The 8 best Rolls-Royce cars of all time | From Silver Ghost to Phantom
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- Rolls-Royce is perhaps one of the most enduring names in British history, it's also perhaps the name that the world aspires to when it thinks of living the luxury lifestyle. Over the years Rolls-Royce, like pretty much every British car company, has been owned by several different people, and come close to exiting stage left multiple times, but today, with BMW in charge and based at Goodwood, it's thriving.
But which are the best cars that Charles Rolls and Henry Royce's company has ever made? Picking the best is tricky, but with hits like the various Phantoms, Silver Ghost, Corniche and even the modern Cullinan there's plenty to work with. Here's the ones we remember most fondly.
Which do you think are RR's greatest cars?
Members of the GRRC community can watch all of GRR's videos early, to find out more visit: www.goodwood.com/motorsport/g...
#gwoverdrive #RollsRoyce #luxury
#gw_rollsroyce
Official Website 👉 www.goodwood.com/grr/
Facebook 👉 / goodwoodrrc
Instagram 👉 / goodwoodrrc
Twitter 👉 / goodwoodrrc
SUBSCRIBE for more racing cars, supercars, new car reviews, historic motorsport and Goodwood event coverage 👉 bit.ly/GoodwoodTV
Buy your Goodwood Event tickets 👉 bit.ly/GWBuyTickets - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
What is your favourite Roller?
the one with the little silver figure on the bonnet ;)
Silver Ghost. I drive mine almost every day and it’s 96 years old
Silver Shadow
1920’s armoured car.
The beatiful Rolls Royce Silver Cloud iii I will own one yet.
My dad owned a Silver Shadow LWB with a glass division.I drove it when I was 15.Brilliant car.
The Silver Shadow should not be overlooked. It took the company from the 1930s to the modern era in a single step, then kept them alive until the Volkswagen takeover. In importance I would argue it to be second only to the 40/50hp, which cemented the brand’s reputation.
Definitely. Very significant car for the brand.
The Silver Shadow and its rare Bentley T-Series stablemate are exceptional motorcars. Designed by the genius automotive artisan Sir John Blatchley, they were a modernising leap, but still feature Rolls-Royce tradition, restraint and lineage. Prices for a fine example are steadily wafting towards eye-watering.
Well I owned a number of Rolls Royces years ago and found them to be reliable and very well made, always my favorites. But then again Matchbox cars of all makes were fairly indestructible.
I agree. I run a car dealership and one of my rivals stole a rolls Royce from me. I had to call in the authorities to recover and the car looked horrible aesthetically but held pretty well. The thief was grounded for a day and received no ice cream after dinner.
@@abdul839 fair enough !!!
Honorable mention: the Silver Shadow that was taken to Dakar
Love it! But this is pure production road cars.
The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow that raced at Dakar was actually a replica. It was a Toyota FJ chassis and was powered by a Chevy V8. The body was fiberglass. Still cool though!
The best Roll’s ever built was FAB 1, just ask Parker.
"Yus, Milady..."
Sorry to say - Parker is back in The Scrubs
When I think, "Rolls Royce", the Silver Cloud III (1963 - 1966) with it's quad-headlamps and beautifully sculpted fenders and doors always comes to mind. Magnificent Automobile!
I remember the ad copy for the Corniche in the 70s said something like: "At speeds over 100 mph, when other cars are straining, the Corniche is still idly inspecting its nails."
The first automatic transmission was NOT purchased "directly" from General Motors. It was the General Motors design manufactured by Rolls-Royce under license from General Motors with modifications to accommodate Rolls-Royce's servo-assisted braking system.
I was told that while Rolls was gearing up to produce this gearbox they took the American one apart and discovered some rough casting on some of the parts. Since this was not up to their standards they cleaned it up to a Rolls-Royce standard, whereupon the gearbox stopped working! I think that is probably an apocryphal story, but given the sometimes strange engineering of the Cloud 3, (like having to remove part of the front body work to get at the sparkplugs), maybe not!
Fabulous. I’m glad to own 5 out of the 8 Rolls-Royce’s in the story
Lucky devil!! I see you have some vids of them on your channel - could you do some longer tours/overviews of them? Nothing fancy.
I cannot get enough Rolls Royce. I’m particularly interested in the coachwork, especially how the door skins are attached and such.
@@eldontyrell4361 Yes. I would love to do that. As soon as the weather warms up.
Which one is your favorite?
@@LWVH81 Awesome!
