Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedMarch 1998 (1998-03) in the United Kingdom
Headquarters
Goodwood, West Sussex, England
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Chris Brownridge
(CEO)
Henry Cloke
(Chief Design Officer)
Jonathan Simms
(Lead Engineer)
Peter Schwarzenbauer
(Chairman)
Products
ServicesAutomobile customisation
Number of employees
1,300 (2014)
ParentBMW
Websiterolls-roycemotorcars.com

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited is a British luxury automobile maker that has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG since 2003 as the exclusive manufacturer of Rolls-Royce-branded motor cars. The company's administrative and production headquarters are located on the 42-acre (17 ha) Goodwood Estate in Goodwood, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

From 1906 to 2003, motor cars were manufactured and marketed under the Rolls-Royce brand by Rolls-Royce Limited and Rolls-Royce Motors. The Rolls-Royce Motor Cars subsidiary of BMW AG has no direct relationship to Rolls-Royce-branded vehicles produced before 2003, other than having briefly supplied components and engines. The Bentley Motors Limited subsidiary of Volkswagen AG is the direct successor to Rolls-Royce Motors and various other predecessor entities that produced Rolls-Royce and Bentley branded cars between the foundation of each company and 2003, when the BMW-controlled entity started producing cars under the Rolls-Royce brand.

The BBC called Rolls-Royce "probably one of the most recognised icons in the world", and that "the name Rolls-Royce entered the English language as a superlative."

The company's line of vehicles includes the Phantom, the top-of-the-line four-door saloon first offered in 2003 - as of January 2025, it is offered in two lengths; the smaller Ghost four-door saloon - also offered in two lengths; the Cullinan SUV, and the Spectre coupé. The last being Rolls-Royce's first electric car.