ROLLS ROYCE - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

- Pip pip, good boy, would you like a kiss in the bathroom? Hey, don't be an idiot. I'm just kidding. You don't have to go to university to recognize this old automaton. They call it the Spirit of Ecstasy, and so it is. This bird in shape is the queen's panties, a stylish and reliable pant, it is. This is

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with Rolls-Royce. In 1904, engineer Henry Royce met automobile enthusiast businessman Charles Rolls at a picturesque Manchester hotel for tea and a chat about Rolls-Royce's first automobile. The Royce 10 was powered by a two-cylinder petrol engine with, as you may have guessed, 10 very British horses under the hood.

I think they call them Shetlands. Driving was more of a hobby for the rich than an actual means of transportation. But Royce's cars were nothing like his competitors. That's because they were built under his strict code, just like the Night's Watch. "Strive for perfection in

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you do. "Take the best that exists and make it better. "When it doesn't exist, design it. "Don't accept anything that's good or right enough." Sick. Charles Rolls was a cylinder snob, who preferred four- or six-cylinder cars. But he couldn't believe how remarkably smooth and quiet which was the Royce. The cars were.

Rolls put aside its boring habits and told Royce: "If you build them, I will sell them." And thus Rolls-Royce was born. In 1906, Rolls-Royce presented its first design. of major automobile. It was called 40/50 because those were the car's taxable hours. The seven-liter six-cylinder engine was well ahead of its time and relied on pressurized engine lubrication, dual ignition, and advanced carburetion to give it. to the car flexible and smooth power. We are talking about Kenny G. The car was launched in 1907 and, to demonstrate its reliability, Claude Johnson, commercial director and managing director of Rolls-Royce, ordered one of the cars to be built. with silver accessories.

He was nicknamed Silver Ghost. The Silver Ghost covered 15,000 miles and never broke down. Even the people at Mercedes Benz were like this. "Sacred blue". Because it was so amazing, they forgot what holy shit was in German. The 40/50 became the pinnacle of automotive reliability. Rich people from all over the world lined up to pay a whopping and unheard of amount of $4,000 for the car. In today's money, to be fair, that's like 105 thousand dollars. And that was just because of the rolling chassis. Then you had to take the car to a bodybuilder and spend another 50 or 100 grand on the doors, seats, and body panels.

Well, these rich bastards didn't care and as Henry Royce used to say, "Quality will remain long after price is forgotten." In 1913, the 40/50 finished the grueling 1,820-mile rally

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n as the Alpenfahrt. Alpenfahrt? Alpenfiat. And in 1914, even the British Army was buying them because they were literally built like tanks. After being crowned king of reliability, Rolls-Royce set out to become the king of power and

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. In the late 1920s, they designed their legendary R engine. It was originally made for air racing. It's hard to fit a 37-liter, 2800-hsprs V12 engine under the hood of a car, but in an airplane, the R engine helped the S.6B underwater propeller plane become the fastest machine on Earth when it flew at 407 .5 miles per hour.

That is the speed of jet propulsion. Also, why name a plane that's awesome after a submarine that's less awesome? But it is also equally impressive because the water is like the sky underground. Car enthusiast Sir Malcolm Campbell noted the plane's achievement and said: "Maybe I can put that Rolls-Royce engine in a car." He then he did it. And he named the car Bluebird. In 1935, it became the first automobile to exceed 300 miles per hour. - In first gear, the Bluebird is capable of going 110 miles per hour. And in second gear, it can go just over 205 miles per hour. - That's faster than any Ferrari, McLaren or even a modern Koenigsegg.

What the hell have we been doing for the last 80 years? Colby, post a picture of this thing. Look at it. It's almost a hundred years old. It went over 300 miles per hour, did it even have seat belts? Probably not. With Rolls-Royce powering the fastest vehicle on land and in the air, the only thing left was to conquer the sea. In 1938, they completed the trifecta by setting the water speed record of 103.91 miles per hour, in a hydroplaning motorboat called the Bluebird K3. Because I guess they ran out of names. After Rolls-Royce demonstrated that it could make the most reliable and powerful engines, it set out to make the most luxurious cars.

The only problem with that was that up to that point they had only made engines and chassis. They didn't make the bodies. Then, in the late 1930s, they began to incorporate luxury coachbuilding companies such as Park Ward Limited. The infamous Rolls-Royce Wraith was a beauty, as was Big Bro, but it was still produced by several different coachbuilders. In 1949, the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn became the first model to be offered with a real Rolls-Royce body. It was an object of elegance and beauty, and its inline six-cylinder engine could reach up to 150 kilometers per hour. The Silver Dawn was followed by the Silver Cloud in 1955 and ushered in a consistent design aesthetic, including the giant Parthenon grille and Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament.

