The Rolls-Royce Corniche was also sold as a Bentley, though that model became known as the Continental in 1984.

The car used the standard Rolls-Royce V8 engine.

It had an aluminium-silicon alloy block and aluminium cylinder heads with cast iron wet cylinder liners.

The bore was 4.1"" and the stroke was 3.9"" for a total of 6.75 litres.

Twin SU carburetors were initially fitted with a single Solex 4-barrel carburettor introduced in 1975.

A three speed automatic transmission (a Turbo Hydramatic 400 sourced from General Motors) was standard.

A four-wheel independent suspension with coil springs was augmented with a hydraulic self-levelling system (using the same Citroen system, but without pneumatic springs, and hydraulic components built under licence by Rolls-Royce), at first on all four, but later in the rear wheels only.

Four wheel disc brakes were specified, with ventilated discs added for 1972.

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