Old Top Gear 2001 - Rolls Royce at Crewe

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  • Опубликовано: 12 фев 2019
  • Adrian Simpson takes a look at the last Rolls Royce to be made at Crewe.
    Taken from an early 2001 episode of the old format Top Gear.
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Комментарии • 66

  • @tfrankocallaghan
    @tfrankocallaghan 3 года назад +6

    The last frame is chilling!

  • @eroche913
    @eroche913 5 лет назад +17

    Worked out better for the consumer. Two very different ranges of luxury cars instead of a single stable with two marques.

  • @modfus
    @modfus Год назад +3

    I think it's fair to say BMW did rather well with its re-invention of Rolls-Royce.

  • @siphotos3282
    @siphotos3282 5 лет назад +5

    My top ten favourite sedans , the sliver seraph is beautiful.

  • @freddymonrroy8501
    @freddymonrroy8501 3 года назад +5

    I want Rolls Royce to return to crewe ... is that possible one day?. The Seraph is one of my favorite Roller.

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      No not possible Bentley got some back from R-R who bought Bentley in a lousy way many years ago

    • @tundrav8georgia
      @tundrav8georgia 9 месяцев назад

      They are in crewe still building

    • @sutherlandA1
      @sutherlandA1 3 месяца назад

      ​@@tundrav8georgia Bentleys they are

  • @brianredmond4919
    @brianredmond4919 2 года назад +5

    How the mighty have fallen - Rolls Royce motors are now just a paint and trim shop for bmw .

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      Yes the Germans are celebrating the victory 53 years later

  • @char1737
    @char1737 5 лет назад +6

    1:25 William Orbit Barbers Adagio For Strings

  • @DoubleDeckerAnton
    @DoubleDeckerAnton 4 года назад +10

    These Rollers are the last ones to look 'special' ... 🤔💭🔜😉👍

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      Silver Cloud?

    • @ivanfernyhough3851
      @ivanfernyhough3851 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@burnotto1663silver cloud was way before these.these seraphs are the last cars to look trully like a rolls royce should.everything rolls royce have done since has bin badly styled.

  • @bjoernaltmann
    @bjoernaltmann 3 года назад +4

    At that point the Rolls Royce just looked like a car. Whatever changes were made, they were overdue and resulted in the Phantom, which was once again a truly majestic Rolls Royce.

  • @judethaddaeus9742
    @judethaddaeus9742 3 года назад +7

    Would have been nice to have had an actual review of the run-out Seraph, itself, while they were at it.

    • @farishanafiah8461
      @farishanafiah8461 Год назад +1

      Jeremy Clarkson reviewed the Seraph before.

    • @judethaddaeus9742
      @judethaddaeus9742 Год назад

      @@farishanafiah8461 Clarkson also test drove the last of the Series III XJ12s in 1992, long after everyone and their mother had reviewed it years earlier.
      It would have been nice to know what was special about the final Crewe cars.

  • @shadyninja1
    @shadyninja1 2 года назад +2

    That's a Bentley with a Rolls-Royce badge, or maybe I'm wrong.

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      It has bin so nice 1954 to 1998 I believe So no You are correct I think

    • @farishanafiah8461
      @farishanafiah8461 Год назад

      It used to be other way around before.

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      @@farishanafiah8461 Yes! They used to be the same car with to different names until this shit with the Germans happened

  • @raycroal
    @raycroal 5 лет назад +17

    a very scary thing is a surprise waiting for you in the last few seconds of this video,i am saddened for that poor girl

    • @applejuice5272
      @applejuice5272 5 лет назад +5

      Understatement!

    • @shazash1
      @shazash1 4 года назад +2

      whoa!

    • @justsomeguy1141
      @justsomeguy1141 2 года назад +1

      Holy jeeez my god 🙈

    • @shadyninja1
      @shadyninja1 Год назад

      Jimmy shacker from Ransom makes me pee my pants with absolute fear😨

  • @ToshioTV
    @ToshioTV 3 года назад +2

    Vaporwave af

  • @DavidB773
    @DavidB773 Год назад +2

    What was that bit at the end about Jimmy Savile? 😆

    • @Sum_Ting_Wong
      @Sum_Ting_Wong Год назад +2

      That was when the BBC used to cover up Savile's crimes

    • @DavidB773
      @DavidB773 Год назад +2

      @@Sum_Ting_Wong what do you mean 'used to', they still are covering up for him. Haha

  • @johnpro2847
    @johnpro2847 3 года назад +2

    2:10 Do you also give fashion advice ?

