Vehicle Description
IF YOU ARE IN THE MARKET FOR GREAT COACH BUILD CAR TO ADD TO YOUR
COLLECTION,THIS RARE GEM IS FOR YOU,PLEASE CALL BOB OR MIKE AT
954-633-8901 FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. The Rolls-Royce
Camargue is a two-door saloon manufactured and marketed by
Rolls-Royce Motors from 1975-1986. Designed by Paolo Martin at
Pininfarina, the Camargue was the first post-war production Rolls
Royce not designed in-house. With bodywork manufactured in London
by Rolls Royce's coach building division Mulliner Park Ward, the
Camargue reached a production of 530 units over 11 model years. The
Camargue derives its name from the coastal region in southern
France, and was also used on the 1972 Citroen GS Camargue. At
launch, the Camargue was the Rolls-Royce's flagship and the most
expensive production car in the world, eventually selling in North
America for approximately US$147,000. At its official U.S. launch,
the Camargue had already been on sale in the UK for over a year.
The New York Times made much of the fact that the U.S. price at
this stage was approximately $15,000 higher than the UK price. In
the 1970s, many European models retailed for significantly less in
the U.S. than they did in Europe in order to compete with prices
set aggressively by Detroit's Big Three and Japanese importers. The
manufacturer rejected this approach with the Camargue, referencing
the high cost of safety and pollution engineering needed to adapt
the few cars (approximately 30 per year) it expected to send to
North America in 1976.[ The recommended price of a new Camargue at
launch on the UK market in March 1975 was £29,250, including sales
taxes. Rapid currency depreciation would greatly raise the price of
the Camargue in the late 1970s, both in the UK and North America.
The car was sold in very limited numbers in European, American,
Canadian, Australian and Asian markets. At its 1975 press debut,
Rolls-Royce highlighted automatic split-level climate control
system, the first of its kind. According to Rolls Royce, the
system's development took eight years. The Camargue shared its
platform with the Rolls-Royce Corniche and Silver Shadow. It was
powered by the same 6.75 L V8 engine as the Silver Shadow, although
the Camargue was slightly more powerful. The transmission was also
carried over - a General Motors Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed automatic.
The first 65 Camargues produced used SUcarburettors, while the
remaining 471 used Solex units. The Camargue was fitted with the
Silver Shadow II's power rack and pinion steering rack in February
1977. In 1979, it received the rear independent suspension of the
Silver Spirit. With a 3048 mm (120 in) wheelbase, the Camargue was
the first Rolls-Royce automobile to be designed to metric
dimensions,[and was the first Rolls-Royce to feature an inclined
rather than perfectly vertical grille; the Camargue's grille was
slanted at an inclined angle of seven degrees. RARE 2 door coupe
under 300 left hand drive models ever made. Always garaged and part
of a personal collection
