Me and my shadow

60 years ago, the Silver Shadow changed Rolls-Royce, and the concept of luxury cars forever. We reflect on its impact with a drive in this impeccable example

Even today, when prices for a good Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow have risen to a level vaguely commensurate with their stunning quality, these are still hugely undervalued cars – victims of their own succ

Stars and their Rolls-Royces

The exquisitely detailed 1927 Rolls-Royce ‘Phantom of Love’ captured Best in Show at the Concours of Elegance, held at Hampton Court Palace from 5-7 September. Commissioned by Woolworth’s financial di

Steve Drewitt started restoring Rolls-Royces in the Seventies – just in time for a glut of depreciated, ailing Silver Shadows to land on his doorstep. Now, he remembers the Shadow’s darkest days – and its route out of the doldrums

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’