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Alpine Trial
As you read this, 47 vintage Rolls-Royces (and team Lusso) are powering through Europe on the Alpine Trial, a rally which faithfully re-enacts the original 1913 event. The original race saw the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost earn its reputation for faultless reliability and earning it coveted title of the ‘Best Car in the World’. The cars…
May 1913. James Radley set off from Brown’s Hotel in London’s Mayfair to embark on his most famous motoring adventure yet; the 1913 Alpine Trial. His aim was to raise Rolls-Royce’s profile within the hyper-competitive European market. And boy, did he do just that. Tackling over 1,800 miles of some of the world’s most spectacular…