An island that ran the world and has been adjusting ever since.
The Escort RS1600 was a performance version of the Mark I Escort, with RS standing for Rallye Sport. It used a 1,601 cc Cosworth BDA engine with a 16-valve head, a strengthened bodyshell and sports suspension, and was built at Ford's Aveley plant in South Essex.
The Phantom V is a large four-door limousine produced from 1959 to 1968. It shares its V8 engine and Hydramatic automatic gearbox with the Silver Cloud II. Rolls-Royce built the chassis and drivetrains; Park Ward, Mulliner Park Ward and James Young supplied most bodies. Its 6,230 cc V8 has twin SU carburettors. It has massive drum brakes and a 3,683 mm wheelbase. Power-assisted steering was standard. A low final drive ratio enabled walking-speed procession use. From 1963, it used the Silver Cloud III’s more powerful engine and quad-headlamp front wings.
The DB7 is a grand tourer designed by Ian Callum and Keith Helfet. It was produced by Aston Martin from September 1994 to December 2004. It was offered in coupé and convertible bodystyles. More than 7,000 were built. It was made mostly with resources from Jaguar Cars and had the financial backing of the Ford Motor Company. Ian Callum received the Jim Clark Memorial Award in 1995 for his styling work on the DB7.
The Defender is a British off-road vehicle lineage developed in the 1980s from the original Land Rover series launched in April 1948. It was initially sold as the Land Rover One Ten (1983), Land Rover Ninety (1984), and Land Rover One Two Seven (1985), before being renamed Defender 90/110/130 in 1990 following the Discovery's introduction. It features four-wheel drive, a steel ladder chassis, aluminium alloy bodywork, coil springs front and rear, and permanent four-wheel drive enabled by a centre differential in the transfer case. It gained a worldwide reputation for ruggedness and versatility.
The Silver Cloud is Rolls-Royce’s decisive post-war statement: a large, rigid, body-on-frame saloon that abandoned pre-war cues and shared its architecture with Bentley for the first time. It prioritises presence, coachbuilding flexibility, and dimensional authority over agility or innovation.