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Rolls-Royce Motors

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Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalised Rolls-Royce Limited. [1]

37 relations: Automotive industry, Bentley, Bentley Arnage, Bentley Azure, Bentley Crewe, Bentley Mulsanne (1980–92), Bentley T-series, BMW, Brewster & Co., Car, Goodwood plant, Internal combustion engine, List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Luxury vehicle, Mascot, Monocoque, Nationalization, Paolo Martin, Pininfarina, Pound sterling, Privately held company, Rolls-Royce – Bentley L Series V8 engine, Rolls-Royce Camargue, Rolls-Royce Corniche, Rolls-Royce Corniche (2000), Rolls-Royce Holdings, Rolls-Royce Limited, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, Rolls-Royce RB211, Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph, Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, Spirit of Ecstasy, Vickers plc, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group.

Automotive industry

The automotive industry is a wide range of companies and organizations involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and selling of motor vehicles, some of them are called automakers.

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Bentley

Bentley Motors Limited is a British manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs—and a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG since 1998.

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Bentley Arnage

The Bentley Arnage was a large luxury car produced by Bentley Motors in Crewe, England from 1998 to 2009.

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Bentley Azure

The Bentley Azure is a large, four seater convertible built by Bentley Motors Limited at its factory in Crewe, England.

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Bentley Crewe

Bentley Crewe, located on the outskirts of Crewe, Cheshire, England, is the headquarters and design and manufacturing centre of Bentley Motors Limited.

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Bentley Mulsanne (1980–92)

The Bentley Mulsanne is a performance luxury car which was produced by Bentley Motors Limited from 1980 until 1992, though derivative models like the Continental T and Azure continued in production into the 2000s.

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Bentley T-series

The Bentley T-Series is an automobile which was produced by Bentley Motors Limited in the United Kingdom from 1965 to 1980.

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BMW

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft engines until 1945.

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Brewster & Co.

Brewster & Company was an American custom carriage-maker and automobile coachbuilder founded by James Brewster in 1810 and active almost 130 years.

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Car

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation.

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Goodwood plant

The Goodwood plant serves as the headquarters, design, manufacturing and assembly centre for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

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Internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine (ICE) is a heat engine where the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit.

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List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom

As of 2014 there are approximately 35 active British car manufacturers and over 500 defunct British car manufacturers.

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Luxury vehicle

Luxury vehicle is a marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury—pleasant or desirable features beyond strict necessity—at increased expense.

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Mascot

A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name.

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Monocoque

Monocoque, also structural skin, is a structural system where loads are supported through an object's external skin, similar to an egg shell.

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Nationalization

Nationalization (or nationalisation) is the process of transforming private assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state.

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Paolo Martin

Paolo Martin (born 1943) is an Italian car designer widely known for his career with Studio Tecnico Michelotti, Carozzeria Bertone, Pininfarina and De Tomaso/Ghia where he styled the Ferrari Dino Berlinetta Competizione, Ferrari Modulo concept, Fiat 130 Coupé and the Rolls-Royce Camargue.

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Pininfarina

Pininfarina S.p.A. (short for Carrozzeria Pininfarina) is an Italian car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, (Metropolitan City of Turin), Italy.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Privately held company

A privately held company, private company, or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned and traded or exchanged privately.

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Rolls-Royce – Bentley L Series V8 engine

The Rolls-Royce – Bentley L Series V8 engine was introduced 1959 and is still in production.

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Rolls-Royce Camargue

The Rolls-Royce Camargue is a 2-door luxury saloon manufactured and marketed by Rolls-Royce Motors from 1975-1986.

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Rolls-Royce Corniche

The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a two-door, front-engine, rear wheel drive five-seater produced by Rolls-Royce Motors as a coupé and convertible from 1971 to 1995.

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Rolls-Royce Corniche (2000)

The Rolls-Royce Corniche is a two-door, four-seater luxury car with a cabriolet body, made in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2002.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational public limited company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.

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Rolls-Royce Limited

Rolls-Royce was a British luxury car and later an aero engine manufacturing business established in 1904 by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a British luxury automobile maker.

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Rolls-Royce Phantom VI

The Phantom VI was a British ultra-exclusive rolling chassis made from 1968 to 1990.

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Rolls-Royce RB211

The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a British family of high-bypass turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc.

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Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph

The Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph is a full-size luxury automobile produced by Rolls-Royce Motors from 1998 to 2002.

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Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car that was produced by British automaker Rolls-Royce in various forms from 1965 to 1980.

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Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit

The Silver Spirit is a full-size luxury car produced by Rolls-Royce Motors, in Crewe, England, from 1980 to 1999.

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Spirit of Ecstasy

The Spirit of Ecstasy is the bonnet ornament on Rolls-Royce cars.

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Vickers plc

Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960 of British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1977), shipbuilding (Vickers Limited Shipbuilding Group in 1977) and steel.

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Volkswagen

Volkswagen, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded on 28 May 1937 by the German Labour Front under Adolf Hitler and headquartered in Wolfsburg.

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Volkswagen Group

Volkswagen AG, known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Motors

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