100,000th Rolls-Royce Built

Rolls-Royce rolled out its 100,000th motorcar today--a royal blue Silver Spur sedan that will go on permanent display at the factory next to the original 1904 open touring car.

The $125,000 Silver Spur has silver engraved door sills and seats covered in champagne-colored leather from the hides of 11 cows raised in an area of Scandinavia where there are no barbed-wire fences. For the public, Rolls-Royce built 25 cars just like the 100,000th--12 to be sold in the United States, eight in Britain and five in the Middle East.