@@arup02 The Silver Ghost. 96 years old and still going strong. See my TH-cam for videos
I had a 64 Cloud 3. Other than the fact that I should have received a personally signed Christmas card from The Sultan of Brunei, given it's outrageous thirst for dead dinosaurs, it was a wonderful car. A 500 mile trip was just nothing to think about and it had some wondrous quirks. I bought it on a whim, having sold a boat for exactly the asking price and while I sold it for a handsome profit 19 months later, when I decided that the front seat passenger had a likelihood of becoming a permanent fixture in my life, I never regretted a minute of owning it.
You should have included the Silver Sarah 1998- 2002, so beautiful , and very rare. Some might even say the last real Rolls- Royce ever built......
Have you seen the ultra rare Corniche built on the Silver Seraph body? There’s videos of it on TH-cam. Nice looking car. Last elegant thing to bare the name Rolls Royce.
Awesome video,wow,great content, inspiring, totally informative,well done
Nice video, love the Corniche convertible.
You did not mention the Camargue. I have never seen one, but understand that pictures do not do it justice.
I’ve heard the same. Cheers!
Nice video , I am happy they still use the V12 6.7 litre engine .
That v16 though... shame it never happened.
Um are you thinking the 6.75ltr V8, because the 6.75ltr V12 is actually a BMW engine not a Rolls Royce or Bentley carry over at all, Bentley got that motor & stopped production a few years ago, Rj in Oz
@@rjnation5042 true
Phantom VII coupé is my favorite
Absolutely appreciate the brands success & longevity. Not my cup of tea as a car but a real success story. An excellent case study for all marketing students
Technically it hasn’t been British for some time and yes, the “money did dry up”
It’s, sadly, been German owned for years now…
Depends on your definition, they're built right here.
Why do you write "sadly"? Without the Germans' money RR would have gone down the sh1tter just like every other motor manufacturer you Brits used to claim to love. Pathetic.
@@GoodwoodRR Indeed; RR is still very "British" in the best way possible. Not the worst way like hateful xenophobes à la @Brad Smith ;)
@@sq1rlsqu4d whilst I can't speak for Brad Smith, I imagine he's not a xenophobe (although I don't know) but merely lamenting the sad demise of a once globally competitive industry - owned, financed, built and designed in Britain. That's all.
The elegance departed when bmw arrived. Now they are just a paint and trim shop for bmw’s luxury german tank division.
panzer division
I noticed that there were no fans of the Silver Seraph. Thanks for the video.
What, now SC III Park Ward Chinese Eye in here, lol. Such a design. More seriously, the SC III Flying Spur bodies did have a lithe, almost graceful look, and with a proper front end pulled it off better than David Brown's Lagonda Rapide of the same period - though of course the latter was a proper sporting sedan which could handily steal the SC's lunch money and more besides.
Love the Flying Spur (probably because Keith Richards owned one, named the'Blue Lena', for decades).
Fantastic video
1966 Silver Cloud II V8 with the first RR twin headlights is my favourite ever
Yeah sorry I'm a Bentley guy myself, but I did like the picture of the Cornish with the Serph front end, 100yrs on & I can't forgive Rolls for melting down the Bentley silverware from Le Manns, Rj in Oz
My favourite Rolls Royce (since you ask) is any Rolls Royce that I receive as a gift. But failing that (and continuing to live hopelessly), it would be the 1934 Phantom II Continental with bodywork by Kellner of Paris.
Amazing clip on the car company.
Silver Shadow!
Weren't the 6.75 ltr engines always referred to as 6 and 3/4? Somehow, that's stuck in my mind like the formula for sulphuric acid, which I learnt over 40 years ago and never needed to know again.
Or 6 and 3 Daughters in Cockney
Yes, that is what it says on the engine block, 6 3/4. By the way, it's H2 SO4
what was the music used when introducing the phantom 1.
You can say what you want but the Cullinan has no right being here. Rather have the Silver Seraph instead...
AMAZING CARS AWESOME SUPERB ! ! ! ! ! MAGICAL ! ! ! ! ! ! !
The Cullinan could be the most luxurious if would be offered with 7 seats
My favourite RR is from The Cannonball Run driven by the Sheik,he was some boy😉
I am sure we all have our favorites. Me? Why a 1995 Corniche IV and 2002 Silver Seraph. The Seraph is, to my mind, one of the most beautiful sedans ever created.
Work of art by Graham Hull - his book has a whole chapter on it.
The understatement Roller. Sadly makes unpleasant wind-noises above ca. 110 km/h.
