https://autocade.net/index.php?title=Rolls-Royce&feed=atom&action=historyRolls-Royce - Revision history2024-03-29T13:54:54ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.5https://autocade.net/index.php?title=Rolls-Royce&diff=18150&oldid=prevWikiSysop at 15:09, 8 July 20142014-07-08T15:09:40Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Luxury car maker, having established its niche early in its history with engineer Henry Royce and car dealership owner Charles Rolls in 1904. By 1907, their Silver Ghost, or 40/50 hp, was regarded as ‘the best car in the world’, and Rolls-Royce’s reputation was sealed for decades to come. It acquired [[Bentley]] during the Great Depression, and eventually there were few differences between Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars. It also branched out into aircraft engines, obtaining world records in the process. In the 1950s, Rolls-Royce began its association with the British Royal Family, supplanting [[Daimler]]. Nineteen seventy saw the company going into receivership, nationalized, then broken up into two divisions: one for aero engines (the state-owned Rolls-Royce Ltd., later going public as Rolls-Royce plc) and one for cars (Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.), a private company from 1973.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Luxury car maker, having established its niche early in its history with engineer Henry Royce and car dealership owner Charles Rolls in 1904. By 1907, their Silver Ghost, or 40/50 hp, was regarded as ‘the best car in the world’, and Rolls-Royce’s reputation was sealed for decades to come. It acquired [[Bentley]] during the Great Depression, and eventually there were few differences between Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars. It also branched out into aircraft engines, obtaining world records in the process. In the 1950s, Rolls-Royce began its association with the British Royal Family, supplanting [[Daimler]]. Nineteen seventy saw the company going into receivership, nationalized, then broken up into two divisions: one for aero engines (the state-owned Rolls-Royce Ltd., later going public as Rolls-Royce plc) and one for cars (Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.), a private company from 1973.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1980, Vickers bought Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd., <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">later </del>renaming it Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd., and began promoting the Bentley marque, which had become known for being Rolls-Royce twins in the 1970s. [[Volkswagen]] wound up buying the company in 1998, while [[BMW]] successfully negotiated with Rolls-Royce plc for the rights to the Rolls-Royce trade mark for cars<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, a </del>fact <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that </del>was clearly stated on the Rolls-Royce website <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">home page </del>at the time. In 2003, BMW took over the manufacture of Rolls-Royce cars. A new factory was set up under BMW at Goodwood, separating the marque from its long-time home at Crewe.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1980, Vickers bought Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd., renaming it Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in 1985</ins>, and began promoting the Bentley marque, which had become known for being <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cheaper </ins>Rolls-Royce twins in the 1970s. [[Volkswagen]] wound up buying the company in 1998, while [[BMW]] successfully negotiated with Rolls-Royce plc for the rights to the Rolls-Royce trade mark for cars <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(the </ins>fact <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rolls-Royce plc owned the rights </ins>was clearly stated on the Rolls-Royce <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">car </ins>website at the time<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins>. In 2003, BMW took over the manufacture of Rolls-Royce cars. A new factory was set up under BMW at Goodwood, separating the marque from its long-time home at Crewe.</div></td></tr>
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</table>WikiSysophttps://autocade.net/index.php?title=Rolls-Royce&diff=18111&oldid=prevWikiSysop: Created page with "Luxury car maker, having established its niche early in its history with engineer Henry Royce and car dealership owner Charles Rolls in 1904. By 1907, their Silver Ghost, or 4..."2014-07-08T02:36:58Z<p>Created page with "Luxury car maker, having established its niche early in its history with engineer Henry Royce and car dealership owner Charles Rolls in 1904. By 1907, their Silver Ghost, or 4..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Luxury car maker, having established its niche early in its history with engineer Henry Royce and car dealership owner Charles Rolls in 1904. By 1907, their Silver Ghost, or 40/50 hp, was regarded as ‘the best car in the world’, and Rolls-Royce’s reputation was sealed for decades to come. It acquired [[Bentley]] during the Great Depression, and eventually there were few differences between Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars. It also branched out into aircraft engines, obtaining world records in the process. In the 1950s, Rolls-Royce began its association with the British Royal Family, supplanting [[Daimler]]. Nineteen seventy saw the company going into receivership, nationalized, then broken up into two divisions: one for aero engines (the state-owned Rolls-Royce Ltd., later going public as Rolls-Royce plc) and one for cars (Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd.), a private company from 1973.<br />
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In 1980, Vickers bought Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd., later renaming it Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd., and began promoting the Bentley marque, which had become known for being Rolls-Royce twins in the 1970s. [[Volkswagen]] wound up buying the company in 1998, while [[BMW]] successfully negotiated with Rolls-Royce plc for the rights to the Rolls-Royce trade mark for cars, a fact that was clearly stated on the Rolls-Royce website home page at the time. In 2003, BMW took over the manufacture of Rolls-Royce cars. A new factory was set up under BMW at Goodwood, separating the marque from its long-time home at Crewe.<br />
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