When i saw one for first time as a child, i immediately fell in love with the Silver Cloud! It was a Silver Cloud III black saloon and it seriously emanated captivating glory and class when it passed down the street.

I met the designer of the Cloud in 1999. John Blatchley. He was a true gentleman. My wife and I had lunch with him in a pub in Hastings, UK! I told him about how much I love my 59‘ Cloud one! There‘s nothing like it, and I think this is the quintessential RR body style that people think of when they think of what a Rolls-Royce should be.

A rolling work of art - a floating fantasy - a cloud of class - the most regal car they ever made.

Quentin summed it up rather well...A car for a society that didn't exist any more. Bloody georgeous though!!

Man, the people interviewed in this video would have a coronary if they saw the crowd that buys new Rollers today!

To me the most beautyful and stately Rolls ever made . That sweeping sideline is still unmatched , and works surprisingly good with the angular radiator and cabin . From all sides the proportions are perfect . So unbelievebly better looking than the modern day " German " Rollses with their baulky and brash " styling " . No matter how fast or how many bells and wistless , a Silver Cloud every day ! ❤❤❤

Timeless elegance, this fabulous motorcar exudes a class that doesn't exist anymore in today's so-called "society". A monument to automotive art and excellence.

only the best of the best mr willson wish you were still on tv

I had a 1962 S1 Bentley, beautiful car to drive, two tone grey with red leather interior, then a Shadow 2 that was a nice drive, just didnt have the majestic as the S1 Bentley, gone back now to my 58 Cadillac, 56 Oldsmobile, 53 Buick and 59 Ford Skyliner Retractable, all these are stunning cars that get you noticed wherever you go

Please bring back a limited run with a modern engine and transmission!

This show put the Silver Cloud on my bucket list!

My father owned the 1958 Hooper body Silver Wraith limo for many years back in the 70s&80s. He used it as a hotel limo to pick up guests from Palm Springs airport when he owned the Ingleside Inn. I had the privilege of driving it several times. It was elegant and huge.

I went to a party at an english actors house in West Hollywood once, he had a burgundy Silver Cloud in the driveway and about 8 of us got in the car and spent most of the party sitting in the car drinking champagne and getting stoned...one of the best parties ever thanks to that car.

I love it 😍

The first Rolls-Royce I drove was a Cloud III. It was over fifty years ago and I remember every second of it. I've driven many Rolls-Royce autos since then. Any of the Silver Cloud series are my favorite. Ford and the world Fords with you.....Rolls and you Rolls alone.

I went with my Dad to a garage where he was to test drive a Silver Cloud. This would be about 1962 perhaps. Off we went, Dad driving, the salesman in the passenger front seat, me in the back. It glided along in silence except for the salesman wittering on about how wonderful it was. At one point he must have thought to address safety issues, saying "And these cars have the lowest record of fertilities" Pop turned to him and said "Why? Is the back seat too small to get your leg over?" I just had to laugh.

The Silver Cloud III was just that final flourish on the line that made it as close to perfect rolling sculpture as any car has ever been. Loved them since I was 12, maybe even before, but alas a bucket list item I'll never realize... Champagne tastes on a beer budget so to speak for me...

9:21 Savile - "to me, all life has been fun" Me - Oh god, why -__-

gene barry,of Blessed memory,owned a Rolls-Royce,Silver cloud,and was used in his series,Burkes Law.A great car.

I love the Silver Cloud! I feel that it is the a classical masterpiece of automotive art.

To me it's not about the looks, prestige or social standing, it's all about the ride comfort and being cosseted from an insane world.

That's one of my dream cars and yes I'd drive it grocery shopping lol

Muchas gracias Sr. Quentin Willson!!!... sin duda su reportaje es una obra de arte al igual que un Rolls & Royce...

much better than the disgraceful black badge RR nowadays

I always loved the look of the Silver Cloud, and always hoped to own one some day. I don't envy the rich, like many people I know. I was quite surprised to see Mr. Saville. I guess they didn't know then, what most people know now. Its so sad to see them rusting away. Thanks.

Sheer class. and paragon of engineering !! nothing comes close. :-)

I bought a book at a charity shop , the history of RR. Absolutely fascinating read, contained the general history of the factory and car, but the book contained lots of incidental bits of trivia that were just unreal. The level of craftsmanship was mind boggling, you simply couldn’t build cars to that standard in this day and age, you couldn’t afford to!

Savile - 'We didn't let the side down' OMG yes you did, far more than that

one of these rolls around my town in connecticut, i'm more impressed at how it managed to get here!

How sad was to see those rusted out Rolls, It was an amazing piece of engineering, Ive driven a Corniche, and by no means it is a Silver Cloud, but the driving was superb, and the inside was fantastic, if I could get a car, any of them from yesterday and today would be this, sure is not fast, or compact, or high tech, but it has spirit, it has class into it, and even if people hate what those it signify, I would not care when you get driven (or you drive it why not) in the street

It’s a shame about Jimmy Saville but otherwise wonderfully done. Thank you for posting

Kareem Abdul Jabbar was given a Rolls by his Laker team mates after winning the NBA championship. He soon sold it claiming that it drove like a fire truck.

Additionally, this car was not built to be cool but rather, it was built to be significant.

The odd thing about Barbara Cartland is that she held a sailplane distance record before the Second World War.

i want a Silver Cloud

What a beauty!

