Rolls-Royce · 1998–2002
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
The Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph and its extended wheelbase version, the Rolls-Royce Park Ward, are full-size luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed by Rolls-Royce Motors from 1998 to 2002. The Silver Seraph (and its Bentley Arnage twin) were launched in March 1998, at the Geneva Motor Show. They replaced the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit and the slightly longer Silver Spur, made from 1980 through 1997. Silver Seraph production ended in late 2002, when Volkswagen's marketing licence for the Rolls-Royce marque were handed over to owner BMW, who began to manufacture Rolls-Royce cars (initially the Phantom VII) from 2003, under a new corporation, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Production of the Bentley-badged Arnage version continued into the late 2000s, which even involved a return of the (much updated) old 6.75L V8 Rolls-Royce engine.
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Predecessor: Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit · Successor: Rolls-Royce Ghost|Rolls-Royce Phantom VII
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Specifications
- name
- Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph
- Manufacturer
- Rolls-Royce Motors
- Production
- 1998–2002
- Model years
- 1999–2002
- Predecessor
- Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit (Silver Seraph), Rolls-Royce Silver Spur (Park Ward)
- Successor
- Rolls-Royce Ghost (Silver Seraph), Rolls-Royce Ghost EWB (Park Ward), Rolls-Royce Phantom VII (Park Ward)
- Class
- Full-size luxury car (F)
- Layout
- Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
- Body style
- 4-door saloon
- Related
- Bentley Arnage
- Engine
- 5.4 L M73TUB54 V12
- Assembly
- United Kingdom: Crewe, England
- Wheelbase
- 122.7 in , 132.5 in (Park Ward)
- Length
- 212.2 in , 222 in (Park Ward)
- Width
- 1998–2000: 76.0 in, 2001–2002: 76.1 in
- Height
- 59.6 in
- Transmission
- 5-speed ZF 5HP30 automatic
- Designer
- Steve Harper under Graham Hull
- sp
- uk
- Kerb weight
- 2350 kg, 2450 kg (Park Ward)
- Top speed
- 240 km/h
Specification summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Measured facts from Wikidata (CC0). Check the linked sources for citations.
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939070CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_SeraphCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1371153064 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolls-Royce_Silver_Seraph_1999.jpgPublic domain · Photo: Jagvar · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Manufacturer website (link only) — http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.comLink only; no content copied · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.