Rolls-Royce has been a royal car for decades.

Edward VIII, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret

Many members of the British royal family, such as the Duke of Kent, drive Rolls Royce.

1904 In the spring, Henry Royce, the miller's son, met Charley Rouse, a nobleman. At that time, none of them thought that this accidental meeting made two talented people work together to create a famous car and a myth.

Henry Royce was born in 1863. As his family was not rich, he was an apprentice in a railway company when he was a teenager. 19 years old, became an engineer in an electrical company. He strives for perfection in everything and is good at expressing his thoughts with Victorian maxims. He often said, "Little things produce perfection, but perfection is not a small thing." 1903, Les bought himself a second French Decauville car. But the car often broke down, which disappointed Les. He vowed to design a two-cylinder engine car himself. 1904, the first car designed and manufactured by Les drove out of the gate of his factory.

Charlie Rouse was born in 1877, and was born into a noble family in England. He bought a Peugeot when he was studying in Cambridge. When he graduated from Cambridge University, he was already a master driver, and he took the lead in completing the reliability experiment of 1000 miles.

1903, he set a world record of 150km/h in Dublin by driving a car with power of 80HP.

1902, Rolls-Royce began to do automobile business, and his "Rolls-Royce Company" soon became one of the most powerful automobile dealers in Britain, but Rolls-Royce always wanted to associate its name with high-quality cars. It was not until 1904 that he saw the two-cylinder engine car produced by Rice in Manchester and was greatly shocked. This car has a start button, which runs smoothly and makes little noise. It doesn't break down as often as the car at that time. Rawls immediately realized that this was the high-quality car he wanted. He immediately borrowed Les's car to go to London and introduced it to his partner Claude Johnson. They rejoiced in their hearts and thought that Mr. Rice was a mechanical genius that they had discovered would dominate the world.

1904 14 in February, the first Les car was exhibited at the Paris exhibition, which caused a great sensation. Subsequently, a historic agreement was signed in the UK, and Rolls-Royce became the only company with the right to sell Les cars in the UK. Les cars were officially renamed as Rolls-Royce.

The most striking feature of Rolls-Royce is its extensive use of manual labor. In Britain, where labor costs are quite high, this will inevitably lead to high production costs, which is also one of the reasons for the amazing price of Rolls-Royce. Today, Rolls-Royce engines are made entirely by hand. What's even more amazing is that the radiator grille on the front of Rolls-Royce is completely completed by skilled workers with their hands and eyes, without any measuring tools. A worker spends a whole day making a radiator, and then spends five hours polishing it.

The mascot on the front of every Rolls-Royce, the goddess who spreads her wings and flies, is an excellent example of Rolls-Royce's pursuit of perfection. Sacos, the designer of the Rolls-Royce logo, described his design concept in this way: "The elegant goddess regards the front of the Rolls-Royce as a fountain of pleasure, and the breeze is swaying all the way." This concept and goddess modeling are excellent manifestations of Rolls-Royce's pursuit of Excellence. The production process of this statue of goddess is also extremely complicated. It adopts the traditional wax mold process, which is fully pressed by hand, then polished by hand for at least 8 times, and then put the polished idol into a machine filled with mixed polishing substances for 64 minutes.

Bian Xiao commented:

The noble quality of Rolls-Royce comes from its exquisite quality. Its founder Henry Royce once said: "The price of the car will be forgotten, but the quality of the car will last forever." Rolls-Royce is successful because it has always been adhering to the traditional British art of making cars: simplicity, durability and meticulousness. Therefore, from 1904 to now, more than 60% Rolls-Royce still performs well, which is incredible.

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