In theyears1919-1931inthe Americanautomobile productionsubsidiaryin Springfield,nearBoston.In1931Rolls-RoyceBentleytook over thefailingplantsin Derby,in 1966,StudioBristolSiddeleyaero-engines.
After the bankruptcyin 1971(due toexcessivedevelopment coststhreevalsRB211enginefor theLockheedTristarairbus)the companyhad been nationalized, andthengunsthe carbeen putconcernfor the armsVickers.Currently,annual production ofthe order ofa thousandcars(andBentley1500).
Rolls-RoyceLtd., theBritishelitecarfactorywas foundedin1904in Manchester(later movedto thenearbyCrewe) byCh.S.RollsandF.H.Royce.Since1915manufacturer ofaircraft engines(from1943thejet),andindustrial turbinessince1960.
In theyears1919-1931inthe Americanautomobile productionsubsidiaryin Springfield,nearBoston.In1931Rolls-RoyceBentleytook over thefailingplantsin Derby,in 1966,StudioBristolSiddeleyaero-engines.
After the bankruptcyin 1971(due toexcessivedevelopment coststhreevalsRB211enginefor theLockheedTristarairbus)the companyhad been nationalized, andthengunsthe carbeen putconcernfor the armsVickers.Currently,annual production ofthe order ofa thousandcars(andBentley1500).