Old Top Gear 2001 - Rolls Royce at Crewe

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.

[@tfrankocallaghan]

The last frame is chilling!

[@eroche913]

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

[@siphotos3282]

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

[@modfus]

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

[@freddymonrroy8501]

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

[@burnotto1663]

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

[@tundrav8georgia]

They are in crewe still building

[@sutherlandA1]

​@@tundrav8georgia Bentleys they are

[@brianredmond4919]

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

[@burnotto1663]

Yes the Germans are celebrating the victory 53 years later

[@char1737]

1:25 William Orbit Barbers Adagio For Strings

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

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

[@burnotto1663]

Silver Cloud?

[@ivanfernyhough3851]

​@@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.

[@judethaddaeus9742]

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

[@farishanafiah8461]

Jeremy Clarkson reviewed the Seraph before.

[@judethaddaeus9742]

@@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.

[@bjoernaltmann]

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.

[@shadyninja1]

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

[@burnotto1663]

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

[@farishanafiah8461]

It used to be other way around before.

[@burnotto1663]

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

[@raycroal]

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]

Understatement!

[@shazash1]

whoa!

[@justsomeguy1141]

Holy jeeez my god 🙈

[@shadyninja1]

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

[@ToshioTV]

Vaporwave af

[@DavidB773]

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

[@Sum_Ting_Wong]

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

[@DavidB773]

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

[@thechosen254]

Master of mayhem ray charles!!

[@johnpro2847]

2:10 Do you also give fashion advice ?

[@TheFrog767]

No blame the union's

[@jacobthefiend]

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.

[@terrificspokesman7416]

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

[@stephans1990]

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]

@@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]

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

[@burnotto1663]

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

[@EEnnisjr]

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]

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]

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]

Royce's maybe? Short hand for Rolls Royce.

[@mercmush]

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

[@richbiles230872]

You really should get out more.

[@carlastaton4150]

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

[@burnotto1663]

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

[@billybellend1155]

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

[@EEnnisjr]

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]

No Ukraina

[@burnotto1663]

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