Cloud was the last elegant Rolls. The Shadow and everything since look like a bowler hat on wheels
MMM. I think Captain Slow said it all for me.
Rolls Royce Cars are really Majestic 🔥
No, those were made by Daimler 😜
Increíble su belleza,el mío el ghost actual
8:49 phantom my favorite
Yet to come.
It has to be the Celestial Diamond 💎
The true Rolls-Royces stopped when BMW bought the rights to the brand name. Most who drive the real ones equate buying the re branded BMWs to buying a grandfather clock with a digital movement.
Well said
Rubbish, the heritage still lives on and runs deep in Crewe, that's in England just in case you had forgotten.
@@psvhangoveral Well I’ve watched pretty much all the factory footage there has ever been for Rolls Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin, and it’s sadly just not true. The most faithful part of production is the leatherwork.
I'm a BMW fan and I thought similar, that the new Rolls would be a BMW 7 Series with a different body. I could not have been more wrong. Its a completely different car.
@@psvhangoveral Yes but the accountants are in Germany
The Round Door. 🖤👽
The only thing that works in my 1995 Corniche IV is the radio because it’s Japanese.
_"if there's any company in the world that fits making an overly big, overly ostentatious car, then surely it has to be..."_ Cadillac IMO
Wait what? The Silver Ghost chassis was used until 1929???
Holy rollers, bat chap!
I bet you a dollar there are official figures. You think an automobile company doesn't know, down to the individual VIN each and every car they made?
I reckon the modern ones look pretty blocky. Not like the ones of old with sweeping sides.
I was saying no, no, no, hearing at same time yes, yes, yes, and Culli... (I can't even write the name) nightmare was going on!
Where is the Silver Shadow? Aside historical RR, excepting younger guys, we all grown-up for so long time with that model, many do not know the name, actually it was Rolls Royce! I still remind "Professionals" theme with images of a runaway incursion at high speed! Time when 20 years service make economical sense investment for something normal persons will get in delay on their "cheap" Rover shortening enjoying period.
Pininfarina Camargue in presence give you a feeling of grandeur with some details lightening the car especially the rear pillars. Could be an alternative?
Thank you for this video,
Bye
You skipped the Phanthom IV, and it's exclusivity.
For me the best cars in the world!!!! They only have one point i don‘t like! I will never can afford me one!
The incorrect quotes and “misinformation” in this video are mind boggling .
Missed out the Silver Shadow , which was an excellent car , and one of the nest known . Certainly a better car than a Cloud .
WOW
Maharaja of Bikaner used the rolls.royce cars to clean His city streets..in 1920 s..
I watched a test drive of the Rolls SUV at Goodwood, and it was impressive.
Pity you did not mention Lawrence of Arabia's RR armoured cars in WW1
How dare you put "rolls-royces" as a single word in the opening picture
Here's a car that never managed to convince me
Funny how Diesel engines were never popular in the Israeli automobile market.
Who is eating microwave burritos in the Rolls-Royce
Phantom Drophead Coupe over any of these. All day long.
I love how they skipped right over the 1980s and 90s. lol
I love Bri, ish cars, there so expensive.
No Silver Shadow? Oh well, probably not that important that it saved the company from collapse.
From 2003, these are no longer RRs but Blink blink cars for rappers or football players...
Too bad ! They look like lumps of butter.
Why is all the big diamonds under British hierarchy
08 and clasic 1 2 3 viling crod
Where is 1925 rolls royce phantom coupe?
Nothing from 71 - late 90s?
I'm sorry - am I missing something here, it may have an impeccable interior, but I don't get the Cullinan - I think it cheapens the marque. If I wanted a top 4x4, I'd have an Audi or a Range Rover or something.
Listen to me dreaming away - as if I could even afford a Matchbox Rolls.
The classic Silver Shadow, according to James May, was a true People's Car. Why ? How could such an elitist opulent unaffordable limo be such ? Because so many were made and sold, the second hand market blossomed with them to become wedding cars. More people began their new married life in one than anything else ! Surely millions have travelled in one that way. What other car can say that ?
Can you turn down the annoying red -blue hue.
What is a roller, garden roller steamroller, it’s called a Rolls-Royce for a reason not a roller‼️🇬🇧
👍
an suv on top? are you mad?
Is this commentary for schools?as I’m not seven could we plse have Adult commentary not dumbed down nonsense 💁♂️
Hi Andy !!!
.
I have an addiction to youtube and have so for about 10 years !!!
...
