Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II

This is a 4-door full-size luxury car sedan type, produced from 1959 to 1962. The real revelation of the new engine was not its power but how quiet it was – V8s are generally quite raucous by nature, but when enveloped in the Cloud’s expansive body, occupants could still hear the clock ticking at 60mph, a characteristic the company enthusiastically trumped about what it still called ‘The best car in the world’.

• Twin SU carburettors
• 8 cylinder in-line engine
• Aluminium alloy cylinder head
• 4-speed automatic gearbox optional
• Independent front suspension with coil springs
• Semi-elliptic springs rear
• Drum brakes servo-assisted
• Wheelbase 3,124 mm (123 in) or long wheelbase 3,225.8 mm available (127 in)
• Tyre size 8.20 x 15