Rolls Royce News

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced the winner of ‘Go Wild at Rolls-Royce’ – the competition which invited children from primary schools in West Sussex to design a wildlife garden. The winning design will be created this spring by children from Fishbourne CE Primary School – together with Rolls-Royce employees – within the 42 acre grounds of the manufacturing plant and head office at Goodwood.

The first Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé destined for the USA has been bought at a charity auction held during the annual Naples Winter Wine festival in Florida for $2million. More than $1.6 million will go to the Naples Children and Education Foundation, which supports charitable and educational programmes to improve the physical, emotional and educational lives of underprivileged or at-risk children.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today announced the start of recruitment for the company’s second intake of apprentices. The successful applicants will join the apprenticeship programme in August 2007 working alongside skilled craftspeople in the paint, wood, leather, assembly or maintenance areas. The first 12 apprentices joined the company in September 2006.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is celebrating its third successive annual sales increase since 2003, confirming the Phantom as the world’s leading super luxury car. Last year the company retailed 805 cars, a 16-year high for the marque.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will unveil its new Phantom Drophead Coupé at the Detroit Motor Show on Sunday 7 January. Production of the new car will start at Goodwood in the summer of 2007.

The Peninsula Hong Kong has unveiled a fleet of 14 new Rolls-Royce Phantoms – the largest single order ever for this car. Each of the special Extended Wheelbase models has a host of bespoke features and is finished in a unique colour named Peninsula Green.

A custom-made owl box was unveiled today in the 42 acre grounds of the Rolls-Royce plant at Goodwood. It has been installed as part of the company’s commitment to encourage biodiversity within its grounds. The box, designed and crafted by staff at West Dean College, Chichester features an owl mascot.

Eight classic Rolls-Royce Silver Ghosts dating back to the early part of the 20th Century will lead a new Rolls-Royce Phantom Extended Wheelbase at this year’s Lord Mayor’s Show. It will be the first time that this spectacular line-up will have been seen anywhere in the world.

Rolls-Royce has set a new target to recycle 75 per cent of all waste materials generated at its Goodwood facilities by the end of 2007. As part of the company’s commitment to sustainability, a new dedicated waste management centre has been set up at the manufacturing plant and head office to recycle all types of waste materials.

Significant water savings of over 13 per cent have been made at the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars manufacturing plant and head office at Goodwood. The introduction of new initiatives has resulted in an average saving of 11,000 litres per day for the entire site, equivalent to a hosepipe running continuously for 106 hours or 212,000 cups of tea.