ROLLS-ROYCE [ONE OF THE KING IN AUTOMOBILE WORLD]

ROLLS-ROYCE

As the name suggests "Rolls-Royce" a product that is most luxurious or highly specified of its kind. Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester (United Kingdom) by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

Henry Royce started an electrical and mechanical business in 1884. He made his first car, a two-cylinder Royce 10, in his Manchester factory in 1904. Henry Royce was introduced to Charles Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on 4 May of that year. Rolls was the proprietor of an early motor car dealership, C.S. Rolls & Co. in Fulham.

In spite of his preference for three- or four-cylinder cars, Rolls was impressed with the Royce 10, and in a subsequent agreement on 23 December 1904 agreed to take all the cars Royce could make. There would be four models:
- a 10 hp (7.5 kW), two-cylinder model selling at £395 (£40,000 in 2014),
- a 15 hp (11 kW) three-cylinder at £500 (£50,000 in 2014),
- a 20 hp (15 kW) four-cylinder at £650 (£60,000 in 2014),
- a 30 hp (22 kW) six-cylinder model priced at £890 (£90,000 in 2014),

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In this blog, we are going to have a look at all the models of Rolls-Royce. So let's begin:

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Rolls-Royce 10 hp

As stated earlier in the blog that it is the first car model of Rolls-Royce. Brief specs of Royce 10 hp model are :

2-seater,
petrol (gasoline)
2-cylinder 4-valve straight (inline) engine,
OISE (overhead inlet, side exhaust valve),
1810 cc
manual 3-speed transmission,
rear-wheel drive

Image source: Royce hp 10

2. Rolls-Royce hp 15

The Rolls-Royce 15 hp was one of four cars to be produced as a result of an agreement of 23 December 1904 between Charles Rolls and Henry Royce. Badged as a Rolls-Royce, the 15 hp was produced by Royce's company, Royce Ltd., at its factory in Cooke Street, Hulme, Manchester.
Brief specs of Royce 10 hp model are :

4/5-seater,
petrol (gasoline)
3-cylinder 6-valve straight (inline) engine,
OISE (overhead inlet, side exhaust valve),
3089 cc
manual 3-speed transmission,
rear-wheel drive
carburetor fuel system

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3.Rolls-Royce hp 20

Image source: Rolls-Royce 20 hp

4.Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost

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