John Polwhele Blatchley (1 July 1913 – 16 February 2008) was chief car designer at Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a United Kingdom automobile and, from 1914, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls on 15 March 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904.... from 1955 to 1969.
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John Polwhele Blatchley (1 July 1913 – 16 February 2008) was chief car designer at Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a United Kingdom automobile and, from 1914, aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and Charles Stewart Rolls on 15 March 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904.... from 1955 to 1969.
He is responsible for the following designs:
The Bentley Mark VI was the first post-war luxury car from Bentley. Produced from 1946 to 1952, it was also the first car from Rolls-Royce Limited with factory coachwork but chassis were still also supplied to independent coachbuilders .... and R-type
Bentley R Type
The R Type was the second series of post-war Bentley Motors Limited automobiles, replacing the Bentley Mark VI.While the revised car was being developed it was referred to as the Bentley Mark VII....
The Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn is a car that was produced by Rolls-Royce Limited at their Crewe works between 1949 and 1955. It was the first Rolls-Royce car to be offered with a factory built body which it shared, along with its chassis, with the Bentley Mark VI until 1952 and then the Bentley R Type until production finished in 1955....
The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud was the core automobile of the Rolls-Royce Limited range from April 1955 until March 1966. It replaced the Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn and was, in turn, replaced by the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow....
The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car produced in Great Britain in various forms from 1965 to 1980. The car was the manufacturer's response to claims that it was falling behind the times, and had lost contact with modern developments....
The Corniche was Rolls-Royce Motors coup? and convertible version of the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow produced between 1971 and 1996. The Corniche was named "Silver Shadow Mulliner Park Ward two door fixed head coup? " before 1971 when the Corniche name was applied....
