Henry Royce OBE was a humble man, referring to himself simply as ‘a mechanic'. 90 years after his death, his technical genius and engineering philosophy – the pursuit of excellence – continue to inspire the company that bears his name.
Sir Henry Royce’s uncompromising command, “Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better” is one of the most famous quotations in automotive history. It is also a maxim that rings down the ages, and still inspires and informs the company that bears his name.
Choosing a name for a new Rolls-Royce motor car is a crucial, highly considered and painstaking process, in which the marque's unique heritage plays a central part.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the centenary of the legendary 20 H.P., known to the world simply as the ‘Twenty’, launched on 6 October 1922. Designed by Sir Henry Royce, it ranks among the most important and influential models ever produced by the marque.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the 118th anniversary of the first meeting between its founders, Henry Royce and The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, England in 1904. As part of its annual reflections on its origins and unique heritage, Rolls-Royce looks back through Phantom’s lineage, exploring how its namesakes evolved over the years to remain consistently at the apex of the Rolls-Royce offering.
Every year, the local section of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club (RREC) marks the anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Royce on 22 April 1933 with a special ceremony at Elmstead, his beloved home in the village of West Wittering, West Sussex. This year's event has an added local significance, since it coincides with the centenary of West Wittering Memorial Hall, which was built during Royce's time at Elmstead.
For more than a century, Rolls-Royce motor cars have been graced by the Spirit of Ecstasy mascot, one of the most recognisable emblems ever created. Yet, remarkably, given her immense fame and global reach, aspects of her story remain open to speculation, confusion and no little controversy.
Rolls-Royce reflects on heritage of electric power ahead of historic announcement. Electrification has long been promoted as the future of automotive propulsion. Ahead of further official statements, we invite the media to reflect on the marque’s unique heritage in electric power, which pre-dates the founding of Rolls-Royce the company itself, and involves many of the principal protagonists whose names are forever associated with it.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the 144th birthday of co-founder The Hon Charles Stewart Rolls on Friday 27 August 2021. In honour of the occasion, the marque undertook a pilgrimage around London locations associated with the great man’s life and career, capturing striking images of Ghost at each stop along the way.
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