Rolls Royce Silver Spirit 1982

The Silver Spirit Rolls-Royce is a car model of the british luxury car manufacturer Rolls-Royce . The model in 1980 in the market.

History

The Silver Spirit marked the beginning of a new generation of Rolls-Royce after the acquisition of the brand by Vickers - group . The model was the basis for the Silver Spur, Flying Spur, the new silver Dawn, Park Ward, and Limousine Touring. In sister brand Bentley was the Silver Spirit of the base of the Mulsanne and the eight .

The Silver Spirit himself took the base and the engine of its predecessor, the Silver Shadow , change. Along with the Silver Spirit was launched the Silver Spur. This was, in fact, the same car but with an extended wheelbase .

The Silver Spirit was a purpose for safety reasons, the retractable Spirit of Ecstasy , the statuette on the top of the radiator grille. The car was also designed to comply with the environmental regulations throughout the world are increasingly stringent.

In 1989, the Silver Spirit II and also introduced the Silver Spur II at the iaa in Frankfurt . The new model has a new suspension as a key change. Silver Spur owners II had 254 mm of additional space in the rear and this model was accompanied by the Silver Spur II Limousine Touring that was even longer. Since 1991 it is called the last limousine only Touring. These Limousine Touring was the end of the production of the Phantom VI capture. For the SS-II was also an intensive ergonomic study preceded.

A better V8 then was the reason for the introduction of the Silver Spirit / Spur III in 1993 . Were also new to the standard airbags for driver and front passenger, and rear seats are adjustable independently. In the headrests of the front seats have a cassette player and beeldschermpje built. For the Sedan and Touring could be the client much more of this kind of extras to reorder. Finally III also received a third brake light.

In 1994 and 1995 also built the Flying Spur; Silver Spur III with turbocharger and four-speed gearbox . This limited series was then the most powerful ever built Rolls-Royce and also the first with a turbocharger such.

In 1994, the fourth generation was introduced in the U.s. market as the new silver Dawn. A year later, and then came the Spirit of Silver / Spur IV out. Moments later, the Silver Spirit name was replaced by Park Ward. Since 1997 all models had the limousine wheelbase-standard and extended were there only with extra-long wheelbase. A turbocharger was from then on also available in all versions. The introduction of the Seraph silver in the living Room of Geneva in 1998 marked the end of the line.

Silver Spur I Centenary

In 1985 marks the centenary of the automobile in Great Britain . This was also the year in which Rolls-Royce produced its 100000 ^and car, Bentleys included. The brand had 81 years to reach this number. For the occasion, a limited series of 25 Silver identical Spur Centenary 's built.

Technical

The Silver Spirit took of the 6750 cc V8 engine from its predecessor. This engine was fed by two carburetors . Export models for Japan and North America received a fuel injection system of Bosch , which from 1986 became standard in all copies. The engine was mated to a General Motors -3 - gearbox . The Silver Spirit was equipped with Hypoid-Bevel , gas - shock absorbers , independent suspension with coil springs front and rear, a hydro-pneumatic rear suspension with ventilated disc brakes in the rear and since 1986 with ABS in Europe and the Middle East . From the fourth generation of the car was a 4-speed transmission, including General Motors, and since 1997, the Silver Spur Park Ward IV and a turbocharger . The maximum speeds of the levels of 1997, around 214 to 225 km / h .