Rolls-Royce Motors

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.

This article is about the company prior to its acquisition by Volkswagen. For the current car manufacturers, see Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Bentley. For other uses, see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation).

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