Rolls-Royce: the ideal luxury wedding vehicle
The quintessential luxury car – a perfect choice for almost any wedding. Perhaps we are biased, but we think that a Rolls-Royce (or Bentley) is the ultimate luxury for wedding transport.
We have four Rolls-Royces in our collection:
- 1937 Rolls-Royce 25/30
- 1939 Rolls-Royce Wraith
- 1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II
- 1964 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III
About Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce was founded in 1904 by Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce and soon had a reputation for building the best cars in the world – a reputation that has endured for well over a century. It has been estimated that around 65% of all Rolls-Royces ever built are still on the road (see the Nat Geo TV article). There have been estimates as high as 80% but this seems unlikely.
| Year | History | Rolls-Royce & Bentley | Our car(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Berlin Olympics | RR 25/30 & Phantom III first built | |
| 1937 | Edward VIII marries Wallis Simpson Spanish Civil War starts Hindenburg disaster | Rolls-Royce 25/30 | |
| 1938 | Germany invades Czechoslovakia | RR Wraith first produced | |
| 1939 | Start of WWII | Car production stops until 1946 - 27 litre V-12 Merlin engine used in Spitfires and Hurricanes | Rolls-Royce Wraith |
| 1940 | Churchill becomes PM Battle of Britain | ||
| 1941 | Germany invades Russia USA enters WWII | ||
| 1942 | |||
| 1943 | |||
| 1944 | |||
| 1945 | End of WWII | ||
| 1946 | RR Silver Wraith first produced | ||
| 1947 | Princess Elizabeth marries Philip | ||
| 1948 | London Olympics | ||
| 1949 | RR Silver Dawn first produced | ||
| 1950 | Start of Korean War | RR Phantom IV first produced | |
| 1951 | Bentley Saloon | ||
| 1952 | Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II | Bentley Mark VI with Mulliner body Bentley Mark VI Standard Steel Bentley Mark VI with Hooper Empress Line body |
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| 1953 | |||
| 1954 | |||
| 1955 | Start of Vietnam War | RR Silver Cloud first produced | |
| 1956 | Elvis's first UK No.1 Suez Crisis | ||
| 1957 | Sputnik 1 | ||
| 1958 | |||
| 1959 | RR Phantom V first produced | ||
| 1960 | |||
| 1961 | Yuri Gagarin first man in space | ||
| 1962 | Beatles first UK No.1 Cuban Missile Crisis | Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II | |
| 1963 | Kennedy Assassination | ||
| 1964 | Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's first marriage Rolling Stones first UK No.1 | Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III |
For further information see: Wikipedia article