Moet die Rolls geen Silver Cloud heten Marcel?

Marcel B. klinkt ook enigzins alsof je fout bent geweest..........

Jurgen schreef:


Geen idee, Jurgen. Ik ben alleen de boodschapper

Vind ik ook niet echt handig gekozen

Of Silver Seraph

Moet je in Duitsland eens een Wieckse witte bestellen in de kroeg. Geheid dat ze dubbel liggen

Trouwens Ford is wel koploper met "missers"









Wiekse = bargoens voor sperma

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Honda Fitta (Fitta is k*t in het Zweeds)

Q: Why are Rolls-Royce models called "Silver this" and "Silver that"?

A: In the early days of motoring it was quite common for owners of expensive motor cars to give them names, rather as they would their motor yacht, or their country house. They would even attach nameplates to their cars. One such early name was "Silver Ghost", applied to a special 40-50 hp factory show and competition car, rego AX201. "Silver" because it was painted silver, and "Ghost" because of its ghostly silence. Other Rolls-Royce names at the same time were "Silver Rogue" (also silver, but with a hotted-up engine, hence "Rogue") and even "Silver Phantom", also applied to 40/50 hp cars. These weren't factory model names; they were individual car names.

The "Silver Ghost" (left) became so famous in its own time that the 40-50 hp model was often referred to as the "Silver Ghost type". Eventually all 40/50 hp cars became known informally as Silver Ghosts, although the factory didn't call them that (just as the Holden factory never had an FX model, it was officially the 48, but everyone knows what you mean).

The first Rolls-Royce to have a name was the 40 - 50 hp New Phantom, the model that replaced the Silver Ghost. This was superseded by the Phantom 2, and then the Phantom 3. The small pre-war range was known by its horsepower rating until 1938 when the "Wraith" was introduced.

After the War the first new Rolls-Royce was the Silver Wraith, and this was the also the first official "Silver" model. It was soon joined by the "Silver Dawn". The "Silver" of course harked back to the original Silver Ghost, and all the second words have suggested something ethereal and silent. Rolls-Royce nearly slipped up when the Silver Cloud was replaced by the Silver Shadow. The Silver Shadow was originally going to be called the Silver Mist, a natural progression from Silver Cloud. Then someone pointed out that, in German, "mist" means, literally and inelegantly, crap. It's doubtful if many Germans would have wanted to drive a Silver Crap, so Shadow was chosen instead. The Shadow was replaced by the Silver Spirit, back to the ghostly theme, and that was followed by the Silver Seraph, which was discontinued in 2002.

When the all-new Rolls-Royce emerged from the all-new Sussex factory in 2003, it was called simply the Rolls-Royce "Phantom". There is a peristent rumour of a smaller Rolls-Royce in the future, closer to the Silver Seraph in size, and it would be no surprise if it was a "Silver something". Any suggestions?

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