1935 ROLLS ROYCE 20/25 HP 4 DOOR ALL WEATHER TOURER - COACHWORK BY CORSICA OF CRICKLEWOOD The introduction of a smaller Rolls-Royce, the 20hp, in 1922 enabled the company to cater for the increasingly important owner-driver market that appreciated the quality of Rolls-Royce engineering, but did not need a car as large as a 40/50hp Ghost or Phantom. The 'Twenty' proved eminently suited to town use and yet, when called upon, could cope admirably with Continental touring.

Its successor, the 20/25, introduced in 1929, updated the concept with significant improvements, featuring an enlarged (from 3.1 to 3.7 litres) and more-powerful version of the Twenty's six-cylinder overhead-valve engine.

Produced contemporaneously with the Phantom II, the 20/25 benefited from many of the features, such as synchromesh gears and centralised chassis lubrication, developed for the larger model and, with a total of 3827 of the 20/25 chassis manufactured, this would become the best-selling R-R model of the...