RR-0.01 and RR-0.02 competed in the Goodwood Soapbox Challenge, and were the first vehicles Rolls-Royce made under BMW ownership
Pop quiz: What's the opposite of a hill climb? A soapbox race, of course, and between 2000 and 2013, the Goodwood Festival of Speed hosted a race that saw automakers such as Rolls-Royce field high-speed, gravity-fed racers. Now, the UK brand has restored the winning racers that presaged its modern revival. RR-0.01 and RR-0.
The multi-year negotiations eventually left BMW with British brand, and it handed its first modern automobile, a Phantom, to a customer on January 1, 2003, at 0:01 a.m. However, the negotiations took some time, meaning that the Phantom wasn't the first vehicle Rolls-Royce made in its modern guise. Now known as Goodwood Era because of the location of its headquarters, it's only fitting that these Goodwood racers were the first modern vehicles the brand made.
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