Luxury to Last - Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Car Review 

I have always thought of this car as the most beautifull automobile ever designed.Thank you for this review.

If you thought the brakes were spongy, then the mechanical brake servo has not been set up correctly. After 50 years working on all 3 variants of the Silver cloud, I can say that the vast majority of them have not had their brakes set up properly, that includes the brake linings, wheel and master cylinders and all the intricate mechanical systems which all have to be spot on. When they are, then the brakes are perfection.

🌷🌷🌷🥰🥰🥰thats very beautifull interrior and color thankyou . Absolutely

Most beautifull Rolls Royce ever made , still my number one choice . Never mind the oldfasioned driving with heavy steering or brakes , the looks and interior alone do it for me . In modern traffic with loads of trucks you rarely pass 60 miles an our , so all this power and Nurburgring ability is purely academic bull anyway . I would happily float at 60 miles the whole day , just being in that wonderfull interior , admiring that jewel of a dash and steeringwheel , looking over that long bonnet .

I was told that the V8 variant had double headlights, (5" diameter sealed beam) while the 6 cylinder had single headlights, (each a sealed beam of 7" diameter). I did drive a 1957 Bentley for several weddings (Adelaide, SA) during the early 1990's, and you could say the brakes at low speed were 'tricky'. You had just 'one go' at braking with power assistance, then you had to just about 'stand' on the pedal in the immediate second 'go'...

Dear Mr Archie Luxury Although I certainly appreciate your homage to the Silver Cloud, unfortunately many of the photographs you supplied are of particularly badly redone cars (eg. backwards mounted grab handles and picnic trays, Nardi steering wheel, etc). Additionally, even as Rolls-Royce stated in their brochure, the Silver Cloud was designed for “the owner-driver, lady or gentleman”. The long wheelbase version, however, was designed for “the owner who requires a chauffeur-driven car for business but prefers to drive the car himself at weekends”. Air conditioning was offered by the factory starting in 1956, three years before the announcement of the V8-engined Silver Cloud II. I’m sorry that you haven’t driven a superbly-maintained example, because if you had, you wouldn’t have experienced “spongy and weak” brakes or “floaty” steering. When properly set up, the brakes are superb, as is the steering, which is via superimposed power assistance. The car is not “almost two tonnes” but is slightly over two and a quarter tonnes, with the standard saloon weighing in at 4,558 pounds. Lastly, the slant-headlamped Silver Cloud III 2-door saloon and drophead coupé have unfortunately been nicknamed “Chinese-eyed” so often by the motor trade that it has stuck. More appropriately, the correct moniker is “Koren-designed” after their designer, Vilhelm Koren. You are correct in stating that one should buy the best that one can afford. I add the caveat that one should know exactly what a correct and original car should be. With kind regards.

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yes. ok. look. good

VIDEO: Y U NO BE LOUDER?

Reupholstering a Silver Cloud to original specifications is not only expensive, but technically impossible, since the method used then is now in violation of environmental regulations.

Pathetic description about this car.

I'll bet that if a person could muddle through the obnoxious audio clicking etc. this may be an interesting video to watch but the noise was too much for my nerves!!! Please redo with quality audio as I'm sure it would be informative, thanks ever so much...

Even though they were not very much fun to drive, I can appreciate your love and admiration for the Silver Cloud however you do need to get some of your facts straight, for example, there is no such thing as a 1965 or 1966 Silver Cloud either l, ll or lll. The Silver Cloud was introduced in 1955 and was discontinued in 1964 to be replaced by the Silver Shadow introduced in 1965 and ran until 1976 where it was replaced by the Silver Shadow ll in 1977 if your going to go to all the trouble to make a RU-vid video you might want to take the time to double check your facts first.

You really should re do the sound on this. It is dreadful.

This car is limo. Best used for brides. Phantom V is the best new model. (IMHO)

Oh dear…. What a waste of time…. Is that the best you can do for such a magnificent iconic vehicle…. 3rd hand fuzzy photos ….!!!! Utterly woeful .

It always amazed me that a car that was so physically beautiful was so unpleasant to drive. The speaker attributes that to fact that the war had been over for "only" 10 years. But the '55 Cadillac, which cost about 1/3 as much, was a joy to handle and quite usable even by today's standards. The Cadillac and similar U.S. cars were far more advanced. RR was still using a GM gearbox from 1939, the steering and suspension were very primitive and braking...well, the systems were redundant but oddly "powered" from the transmission. Rustproofing, as I recall, was nonexistent except for some of the aluminum custom-bodied versions. I've driven one of them as well and the standard saloon, as bad as it was, handled better! The chauffeurs who drove the long wheel base models really earned their pay.