Coys Auction - The Spirit of Motor Cars
Ascot Racecourse,
Ascot,
Berkshire SL5 7JX

Saturday 4th October 2008
Motor Cars at 15:00

The launch of the Bentley Mk VI in 1946 marked a significant change in policy for Rolls-Royce by being the company''s first wholly produced car, previously both Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars had been manufactured in chassis form only before being bodied by independent bespoke coachbuilders. This change came about as the result of a rationalisation programme instigated before World War Two, it being realised that if Rolls-Royce Motors was to survive in the post-war years a substantial increase in manufacturing output would be necessary. Initially, however, only the new Bentley, the Mk VI, would carry ''in-house'' Standard Steel coachwork, its Rolls-Royce equivalent, the Silver Wraith, retaining outside coachwork.

Announced in May 1946, the Mk VI featured a strong channel section chassis with