A Veloce Classic Reprint. A unique and personal account of young designer’s journey after joining that most prestigious of marques, Rolls-Royce. Sometimes eccentric, often humorous, the workings of this uniquely British institution during a period of immense change are described in detail
Period Covered: 1971-2001 Models Covered: RR Silver Shadow RR Corniche RR Camargue RR Silver Spirit (and variants) Bentley Continental R (and variants) RR Silver Seraph (and variants) RR Corniche 2000 Also includes details of special commission cars, and styling mock-ups
Features: • Unique insider’s story of styling Rolls-Royce & Bentley cars • How special commissions saved the company in the 1990s • Previously unseen renderings of special commission and concept vehicles • Bentley’s extraordinary re-birth, from barely 3% of production to the entire factory • Fly-on-the wall view of the VW take over • Candid reflections on the seven Managing Directors, from 1971-2001 • Describes project charts from the period • The untold Corniche story – the last Crewe-built Rolls-Royce • The untold story of the evolution of the Silver Seraph/Arnage • The importance of Crewe’s interior design department
