10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... THE ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SHADOW

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was built from 1965 until 1980, and sold a total of around 30,000. This was six times as many cars as the previous Silver Cloud model, so it was a success by anyone’s standards. The elegant and understated body was designed by John Blatchley, who had also been responsible for the larger and more voluptuous Silver Cloud. He was treading a fine line with confidence and talent, because Rolls-Royces need to be reasonably up to date, but they also need to be reassuringly old-fashioned. When new, they were generally bought by the financially and chronologically mature, although the current new BMW RRs seem to attract youthful Chinese gangsters. Perhaps it’s the multitude of little shiny LEDS