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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44 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (page 19 of 25)
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Engineer Frederick Henry Royce wanted to make the best cars in the world, regardless of cost, and with the backing of aristocratic Charles Rolls he did just that. In 1906 Rolls-Royce boss Claude Johnson took a 7.0-litre, six-cylinder 40/50 for his own use and had all its fittings silver-plated and coachwork painted silver: the car was nicknamed Silver Ghost, which stuck. It won a gold medal from the RAC for a non-stop 14,371-mile endurance run, set records for both speed and fuel economy at Brooklands, won Alpine trials, and the Marquis de Salamanca's Silver Ghost won the 1913 Spanish Grand Prix (after the Rolls test driver pulled over). It continued until 1926, and was the car that made the company's reputation.
