Rolls-royce silver shadow

During the model’s production run from 1965 to 1980, almost 40,000 Silver Shadows left Rolls-Royce’s Crewe factory. This August, 170 of them, including related versions, gathered at Brooklands Museum

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

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

Citroën’s final hydropneumatic luxury saloon failed to set a German-dominated market alight, but it makes for a compelling classic today