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Rolls-Royce to host Toad of Toad Hall

Posted 1 month 14 days ago under: News, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce to host Toad of Toad Hall
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today confirmed details of a unique outdoor promenade performance of Toad of Toad Hall, to be performed by the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre in the company’s grounds at Goodwood, West Sussex. A cast of over 60 young people aged between 11 and 19 will play much loved characters including Ratty, Mole, Badger and, of course, the car-loving Toad.
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Rolls-Royce releases first sketches of RR4

Posted 3 months 12 days ago under: Concept Cars, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce releases first sketches of RR4
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. RR4 will be smaller than Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce.
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Rolls-Royce confirms expansion plans for the Asia Pacific region

Posted 4 months 19 days ago under: News, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced at Auto China 2008 that, after record sales last year, the company is on course for expansion in the Asia Pacific region.
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Rolls-Royce to Reveal Phantom Coupé at Geneva

Posted 6 months 21 days ago under: Coupes, Sedans/Saloons, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce to Reveal Phantom Coupé at Geneva
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will unveil its new Phantom Coupé at the 78th International Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, 4 March 2008. Production of the new car will start at Goodwood in the summer of 2008.
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Rolls-Royce confirms expansion plans for Goodwood

Posted 10 months 15 days ago under: News, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce confirms expansion plans for Goodwood
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today confirmed development plans for its Goodwood headquarters and manufacturing facility. With the design for the first of a new model series approved, preparations are underway for enhanced production facilities to cope with unprecedented customer demand for the Phantom family of cars. The internal remodeling of the plant will begin in late 2007.
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Rolls-Royce at full production to meet unprecedented demand

Posted 11 months ago under: News, Sedans/Saloons, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce at full production to meet unprecedented demand
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced today that the manufacturing plant at Goodwood is working at full production to meet unprecedented customer demand. Additional shifts and extended working hours have been introduced and will continue throughout the remainder of the year. This level of demand is reflected in the quarterly sales figures, also announced today. By the end of September 2007 the company had retailed 22 per cent more cars compared to the same period last year with demand for all models increasing. Forward orders for the four-door models stretch well into 2008 and for the new Phantom Drophead Coupé, extend right through next year.
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Rolls-Royce announces new Coupé

Posted 11 months 7 days ago under: Coupes, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce 101EX
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has confirmed that a series version of the two-door, four-seat experimental car, 101EX, will be launched in 2008. Production is scheduled to begin next summer. It will be hand-built at the company’s manufacturing plant in Goodwood, England. This model will complete the Phantom family line-up alongside the Phantom, Phantom Extended Wheelbase and Phantom Drophead Coupé.
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Rolls-Royce celebrates opening of new Shanghai showroom

Posted 11 months 12 days ago under: News, Sedans/Saloons, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce celebrates opening of new Shanghai showroom
A new Rolls-Royce showroom was officially opened today in Shanghai by Colin Kelly, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Regional Director for Asia Pacific. Located in the central business district of Shanghai, in the lakeland surroundings of the Xintiandi area, the spacious facility provides an elegant environment for customers.
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Rolls-Royce convertible debuts in Middle East

Posted 11 months 19 days ago under: Convertibles, Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today unveiled the new Phantom Drophead Coupé for the first time in the Middle East, presented by the company’s official importer in Qatar, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Doha. This two-door, four-seater convertible combines the latest in light-weight engineering technology with the finest hand-crafted materials. It features several unique design options, like a stainless steel bonnet and teak decking – inspired by sailing yachts. Each car is individually built by highly skilled craftsmen and women at the company’s world headquarters in Goodwood, on the south coast of England.
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The Peninsula Tokyo chooses Phantoms

Posted 1 year ago under: News, Sedans/Saloons, Rolls Royce
Phantoms for the Peninsula Tokyo
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will hand over two Phantom Extended Wheelbase cars to The Peninsula Tokyo on 31 August, just before the official opening of the hotel in Marunouchi, Tokyo on 1 September 2007. The cars will be used to chauffeur The Peninsula’s VIP guests around Tokyo. These two Phantoms bring the total number in The Peninsula Hotels’ fleet to 16. In December 2006 the largest ever single order of 14 Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase cars was delivered to The Peninsula Hong Kong.
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