| 1904 | 1904 - The first Rolls-Royce was produced in 1904. Royce designed the cars; Rolls handled the marketing side of things and ended up with top billing. In the 1930s Rolls-Royce bought Bentley, which was founded by a builder of racing cars. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars made ...The first Rolls-Royce was produced in 1904. Royce designed the cars; Rolls handled the marketing side of things and ended up with top billing. In the 1930s Rolls-Royce bought Bentley, which was founded by a builder of racing cars. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars made 1556 cars last year in a ratio of 60 Bentleys for 40 Rolls-Royces, said Janette Green, a spokeswoman for the division. The price range is £106000 for a Brooklands to £222500 for a Bentley Azure. Rolls ...  Show more  Show lesswww.nytimes.com/1996/09/28/your-money/28iht-bentley.t.html
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| 1925 | Mar 6, 1925 - Howard Wall, a radio accessories dealer of Newark, NJ, was enjoined today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals here from using the name of Rolls-Royce in connection with his business. He was sued by the Rolls-Royce Company of America, Inc., which contended that the public ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C13F93C551B7A93C4A91788D85F418285F9
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| 1931 | Apr 23, 1931 - Following Tuesday's brisk market, realty activity moderated somewhat yesterday in Manhattan, where the leading transaction was the sale of a Fifty-seventh Street property by Robert E. Simon. Mortgage placements were heavy again and covered holdings in scattered parts of the ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0617F73F5F11738DDDAA0A94DC405B818FF1D3
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| 1965 | Oct 18, 1965 - For carowners whose ashtrays are unemptied and whose tires are full of distressingly stale air, the RollsRoyce people were Godsends. They've come up with a new model. LUXURY MARKET. LUXURY MARKET. Rolls-Royce Shatters the Sound. Barrier---and It's Knitworthy, Too. BY GENE SHERMAN ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/487332982.html?dids=487332982:487332982&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+18%2C+1965...Rolls-Royce...
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| 1971 | Feb 15, 1971 - Lockheed's Rough Ride with Rolls-Royce. LOCKHEED Aircraft Corp., a pioneer in plane building and long the biggest US defense contractor, has gained fame through its Constellation and Electra aircraft, its Polaris and Poseidon missiles, its U-2 spy plane. Rolls-Royce Ltd. has become ... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904742,00.html
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| 1998 | Mar 31, 1998 - By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Rolls-Royce, Britain's legendary manufacturer of hand-burnished luxury automobiles and a cherished symbol of national pride, is about to be sold to the German car company BMW. The company's current owner, Vickers PLC, announced today that BMW had submitted a top ... www.nytimes.com/1998/03/31/business/bmw-of-germany-will-buy-rolls-royce.html
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| 2000 | May 30, 2000 - BMW is to build a new plant in southern England to manufacture Rolls-Royce cars. BMW is to build a new plant in southern England to manufacture Rolls-Royce cars. The German manufacturer takes over production of the luxury brand from Volkswagen in 2003 and plans to introduce a new ... www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/new-rollsroyce-plant-planned-716688.html
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| 2001 | Oct 19, 2001 - Rolls-Royce has cut 5000 jobs as the effects of last month's terrorist attacks continue to hit all companies with interests in the airline industry. BBC News Online profiles one of the UK's most famous companies. Mention the words "Rolls-Royce" to most people and they will immediately ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1606289.stm
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| 2003 | Jan 5, 2003 - The new Rolls-Royce is English down to its BMW fingertips. Can buyers handle the paradox? The story of the new Rolls-Royce begins in February 1999 in an apartment above a bank in Lancaster Gate in London. BMW, which had stolen Rolls-Royce from under Volkswagen's nose, determined that ... www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/new_car_reviews/article823717.ece?print=yes&randnum= 1151003209000
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| 2007 | Sep 27, 2007 - LONDON (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce said on Thursday it had won engine orders from British Airways that could be worth up to $5 billion (2.5 billion pounds) at list prices after the airline announced it would buy planes from Airbus and Boeing Co. The order includes 12 firm and seven options ... uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKWLB251620070927
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