Rolls-Royce, 1978, Camargue

Rolls-Royce “Camargue”, Mulliner, Park Ward, 1978

In December 1904 the Rolls-Royce company was founded by joining the activities of Henry Royce, a former mechanic who had built his first car in 1903, and Charles Stewart Rolls, third-born of a noble family and graduated at Cambridge, who had founded a company specialized in importing French and Belgian cars.

The first Rolls Royce car, the 10HP, was introduced at the Paris Motor Show in that very 1904 December. The Rolls-Royce myth was born just two years later in November, 1906 when at the London Motor Show was introduced the 40/50HP Silver Ghost, “the best car in the world”, produced with continuous updating until 1925.

RollsRoyce has never been re-known for the sports specifications of their cars and even the Camargue, whose body was designed by Pininfarina and built by Mulliner, Park Ward in England, cannot be considered really a coupe: its elegant style and its unremarkable performances are good reasons to consider it as a two-door saloon

Vehicle
Marque: Rolls Royce
Model: Camargue
Cylinder number / Capacity: V8/6750 cc
Power: 225 bhp at 4000 rpm
Speed: 190 kph
Weight: 2400 kg
Length: 5150 cm
Width: 1680 cm
Height: 1690 cm
Year: 1978
Numbers Built: 434
Bodywork:
Marque: Mulliner, Park Ward
Type: two-door saloon
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