Istorie
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car that was produced in Great Britain in various forms from 1965 to 1980. To date, the Silver Shadow has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce.
Descriere
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car that was produced in Great Britain in various forms from 1965 to 1980. It was the first Rolls-Royce to use a monocoque chassis, a response to concerns that the company was falling behind in automotive innovation.
To date, the Silver Shadow has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce.
Initially, the model was planned to be called “Silver Mist“, a natural progression from its predecessor Silver Cloud. The name was changed to “Silver Shadow“ after realizing that “Mist“ is the German word for manure, rubbish, or dirt.
The Shadow featured a 172hp 6.2 L V8 from 1965 to 1969, and a 189hp 6.75 L V8 from 1970 to 1980. Both power plants were coupled to a General Motors – sourced Turbo Hydramatic 400 transmission, except on pre-1970 right hand drive models, which used the same 4 speed automatic gearbox as the Silver Cloud (also sourced from GM).
The car’s most innovative feature was a high-pressure hydraulic system licensed from Citroën, with dual-circuit braking and hydraulic self-levelling suspension. At first, both the front and rear of the car were controlled by the leveling system; the front levelling was deleted in 1969 as it had been determined that the rear levelling did almost all the work. Rolls-Royce achieved a high degree of ride quality with this arrangement.
This car has covered 39,264 miles.