  • @thechosen254
    @thechosen254 4 года назад +1

    Master of mayhem ray charles!!

  • @TheFrog767
    @TheFrog767 2 года назад +1

    No blame the union's

  • @terrificspokesman7416
    @terrificspokesman7416 3 года назад +4

    Rolls Royce is now seen as a much higher quality car manufacturer than Bentley

    • @stephans1990
      @stephans1990 3 года назад +1

      I would say similar. One might even say Bentley is in the lead, with BMW having lost it's shine (especially in the United States), but Volkswagen is also starting to loose it's reputation for quality in Europe.

    • @terrificspokesman7416
      @terrificspokesman7416 3 года назад +2

      @@stephans1990 no I mean as in badge image because Bentley is known for being in the shadows of Rolls Royce at least here in Europe but I prefer Bentley

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      @@terrificspokesman7416 I think Bentley are on the winning side
      I think Royce is crying but not so W.O.Bentley

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      It has always bin so even if it started with the fact Bentley was stronger and faster
      Until R-R bought Bentley after Bentley Mk6 it was the exact same car with to names used same parts

  • @jacobthefiend
    @jacobthefiend 2 года назад +4

    I'm not sure what I'm more offended by; the fact Rolls sold out to the Germans, or that the yob commenting on the fact looks like he just ram-raided a Tesco.

  • @EEnnisjr
    @EEnnisjr 3 года назад +5

    RIP ROLLS-ROYCE 1904-1998. To be perfectly honest, I have owned many Rolls-Royce automobiles, and I can say, they are total pieces of junk, but not half as bad as the German knockoffs! Not only are they cheaply made, but they are not real Rolls-Royces. The parts almost all came from Germany, and the engine is a BMW. At least the genuine RR’s for the most part will enjoy appreciate throughout the year’s, as the BMW version is deprecating so fast to the point, it won’t be worth the massive expense to keep it going. Basically it’s a disposable car at best that will soon find its new home very soon, in a junkyard.

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      Yes the R-R idea was gone with Silver Cloud or possibly early Silver Shadow they were built to last
      You are fair but crule Sir Let the Germans celebrate their viktory now 53 years later

  • @afhyoutube
    @afhyoutube 5 лет назад +3

    Was does the guy say at 3:46? I am a native English speaker and can't even figure out what the hell he mumbled.

    • @MrMcKane
      @MrMcKane  5 лет назад +7

      Royce's maybe?
      Short hand for Rolls Royce.

    • @mercmush
      @mercmush 5 лет назад +5

      He said Royces as the Crewe factory didn’t like referring to their products as Rollers.

    • @richbiles230872
      @richbiles230872 5 лет назад

      You really should get out more.

    • @carlastaton4150
      @carlastaton4150 2 года назад +1

      @@MrMcKane It's what worker call the company.

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      @@mercmush I am sorry I can jus give You one thumb up

  • @billybellend1155
    @billybellend1155 5 лет назад +4

    Rolls Royce made in Germany and shipped over to England for final assembly. 🙄

    • @EEnnisjr
      @EEnnisjr 3 года назад

      Actually this rolling junk was built in England almost entirely of German parts to include a BMW engine that reads Rolls-Royce, which is fraud. Even the Seraph had a BMW underpowered engine. At least it had no engine manufacturer name on it. It just said Silver Seraph. That is also fraudulent as there is no engine manufacturer named Silver Seraph. I am surprised all of the people that purchased these cars doesn’t file a Class Action Lawsuit for FRAUD from 1998 to 2022. They would win!!

    • @burnotto1663
      @burnotto1663 Год назад

      No Ukraina

  • @burnotto1663
    @burnotto1663 Год назад

    Can not even spell the name of the car he is speaking about
    Rolls-Royce it spells
    Nickname for the Seraph should be Silver Sarcophagus
    Why this useless BMW engine the are good US engins to fit the US gearbox
    The R-R idea was gone any how if You compare Seraph with a real Rolls-Royce a Silver Cloud