Charles Rolls and Henry Royce formed a partnership in 1904 to build the best car regardless of price, selling about 6,000 cars a year under BMW ownership.
The Spirit of Ecstasy nose ornament on Rolls-Royce cars since 1911 was inspired by Eleanor Velasco Thornton, Lord Montagu's mistress, though Henry Royce disapproved of it.
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