ROLLS ROYCE CORNICHE. 1983.

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The Corniche was a coupé Rolls-Royce and the version convertible of the Silver Shadow produced between 1971 and 1996. The Corniche was named "Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward two - door coupe head fixed" (alternatively, leave coupe head) from 1966 until 1971 when the name of Corniche was applied. The exterior design was by John Polwhele Blatchley.
The model was assembled and finished in London at Mulliner Park Ward as continuation of the coupe 1965 Silver Shadow and convertible of 1967, with the name of Corniche applied in march 1971. The Corniche was also sold as a Bentley although that model became known as the Continental in 1984. The first car to use the name of Corniche 1939 was a prototype based on the Bentley Mark V, which never was produced by the arrival of the Second War World.

     1 Corniche original
     2 Corniche I
     3 Corniche II
     4 Corniche III
     5 Corniche IV
 
Corniche original

Although the Corniche 1971 was the first car of that name that the company sold, the "Corniche" name had been registered by Rolls-Royce in 1930. The Corniche was a prototype based on the Bentley Mark V with a body of the signature in Paris, van Vooren. The car just committed 15.000 miles (24.000 km) of the tests of resistance in continental Europe before being destroyed by a bomb at Dieppe while waiting at the dock to be sent to England.

The Rolls-Royce Corniche was available as a coupe and convertible.

Corniche I
The car used the standard Rolls-Royce V8 engine. I had a block of alloy of aluminum-silicon and aluminum cylinder heads cast iron wet cylinder liners. The bore was 4.1 in (104.1 mm) and the stroke was 3.9 in (99,1 mm), for a total of 6.75 L (6750 cc/411 cuin). Carburetors twins THEIR were equipped initially, but were replaced with the "horribly complex" single 4A1 Solex carburetor, four-gorges introduced in 1977. The models Desmogged export maintained ITS twin is until 1980, when Bosch fuel injection was added.

Transmission three-speed automatic (a 400 Turbo Hydramatic sourced from General Motors) was standard. Suspension four-wheel independent with coil springs was augmented with a hydraulic levelling system (using the same system as did Citroën, but without springs, pneumatic, and hydraulic components manufactured under license by Rolls-Royce), at first on all four, but later in the rear wheels only. Four disc brakes on the wheels were specified, with ventilated discs added for 1972.

The car originally used a 119,75 in (3.042 mm) distance between shafts. This was extended to 120 in (3048 mm) in 1974 and 120,5 in (3061 mm) in 1979. In total, 780 hairdressing salons (coupe) and convertible 1233 built a total of 2,013 Corniche I.
   

Corniche II
Second generation
Also called a Bentley Continental from 1984
Production 1977-1989
Assembly of London, England
Engine of 6.75 L V8 OHV L410/L410I
Distance between axes 1977-79: 120 in (3048 mm)
1979-89: 120,5 in (3061 mm)
The car was redesigned slightly in the spring of 1977, and received the Corniche II in 1988. Difference including steering rack and pinion, alloy and rubber bumpers, radiator aluminum, oil radiator and an air conditioning system, two levels are added. Subsequent changes include a modified version of the independent rear suspension in march of 1979. In march 1981, after the Silver Spirit had gone on sale, the Coupe version of the Corniche and its sister Bentley were discontinued. In 1985 there were also cosmetic changes and interior.

Models Corniche received Bosch KE / K-Jetronic fuel injection in 1977. This engine, called L410I, produced approximately 240 PS (177 kW) at 4,000 rpm over a maximum speed of 190 kilometres per hour (118 mph) . Anti-lock brakes were added for 1988, but air bags would not be available until the III Corniche. Another of the novelties for the year 1988 there were some changes of detail in the interior, but this was also when the car became officially known as the Corniche II for the first time. Later, in 1988 there was also a new warning reverse lens type and pattern around the rear license plate, as well as the seats of new design and new design of instrumentation.

The version of Bentley was updated in July 1984 with a new name, the Continental, [9] bumper and revised codes of colors, mirrors, a new momentum and the improvement of the seats.
The production of the Corniche II (1977-1989) was 3.545, with 328 coupes and convertibles 3217. 1.226 of them were "official" Corniche IIs.

Corniche III
Third generation
Also called Bentley Continental
Production 1989-1993
Assembly of London, England
Engine of 6.75 L V8 OHV L410I
Transmission 3-speed automatic
Distance between axes 120,5 in (3061 mm)
Length 207,0 (5258 mm)
Width to 72.3 in (1.836 mm)
Height-59,8 (1.519 mm)
The Corniche III was introduced at the Frankfurt motor show 1989 with new alloy wheels, bumper, code, color, a suspension system more advanced air bags and Motronic MK-injections of fuel. Minor interior changes include an instrument panel, revised console, and seats.

Corniche IV
Fourth generation
Also called Bentley Continental
Production 1992-1995
Assembly Crewe, England
Engine of 6.75 L V8 OHV L410I
6,75 L OHV V8 turbo L410IT
4-speed automatic transmission
Distance between axes 120,5 in (3061 mm)
Length 204,6 in (5197 mm)
Width 77.0 in (1.956 mm)
Height-59,8 (1.519 mm)

The car was redesigned for 1992 as the Corniche IV, presented at the Auto Show in Detroit in January. By this time the production was moved to Crewe, in preparation for the closure in 1994 of Mulliner Park Ward. Mechanically, the IV benefitted from the four-speed automatic transmission GM4L80 in place of the old three-speed GM400 unit. Suspension-adaptive was also introduced. Visually there is almost no difference between the III and IV Corniche though a rear window of glass is placed now, a major upgrade of the unit of plastic previous. The rest of the mechanism upper has been improved also, and hitch, no manual is necessary. CFC-free air conditioning was specified, as well as airbags for driver and passenger. In October 1992, a Corniche 21st anniversary was presented. 25 cars were built, finished in Ming blue with a hood in cream with a silver plate on the board.
In August 1993 an improved engine with 20 percent more power became standard accessory. The last 25 models Corniche that will be built, completed in the summer of 1995, were unique versions turbo and were called the Corniche S. In total, 5.146 Convertible Corniche had been built, in addition to hairdressing salons (1.108 coupes, it is understood), and 140 Bentley corniches.