Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Defunct1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FateSold to Volkswagen Group
Successor
Headquarters
United Kingdom
ProductsAutomobiles
OwnerVickers plc

Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalised Rolls-Royce Limited. It produced luxury cars under the Rolls-Royce and Bentley brands. Vickers acquired the company in 1980 and sold it to Volkswagen in 1998. Bentley Motors is the company's direct successor; however, BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launched a new Rolls-Royce company shortly afterwards.

Rolls-Royce logo and the Spirit of Ecstasy equipped on a Rolls-Royce Corniche III