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Rolls-RoyceSilver Shadow

1965–1980 United Kingdom passenger car 16 production years
Production1965–1980
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Background

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and its slightly stretched version, the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II, are full-size luxury cars produced by British automaker Rolls-Royce in various forms from 1965 to 1980. It was the first of the marque to use fully slabsided unitary body and chassis construction, as well as all-around independent suspension. Two-door versions were initially, between 1965 and 1971, sold as the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow 2-door saloon and the Silver Shadow Drophead Coupé, before they became the Rolls-Royce Corniche Coupé and Convertible, respectively.

Text adapted from “Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1965–1980

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗16 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1970–1974

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗5 years