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Rolls-Royce
Camargue
(1975 - 1986)

Rolls-Royce
Camargue. This is n o t the Rolls-Royce Drivers' School of Instruction
training for the rush-hour in Jeddah...
The Rolls-Royce Camargue like the Corniche was built on the Silver
Shadow floor pan and crafted by Mulliner Park Ward, but unlike the
Corniche owed its styling to the Italian Sergio Pininfarina. Placed at the
top of Rolls-Royce's model hierarchy the Camargue incorporated a number of
innovations. It was Rolls-Royce's first car ever designed to metric
dimensions. The world's first completely automatic split-level air
conditioning system allowed the choice of different variations of
temperature for the upper and lower parts of the interior. During its
production period from 1975 to 1986 the price rose from 29,250 to 83,122
£. Despite the rather sporting image only one Camargue was delivered
ex-factory badged as a Bentley to special request.

Rolls-Royce
Camargue, 1974, #JRH19088, Mulliner Park Ward Two Door Saloon. The centre
sticker on Swedish number plates does read the car's chassis number.
Technical Data:
8 cylinder 90 degree V-configuration, aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder
block with cast iron wet cylinder liners, bore x stroke 104.14 x 99.06 mm
(4.1 in x 3.9 in), capacity 6,750 cc, aluminium alloy cylinder heads, twin
SU-carburettors (from 1975 single Solex 4-barrel carburettor, twin
SU-carburettors remained on export models for the U.S.A., Canada, Japan
and Australia; from 1980 Bosch fuel injection on export models for
California; from 1981 Bosch fuel injection on all export models for the
USA, Canada, Japan and Australia); 3-speed automatic gearbox; hypoid bevel
final drive; independent suspension with coil springs front and rear,
hydraulic self-levelling height control rear; ventilated disc brakes
front, plain discs rear; wheelbase 3,048 mm (120 in) (from 1979 wheelbase
3.061 mm (120,51 in); tyre size 235VR15

Rolls-Royce
Camargue, 1977, #JRH25623, Mulliner Park Ward Two Door Saloon. The safe
way to train Rolls-Royce Camargue on 'stuck in mud' is to comply with the
photographer's suggestion: 'We shall position her nicely for a really fine
photo'. (Photos courtesy of Steve Stuckey)

No.
made:
| 525 |
Rolls-Royce
Camargue
(1975-1986) |
| 1 |
Bentley
Camargue (1985) |
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