100 years ago: Rolls-Royce rolls along assembly line in Massachusetts

On January 17, 1921, a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost rolled off an assembly line, but it wasn’t in Derby, England. Instead, that car and 2,945 that followed were assembled in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. “These Rolls-Royce ‘Springfield’ Motor cars benefited from the creativity of US coachbuilders including Brewster, Willoughby, Merimac and Hollbrook, and brought us some wonderful …

Rolls-Royce helps fulfill a family promise

by Alex Kalogiannis Cancer gave my mother, Theonie, hell for five long years. We like to think she gave it hell right back. In June 2019 she died and left us behind: my younger brother, my father, and me. The year that follows the loss of a parent is an odd one. All the usual annual …