Rolling off the production line

Rolling off the production line

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Joe Don and Darren Lowarson give a Rolls Royce Ghost a polish at a factory in Goodwood, southern England.

The Rolls brand was created at the start of the 20th Century by British car dealer Charles Rolls and engineer Henry Royce, and it soon became a byword for luxury motoring. Now Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is actually owned by German carmaker BMW, but manufacturing of the famous vehicles still goes on in Britain.

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Balzas Czimer installs an engine into a Rolls Royce Ghost at the factory in Goodwood, where Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has its headquarters.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Balzas Czimer installs an engine into a Rolls Royce Ghost at the factory in Goodwood, where Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has its headquarters.

Employee JJ Taylor fixes a sunroof into a partly finished vehicle. The company says that it takes 60 individuals over 450 hours to design, construct and craft each Rolls Royce car.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Employee JJ Taylor fixes a sunroof into a partly finished vehicle. The company says that it takes 60 individuals over 450 hours to design, construct and craft each Rolls Royce car.

A Rolls Royce Phantom RR3 is water tested at the factory.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

A Rolls Royce Phantom RR3 is water tested at the factory.

Darren Lowarson gives a Ghost its final finish polish.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Darren Lowarson gives a Ghost its final finish polish.

Wojciech Wisniewski shines the back of a car.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Wojciech Wisniewski shines the back of a car.

Jamie Bedford attaches the famous Rolls Royce logo to the front of a Ghost.
. GOODWOOD, United Kingdom. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Jamie Bedford attaches the famous Rolls Royce logo to the front of a Ghost.