Discounting this video ...(as not fair on the author) ... i have found that the level of information has fallen to a very low rate indeed .... where 10 years ago people spoke facts !!!
...
If for example in trying to search a medical condition ??? ... Maybe diabetes ???
... some american doctor even talks about him been the school "soft ball champion" .... and just at the time he's about to start talking facts ... he finishes his video !!!
...
Andy i'm afraid youtube has become a fake "fortune teller" at the seaside !!! :-)
...
CHEERS
Фантом классный
"Springfield, USA". Ha ha ha. Which of the 41?
My favorite Rolls Royce ever;
1. Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe
2. Phantom II Continental Gurney Nutting
3. Phantom III Mulliner Sedanca DeVille
4. Merlin
5. Phantom IV Mulliner Cabriolet Generalissimo Franco
6. Phantom IV Hooper State Landaulette Princess Elizabeth
7. Phantom IV Mulliner Cabriolet Shah of Persia
8. Phantom IV Hooper Sedanca DeVille
9. Silver Dawn Park Ward Drophead Coupe
10. Silver Wraith Inskip
11. Silver Wraith Freestone Webb Convertible
12. Silver Wraith Hooper State All Weather Tourer
13. Silver Wraith Hooper Empress Perspex
14. Silver Cloud I Estate
15. Silver Cloud I James Young Sedanca DeVille
16. SilverCloud I Freestone Webb Honeymoon Express
17. Silver Cloud III Mulliner Chinese Eye Convertible
18. Silver Camargue Cabriolet
19. Phantom V Coupe James Young
20. Phantom VI Frua Limousine Convertible
21. Silver Spirit Hooper State Limousine Landaulette
22. Corniche V (2000)
23. Silver Seraph Jankel
24. Phantom VII EWB Jankel
25. Phantom VIII EWB Klassen Aromored Limousine
26. Phantom Royale Bertone
27. Pininfarina Hyperion
28. Bespoke Picnic Set for Phantom Drophead Coupe & Recreation Module for Cullinan
죽기 전에 한번 타보려나 ^^;;;
cullinan?!? and that gets you a thumbs down
The most BMW car of all time
The problem about the Cullinan is not that it is an SUV. The problem is its underwhelming design. The 60.000 £ Velar has more Rolls-Royce-ishness than this boxy, unbalanced thing.
"There are economic reasons Rolls has survived this long."
There are zero economic reasons Rolls-Royce has survived this long. They haven't.
-----wikipedia-----[my comments]------------------------------------------------
Survived this long... Do you mean :
- Rolls-Royce Limited, a British manufacturer of cars and later aero engine, founded in 1906, now defunct?
- Rolls-Royce Motors, incorporated in 1973
- - Bought by Vickers [meaning, didn't survive AGAIN] in 1980. [The survived for 7 whole years. Wow.]
- - A subsidiary of Volkswagen Group [meaning, didn't survive AGAIN] from 1998 to 2002. [4. Years. Hella wow survival rate.]
- Rolls-Royce Motor Car, incorporated in 1998, a subsidiary of BMW Group?
BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launce a new Rolls-Royce company.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The current Rolls-Royce is not a survival of Rolls-Royce; liquidated 1971.
The current Rolls-Royce is BWM with a sticker on it. The thing that survived is the sticker. It is Rolls-Royce exactly as much as Sargon of Akkad is Sargon of Akkad (no offence, Carl).
Those who own a Rolls aren’t watching this video
Best rolls Royce was Toyota corolla
Interesting, but I like Bentley better, not that I would ever buy either. Just too! much snobbery involved with these over priced cars. Just give me a beats walking and I'll be happy.
Not beautiful but stately for sure.
Yes, because it is German.
By this same logic, volvos are Chinese, jeeps are Italian, Mitsubishis are french, and jaguars are Indian.
@@mattuw82 absolutely
Cullinan shouldn't be on the list. It's a disappointment.
Interesting rewriting of history. Surprised you don't claim Skoda and Toyota as being British as well. Laughable and sad piece of inferiority complex propaganda.
🤮
Completely pointless. Anyone who knows cars let alone Rolls Royce knows everything that was talked about here.
You taunt the fact that Rolls died in a plain crash as some sort of achievement. Have some decency and slow down your narration, show some respect.
What a mess this viedo is .
That suv is trash.
How could you make a video about the history of Rolls Royce without mentioning the silver shadow… silver shadow were amount the highest produced!!! Terrible content!! Historically incorrect video.
RR is not a british Car!
It belongs GERMANY!
A Tesla build in China is not a chinese Car !!!