Silver Seraph models

Silver Seraph Silver Seraph Last of Line

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Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
1998 - 2002

Number manufactured 1,382 First and last chassis number First chassis number: SCALA61E4WCX01002 (1998). Last chassis number: SCALA62E62CH08853 (2002). Dimensions, kerb weight, performance Length, width, height 539, 215, 151 cm Kerb weight 2338 kg Acceleration 0 - 100 km/h 7.1 seconds Top speed 137 mph, 220 km/h Characteristics and peculiarities Backgrounds of this model - The Silver Seraph is the successor of the Silver Spirit. - The Bentley Arnage is based on the same bodyshell as the Silver Seraph. The Silver Seraph was unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show on 3rd March 1998. Arnage's debut was on 26th April on Le Mans. - The Silver Seraph was not immediately available in a stretched edition. The free space in the rear didn't make that necessary. The Silver Spur was available up to and including 1999 but can't be considered being the lengthened edition of the Silver Seraph. From model year 2000 a Silver Seraph Park Ward could be ordered with a longer wheel base. - The production of the Silver Seraph ended already after five years because the ownership of the mark Rolls-Royce changed from Volkswagen to BMW at the end of 2002. The production of the Silver Seraph was terminated with a series of cars called the Silver Seraph Last of Line. Original characteristics - The Silver Seraph has an all-aluminium alloy 5379 cc V12 engine, 24 valves, 322 bhp max power output at 5000 rpm, five-speed automatic gearbox with electronic actuation from a steering column-mounted selector. - No rev counter. - Direction indicators with coloured glasses. - The early models have partly chromed side mirrors, that were already replaced by body coloured mirrors early in 1999. Model year 2000 - Improved rear passenger accommodation. - Colourless direction indicators front and rear. - Pop-up SatNav, positioned on the centre top of the facia. - Four park-distance sensors in the front and rear bumpers. Production and chassis numbers Identification of the model in the chassis number The chassis number of a Silver Seraph has: - the letter L on the fourth position - the letter A on the fifth position. The following model has the same identification: - Silver Seraph Last of Line. Further details about the production and the chassis numbers - The chassis numbers of the Silver Seraph and Bentley Arnage models (1998 up to and including 2010) are assigned per model year. All models have got mixed numbers. Only the Long wheelbase models (2000 up to and including 2009) have got series of numbers of their own. - The numbers run from 1001 up to and including 6786 and from 8000 to about 14700. The numbers of the Long wheelbase models run from 7501 up to and including 7651 and from 19000 up to and including 19679. Series of numbers and unused numbers - No number was assigned to a Silver Seraph between 3052 and 4005 (end of model year 1999 and start of model year 2000) 5472 and 5564 (end of model year 2000 and start of model year 2001) 6783 and 8188 (end of model year 2001 and start of model year 2002). Numbers LHD / RHD Left-hand drive Right-hand drive Model year Number % (p yr) Number % (p yr) Total 1998 28 42% 39 58% 67 1999 636 74% 222 26% 858 2000 255 77% 78 23% 333 2001 93 76% 29 24% 122 2002 1 50% 1 50% 2 Total 1.013 73% 369 27% 1,382 Some chassis numbers In the list below only the first 10 chassis numbers (model year 1998) and the last 8 (model years 2001 and 2002) occur. Model year 1998 SCALA61E4WCX01002 SCALA61EXWCX01005 SCALA61E8WCH01006 SCALA61E7WCX01009 SCALA61E9WCX01013 SCALA61E2WCX01015 SCALA61E2WCH01017 SCALA61E4WCH01018 SCALA61E6WCX01020 SCALA61EXWCX01022 Model year 2001 SCALA62E81CH06682 SCALA61EX1CX06732 SCALA62E31CH06735 SCALA62E51CX06751 SCALA61E01CX06772 SCALA62E51CX06782 Model year 2002 SCALA61E12CX08189 SCALA62E62CH08853 Details of the 1CX06489 (pictures below):

Model year 2000 Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph, press photo (above). 2001 Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph SCALA62E71CX06489 (pictures below).

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