Rolls Royce

A broken car and a stubborn engineer. That is where Rolls-Royce begins. In 1904, Henry Royce was not thinking about building the world's best cars. He was thinking about why the cars he owned kept breaking. Royce grew up poor in England. He started as an apprentice fixing railway lights and electrical equipment. By the time he was in his forties, he ran a small electrical business. But he had an obsession that ran deeper than profits. If something had a flaw, Royce had to fix it. He bought a French car, a Decauville, because it was considered decent for its time. Royce drove it, took it apart, and found dozens of things wrong. Noisy engine. Loose parts. Rough ride. So he built his own. It was not fancy. It was just better. Quieter. Smoother. Built like a machine that actually wanted to work. ... More