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