120 years of Rolls-Royce

In May 1904, the Honourable Charles Rolls travelled to Manchester to meet engineer Henry Royce for the first time.

Within months, that meeting had led to an arrangement whereby Rolls, through his car dealership in London, would sell anything Royce built.

Rolls-Royce, as the marque quickly became known, was soon being hailed as one of the world’s greatest luxury brands, as it still is today, 120 years later.

Here we look at the development of Rolls-Royce by means of a chronological run-through of its models, with a particular focus on those sold in the 20th century.