“Quality will be remembered long after the price has been forgotten” These famous words uttered by founder Henry Royce define the ethos behind the stout engineering of the company’s early creations.

Development and construction of a pre-war Rolls-Royce automobile involved continual testing and attention to detail well beyond the standards found elsewhere in the industry at the time.

The firm placed representatives within the Sheffield iron works to remain vigilant for any imperfections, and chassis were tested on a bump-rig that would dismantle any other automobile in a matter of minutes.

A Rolls-Royce was to withstand this durability test indefinitely.

World War I provided Rolls-Royce automobiles the opportunity to fully display their abilities, with armored variants double the weight of their road counterparts rarely experiencing overheating issues even in the desert with a bullet-resistant shield covering the radiator.

It was said that to keep a Rolls-Royce running forever, one...