Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalisedRolls-Royce Limited. It produced luxury cars under the Rolls-Royce and Bentley brands. Vickers acquired the company in 1980 and sold it to Volkswagen in 1998. Bentley Motors is the company's direct successor, but BMW acquired the rights to the Rolls-Royce trademark for use on automobiles and launched a new company, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, in 2003.