With bodywork taken care of, Rolls-Royce began adding opulent and luxurious components to its automobiles, such as electric shavers and cigar humidors. Rolls-Royce, once synonymous with reliability and power, was now primarily regarded as the most elegant vehicle on the road. And anything associated with the car was also considered stylish, whether it was a celebrity, a businessman, or this delicious brown mustard. - Excuse me, would you have any Gray Poupon? - But of course. - Three chic. From 1955 until the 1970s, Rolls-Royce produced customized versions of its signature cars with relatively few cosmetic changes. Because? Because Rolls-Royce is its own aesthetic.

But in the 1980s, declining global markets and declining sales turned the once-great automaker into a tragic story. Rolls-Royce was sold, split up, resold and split up again over the next two decades. Nobody really knew what to do with the brand. If you only sell to a few people, how can you stay afloat? Finally, in 1998, BMW took over Rolls-Royce without the Spirit of Ecstasy mascot. They could only borrow what they did for $40 million. And in 2003, Rolls-Royce opened its new Goodwood plant in Sussex, England, and completely redeemed itself. The new Rolls-Royce said: "If you want to buy something like 'a fancy kind of car, you can buy a Cadillac,' 'a Lexus, a Mercedes.' bathroom, 'you can buy a Rolls.'" In 2003, they demonstrated a new commitment to give their cars more power.

More power, baby. They launched the ultra-luxurious Rolls-Royce Phantom VII in 2003. The car was a marvel of modern engineering, like George Lucas's Phantom Menace It's like the best Star movie. Wars. The Phantom VII was a game-changer for Rolls-Royce with its 6.8-litre V12 engine that launched the nearly three-tonne vehicle from zero to 60 in less than six seconds. But it was the car's highly customizable aspects. that made it stand out. It marked a fusion of Rolls-Royce's pedigree "We make the largest luxury cars in the world" with its origins "We make the most powerful and spectacular engines." Rolls-Royce realized that its exclusive customers want. exclusive cars because there is nothing worse. than spending half a million dollars on a car and then seeing a dozen of the same car in a parking lot.

Believe me, I should know. Then Rolls said, "We give all of our customers "44,000 shades of paint to choose from. de." For the upholstery, the standard leather comes exclusively from Simmental bulls raised in humid regions with rich grazing pastures so their hides don't dry out. And the interior equipment doesn't limit the color to a measly 44,000 shades. They'll let you choose any color you want, even made-up colors like James Pumpernickel Brown. And if you don't like bullskin, you can choose from many other materials, such as ostrich, alligator, and even rodent skins. For trim, there are hundreds of trims. wood and synthetic to choose from.

If you want something super stylish from Omega Toblerone, you can have literal diamond encrustations on the edge. You can certainly choose the color of your $700 door umbrellas and of course the Spirit of Ecstasy comes in. your choice of metals or illuminated glass. But although they are opulent, all these customizable features don't really change the car. In 2014, Rolls-Royce decided to show the world that it could make cars that could also be driven. And they unveiled the reinvented Wraith. This entry-level Rolls starts at just $317k and gets 624 horsepower from its V12. It is deliberately lighter and more agile.

Yes, it's a huge Rolls-Royce, but its more compact wheelbase and sportier suspension mean you'll want to take it to the canyons rather than your chauffeur. In 2017, Rolls introduced the most expensive new car in the history of new cars until this year, the Rolls-Royce Sweptail. They used the privately commissioned $13 million car as a conceptual launching point for the newest custom option known as the Coachbuild. Its Coachbuild service offers customers who are not limited by time or money the opportunity to design and build their own personalized Rolls. The ever-present Phantom now makes 563 horsepower with a twin-turbo V12. The Ghost II carries on and feels as classically new as when it came out.

The Wraith is still cornering and has been joined by its convertible cousin, the Dawn. Nice name, better appearance. They also have Wraith, all-black Black Badge edition, which gives them 40 more hours with (bleep) money and tattoos. Now they even have an SUV. The largest Cullinan SUV is everything Rolls-Royce has been and more. It's named after the largest diamond ever found, and before you get upset that it's not named after a ghost like the others, the diamond is named after Thomas Cullinan and he's dead. The Cullinan is unique among Rolls because of its lifting tailgate and all-wheel drive.

The new Ghost isn't out yet, but even with its camouflage covers, it looks leaner and more aggressive than its previous siblings and that says a lot. Rolls-Royces are not for everyone, that's clear. But even if you're riding in some other $500,000 car, if one pulls up next to you, you'll feel that twinge of envy, wishing you were driving that Rolls. Thanks for watching Donut Media. If they didn't see it, we couldn't do it. If you like this video, be sure to let us know by hitting the Like button below. Hit the Subscribe button to make sure you don't miss any videos in the future.

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