This book covers the final years of Bentley and Rolls-Royce as an exclusive British automaker to the turbulent final period of splitting up and foreign ownership. Production has carried on serenely and the variations produced have, on the whole, kept to a high standard. The articles here are written by the world's most informed motoring journalists and give a remarkable insight into these glamorous cars. These are contemporary articles covering road and comparison tests, new model introductions, driver's impressions. Models covered include: Bentley Turbo R, Brooklands, Continental R, T, SC, Azure, Arnage R, T & Red Label, Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, Silver Spur, Flying Spur, Silver Dawn, Silver Seraph, Corniche.
One of a series covering 100 years of The Motor Car from 1885-1985 specific to the Rolls Royce. The book contains upwards of 20 full-page sepia illustrations of various cars plus a colour section of 25 'cigarette' type cards in colour with informative text.
The articles in the book are as follows:
C.S. Rolls and F.H. Royce
The first Rolls Royce cars
The Silver Ghost
Twenty and New Phantom
Phantom II and 20/25 hp
Phantom III 25/30hp and Wraith
Silver Wraith, Silver Dawn and Phantom IV
Silver Cloud I,II & III
Silver Shadow
Coachbuilt cars, Phantom V, VI
Silver Spirit & Silver Spur