A ROLLS-ROYCE CAMARGUE, 1982

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R600,000 - R900,000

A ROLLS-ROYCE CAMARGUE, 1982

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UK approval number 04600 0 T B, white with beige interior, original condition, 77700 km, right hand drive
The Rolls-Royce Camargue is a 2-door luxury saloon manufactured and marketed by Rolls-Royce Motors from 1975–1986. Designed by Paolo Martin at Pininfarina,the Camargue was the first[ post-war production Rolls Royce not designed in- Corniche by Mulliner-Park Ward.
The Camargue derives its name from the coastal region in southern France.

At launch, the Camargue was the Rolls-Royce flagship and the most expensive production car in the world. At its official U.S. launch, the Camargue had already been on sale in the UK for over a year.
At its 1975 press debut, Rolls-Royce highlighted automatic split-level climate control system, the first of its kind According to Rolls Royce, the system's development took eight years.] The recommended price of a new Camargue at launch on the UK market in March 1975 was £29,250, including sales taxes. Rapid currency depreciation would greatly raise the price of the Camargue in the late 1970s, both in the UK and North America.
The Camargue shared its platform with the Rolls-Royce Corniche and Silver Shadow and was powered by the same 6.75-litre V8 engine as the Silver Shadow, although the Camargue engine was slightly more powerful. The transmission was also carried over – a General Motors Turbo-Hydramatic 3-speed automatic. The first 65 Camargue’s produced used SU carburettors, while the remaining carburetted cars used Solex units. US delivered cars used Bosch Jetronic fuel injection during the 1980s which it shared with the Corniche and Silver Spirit/Spur. The Camargue was fitted with the Silver Shadow II's power rack and pinion steering rack in February 1977. In 1979, it received the rear independent suspension of the Silver Spirit.
With a 3,048 mm wheelbase, the Camargue was the first Rolls-Royce automobile to be designed to metric dimensions and was the first Rolls-Royce to feature an inclined rather than perfectly vertical grille; the Camargue's grille was slanted at an angle of seven degrees.
The car was sold in very limited numbers in European, American, Canadian, Australian, and Asian markets. Several of the cars have since been modified into convertibles by after-market customizers.