Number manufactured |
145 |
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First and last chassis number |
First chassis number: SCAZS02C0TCH57003 (1996).
Last chassis number: SCAZS12C5VCH59368 (1997). |
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Dimensions, kerb weight, performance |
The same specifications as the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit III, with the exception of the acceleration and the top speed.
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Length
width
height |
527 cm; 528 cm at American cars
189 cm, 201 cm with mirrors
148 cm |
Wheel base |
306 cm |
Turning circle |
12.9 m |
Kerb weight |
2430 kg |
Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h |
9.7 seconds |
Top speed |
134 mph, 214 km/h |
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Characteristics and peculiarities |
Backgrounds of this model
- The Silver Spirit is the successor of the Silver Spirit III.
- The lengthened edition, the Silver Spur, was upgraded too to a fourth generation of the model. From model year 1997 the Silver Spur was considered the standard edition and the Silver Spirit as a secondary model.
- The model is known as the 'New Silver Spirit'. Due to marketing decisions the cars didn't get a series IV designation because the suffix IV was found to be inappropriate in respect of some Far Eastern countries where it is a symbol of death.
General characteristics
- The radiator height being reduced by 2 inches.
- Adoption of an integrated front bumper and air dam design, together with wrap around bumpers. Also an integrated rear bumper design.
- The Flying Lady reduced in size by around 20 percent.
- Rubberised stone chip protection applied to wheelarches and sills, painted in the car's body colour.
- New window-mounted external mirrors fitted at the expense of the front quarterlights.
- New distinctively designed 16 inch wheels with silver painted finish to hub caps.
- An identification plate "SILVER SPIRIT".
- White wall tyres.
- A new Zytek electronic fuel injection management system.
- The spare wheel within the well of the boot.
- New facia and centre console with many detail alterations.
- Electrical adjustment of the steering wheel. Automatical lift of the steering wheel to aid entry and exit to and from the driver's seat.
- Redesigned seats with vertical fluting.
- Renewed in-car entertainment system.
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Production and chassis numbers |
Identification of the model in the chassis number
The chassis number of a Silver Spirit has:
- the letter A on the third position
- the letter S on the fifth position
- a number between 57003 and 58244 (model year 1996).
- a number between 59154 and 59368 (model year 1997).
Further details about the production and the chassis numbers
- In 1996 and 1997 the numbers of the following models are mixed within the same series of numbers: Silver Spirit, Silver Spur, Silver Dawn, Bentley Turbo R, Bentley Turbo R LWB, Bentley Brooklands, Bentley Brooklands LWB.
Series of numbers and unused numbers
- The numbers 58294 - 58500 within model year 1996 have not been used.
- The numbers 58505 - 59000 between the model years 1996 and 1997 have not been used.
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Numbers LHD / RHD |
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Left-hand drive |
Right-hand drive |
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Model year |
Number |
% (p yr) |
Number |
% (p yr) |
Total |
1996 |
28 |
20% |
111 |
80% |
139 |
1997 |
3 |
50% |
3 |
50% |
6 |
Total |
31 |
21% |
114 |
79% |
145 |
Model year 1996 is not listed below.
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Model year 1997
SCAZS12C6VCH59086
SCAZS12C1VCX59154
SCAZS12C6VCX59182
SCAZS12C9VCX59211
SCAZS12C4VCH59345
SCAZS12C5VCH59368
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Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit, model year 1996, press photos.
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