To celebrate the British International Motor Show this year we picked our 100 best British cars. Check out our selection to help you choose your favourite home-grown motor.
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22 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow (page 22 of 25)
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The Silver Shadow was the first Roller with a monocoque body, independent suspension with hydraulic self-levelling and disc brakes all round - hardly innovations by 1965, but a sea-change for the ultra-conservative marque. Rolls-Royce went on to make more than 32,300 saloons and 5,770 two-door coupes, and the Silver Shadow - relatively affordable for a Rolls - remained in production until 1980. Not quite as classy as its sister model, the T2-series Bentley Continental, but it became the archetypal wedding car and thus occupies a very special place in the memories of many.
