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Rolls-Royce Motors Henry Royce made his first Royce 10 in 1904 at his Manchester electrical business.  This car was shown to CS Rolls and in 1904 the Rolls-Royce partnership was formed.  In 1908 Rolls-Royce opened a new factory at Derby.  A new 30hp 6-cylinder model was introduced in 1906,  designated the '40/50', this was later renamed the 'Silver Ghost'.  The smaller 'Twenty' supplemented the Silver Ghost from 1922.  Rolls-Royce purchased Bentley Motors in 1931 and the cars converged mechanically.  From 1959 Rolls-Royce began building its own bodies, although it had alread purchased Mulliner and Park Ward.  From 1971 Rolls-Royce was under national control, sold to VW in 1998 when Bentley was separately acquired by BMW.  | 
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