Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver

When it comes to car design and the individual appeal of any model, enthusiasts often find themselves falling into one of two camps: those who prefer the original version in its pure, unadulterated form and those who appreciate the near-countless imp

Rumours of a serious threat to parts supply began to circulate in May or June of 2022 amongst those involved with classic Rolls-Royce and Bentley models. Bentley, it was said, planned to restrict the sale of all Bentley original equipment spares (bra

John Dodd’s legendary and somewhat notorious custom car, The Beast, sold in an online auction shortly before we went to press for £72,500. As reported on the RR&BD Facebook page, John Dodd died in early December last year in Spain at the age of 90, a

A two-door car is an odd choice for anyone intending to ride in the back, but that was the role chosen for this exquisite 1961 two-door coupé by H.J. Mulliner. It was ordered with some interesting features, most notably a removable head-rest on just

‘When I went to take my driving test I knew I’d fail because of my eyesight, and I did,’ says Ron Webster. So why is he now standing next to a 1990 Bentley Eight? ‘I was born with very poor eyesight, and as a youngster I couldn’t see below my waist,’

It’s true, I’ve wanted one since I was five years old,’ says Lee. ‘I honestly don’t know whether the mascot I was given had come off a Silver Shadow or a Silver Cloud - it was a long time ago - but to start with, it was a Shadow that I wanted. Then,

I just flicked though the superb Rolls-Royce Bentley Driver magazine and on the last page read your article about winter driving (Mar/ Apr issue, 2023). As you can see in the photo attached, I got caught in the snow while in Bristol (I live in London

Send an email to rrb.ed@kelsey.co.uk or write to: The Editor, Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver, Kelsey Publishing Ltd, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent, ME18 6AL I very much enjoyed reading Steve Natale’s article on GY 31 in the Mar/

Few Rolls-Royces have ever created quite so much debate as the Camargue. And nearly 40 years on from the last one, Crewe’s flamboyant flagship of the 1970s and 1980s remains a talking point. It is a Marmite machine (albeit Marmite from Harrods’ food

I was looking through a copy of Autocar from February 1978 and this news story caught my eye. I thought the phenomenon of a ‘recall’ was a more recent one, but I see Rolls-Royce were obliged to do it for 2500 cars around the world fitted with cruise

B uying a Bentley Eight was the solution to our problem. The problem was interesting. It had begun eight months previously, when I’d bought an AWS Shopper in Traunstein, Bavaria. For the uninitiated, a Shopper is a piece of German 1970s exhibition fu

Whilst having a sort-out in the loft I came across these slides I took back in 1976 on a skiing holiday at St Moritz, of a smart Bentley in beautiful surroundings. Perhaps you might want to publish the enclosed in RR&BD. Thanks Alex! Does anyone reco

During the 1970s and early Eighties demand for stretched limousines was growing, and Rolls-Royce Motors decided to offer a solution for this niche market. From February 1984 onwards, Rolls-Royce sold stretched limousines as an addition to the long wh

It feels very normal, to start with. In the front, the car has the standard doors and interior of the donor Silver Spur. Getting behind the wheel is exactly the same movement and experience as taking a seat in the front of any normal Silver Spur. The

The first Bentley since 1965 to feature a bodyshell not shared with a Rolls-Royce was tasked with reviving the company’s fortunes and sold very well, despite being the most expensive car in the world at the time. Choosing the right car for you, and u

The Continental SC (Sedanca Coupe) was a 1999 limited production version of the Continental T with a removable roof panel over the front seats. A total of 79 cars were built, six of them with the Mulliner package. Forty-eight of these cars were left

like everything to work,’ says Stuart Dobbie. ‘If something was originally fitted to a car when it was new, then it should still be working perfectly today.’ This straightforward, no nonsense, no ifs, no buts philosophy would doubtless have met with

It would be tricky to count all the cars built with General Motors’ Turbo Hydramatic transmission and its close relatives. They would number in the tens if not hundreds of millions, even if you counted only those variants made between its introductio

Anthony Kearsley admits his experience in the motor trade made for high expectations when he joined Dutton Forshaw, the RollsRoyce and Bentley agent for Preston, in 1995. Having learned much from the UK BMW dealer network, he moved to the USA to sell

In 1998, Peter Lavers was Manager of Relationship Marketing at Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars. He was in his mid-thirties though looked younger, if the photo we’ve seen (but promised not to print!) is anything to go by: round spectacles, floppy b

Welcome to a bumper-sized special issue of Rolls-Royce & Bentley Driver, in which we’re celebrating the diverse and delightful models of the SZ generation - those cars that began with the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit and Bentley Mulsanne in 1980, evolvi