Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn

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The Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is a post-war luxury saloon produced from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s, notable for being one of the marque’s first models offered with a standard factory-built body.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model
saloon car
assemblyLocation Crewe, England
linked to: Crewe
bodyManufacturer Rolls-Royce
linked to: Rolls-Royce Limited

coachbuilders
bodyStyle 4-door saloon
brakeType drum brakes
brand Rolls-Royce
linked to: Rolls-Royce Limited
category Rolls-Royce vehicles
linked to: Rolls-Royce Motors

luxury saloons
post-war British cars
chassisType separate chassis
class full-size luxury car
coachbuiltBodiesAvailable true
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
discontinuedInDecade 1950s
doorConfiguration front-hinged doors
drivetrain rear-wheel drive
engineConfiguration inline-6
enginePlacement front
engineType Rolls-Royce straight-six engine
era post-war
fuelSystem carburettor
fuelType petrol
introducedAt Paris Motor Show
introducedInDecade 1940s
layout front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Rolls-Royce Limited
market domestic UK market
export markets
notableCharacteristic factory-standard steel body
notableFor first Rolls-Royce model with a standard factory-built body
numberOfDoors 4
predecessor Rolls-Royce 25/30
productionEnd 1955
productionStart 1949
relatedModel Bentley Mark VI
Bentley R Type
seatingCapacity 5
segment premium luxury
standardSteelSaloonAvailable true
successor Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
suspensionType independent front suspension
transmission 4-speed automatic
4-speed manual
wheelDrive rear

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Bentley R Type relatedModel Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud I predecessor Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
Rolls-Royce SZ platform usedByModel Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn (1980s–1990s)
linked to: Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn