Rolls-Royce SZ

Rolls-Royce SZ and Bentley SZ refers to several Rolls-Royce Motors and Bentley Motors Limited[1] automobiles produced between 1980 and 2003.

The SZ series succeeded the SY series, the basis for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and Bentley T-series produced from 1965 to 1980.[2]

The "SZ" was originally an internal code name at Rolls-Royce Motors. All SZ cars has the letter Z at the fourth position in the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and are powered by the Rolls-Royce – Bentley L Series V8 engine. The SZ was introduced to the media in Nice ahead of its official Geneva Motor Show debut.[3]

Rolls-Royce SZ models
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit III
  • Rolls-Royce New Silver Spirit (mark IV)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spur II
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Spur III
  • Rolls-Royce New Silver Spur (mark IV)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn
  • Rolls-Royce Flying Spur
  • Rolls-Royce Touring Limousine
  • Rolls-Royce Park Ward Limousine
  • Rolls-Royce Corniche (from 1982)
  • Rolls-Royce Corniche II
  • Rolls-Royce Corniche III
  • Rolls-Royce Corniche IV
  • Rolls-Royce Corniche V (2000)

Bentley SZ models

Notes
  1. RREC (2014–2015). "Official magazine of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club SZ Register". The Spirit (1). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. Hull, Graham (204). "SZ Replacing a Shadow". Inside the Rolls-royce & Bentley Styling Department 1971 to 2001. Veloce Publishing. pp. 32–40. ISBN 9781845846015.
  3. Bobbitt, Malcolm (2005). Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit and Silver Spur: Bentley Mulsanne, Eight, Continental, Turbo R, Brooklands and Azure. Veloce Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 9781904788751. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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