Quentin driving around Birmingham, it’s so wonderful to see the old city through his window

each car so beautiful thankyou 🌷🌷🌷🥰🥰🥰

on my car calendar this car is the car of the month for may 2016!

Very well done! Exemplifies our "PALACE" brand #archetype

Beautiful

A nuvem de prata para os apaixonados por rolls royce. 👏😍

very nice Sean, happy miles

OMG. Jimmy Saville. I'm sure they wound up regretting putting him in this episode.

A Fine automobile indeed!!

I found the RR Shadows were as prone to rust as a humble Velox etc and essentially a bit of a "kit car" using bits from several other cars like Citroen suspension,some steering joints from other humble makes too.My 68 Shadow had a so called "Crew box" and you got an expensive 8 MPG result,later improved to 12 MPG with a G Motors version.

Love this car ... I have one.

I don't understand the vitriol. Quentin's choice of clothing at the time aside (indeed it was 1995!), I always thought he had quality in spades as a presenter and generally loved his choice of subjects and viewing angles.

The cloud was built for a different world one where you jacked up the car removed the wheels and changed the sparkplugs!!!!! No wonder they are a rare car on the road.

It was replaced by the 1980 Cadillac Seville - the model with the rather odd trunk. Maybe, that is why it is my favourite Cadillac model. Thanks for the video.

rolls royce no other car as well built, pride of a nation envy of the world

Omg my school is in here!

I had to switch it off at the Jimmy Saville bit.

It is rolls roys coud three version. It consistendly leading their company high because of their rich and royal hospitality, performance etc

Quentin coming out of a country house in jeans and a smoking jacket - quite tickled!

“ I want a White Rolls Royce…now there is an ambition….to heck with working on mapping the DNA strands…or exploring space…

Quentin Wilson is the most like a sir man in the world.

gut car

Jimmy Saville 'I don't think I let the side down'. 🙄

That last house I think was also used in the film 11 Harrow House, ragley Hall

very cool , live douk

Sadly this is giving a wrong impression Of RR as snobishness.Its simply not true.They are elegant motor cars, a piece of art.I know of friends who have suped up , wide tyred, loud exhaust utes and they think they are just the best thing on the road (they are the snobs).

I bought a Bentley S3 and drove it sideways at high Rates of speed all over scotland when driving was fun, drifting it around I felt like wolf Bernatto I cannot remember ever having so much fun driving. I guarantee that that idiot Quentin would have trouble questioning its handling, it is not a lotus 7 but just as much fun driven on the limits!

Who the hell wanted 10 Morris Minors!!??

Plenty of space for kids Jimmy.

People on u tube, did you know that the company did have truck's to hide the car if it broke down & they got told at the dealership, the company did not want anyone to see a owner on the side of the road with the hazard light's on, they basically had the first roadside service, after all the car did come with a lifetime warranty or guarantee depending on which country you were in ?

When I saw Barbara Cartland, all I could think of was... Who's that drag queen? Dame Edna's sister? LOL

If you could only go back in time?

think id like a silver Ghost

adverts are on problem on KZfaq. For example just before this clip they tried to sell me an Audi..

I used to work for James Young Rolls Royce 1955 building Silver Clouds. I was sacked for incompetence & bad workmanship. 😂😂😂😣😣😣

"But a bugger to drive." True enough if not ordered with PS, and even then...

Thank God Dame Barbara didn't order hers in pink!

Rolls Royce Motorcars has gone down the pan since the Germans bought the company. They look proper common now!

It's weird seeing Jimmy Savile from before, when he was still shown respect.

no sir james savile, you havent let the side down at all

I take my last comment back, Savike ? Not letting the side down ? He single handedly let the side down in a monumentally disgusting way

I always it was true that you 'cant 'polish a turd'. That was until i saw babs cartland sparkling like a disco ball.

Tosi torkeä mainos RR:ltä kiilata pyöräiliä.Olen aina ihallut RR autoja sekä sen Ariksto raatisia kuljetajia,.Itsellä ei varaa edes Land Rooveriin.Jota ihailen.

perhaps some editing might be good at around 9mins in, he would put me of RRs for life. jnj

Fact: I'm a car guy and I have driven dozens of different makes of cars and perhaps a hundred different models. But I have never driven a Silver Cloud - or even ridden in one - and I want to!!

Libere a un militar de alto grado de carcel. Creo que buien merecia de pago este maravilloso auto

The one John Lennon had was the best looking; it seemed a little longer, had suicide doors at the back, four headlights too. Correction in the Mel Brooks movie The Producers there's a white Rolls that pulls up below Zero Mostel's window. (I thought it was J Lennon's) This is stretched but not as much: also the rear passengers are concealed by an extra wide door pillar which blanks the side rear window. I think the proportions look better on this version. Watch on U-Tube. The clip- "When you've got it flaunt it..." will take you there.

There's a company in Silverstone now offering a Cloud with full electric conversion. Yum.

Gorgeous car. Keith Richards had one too, why wasn't he in this doc xD

The upper echelons of society have always needed cars to show their place in society and to show the rest of us how unworthy and irrelivant we are. A RR is more about what it represents than what the car really is and that is why the car endures to this day.

Hi like Rolls-Royce car and mercedes-benz Maybach and mercedes-benz s class cadillac ct 5 black wings .

wonderful Never wanted a Rolls but in 1960 S11 went to the Royal Show!! The car was a series II with defective dampers over £1000 each!! Was for sale at £1000 and had been around 20 dealers!!! dampers were at least a £1000 each Turned up at the Royal Show very scruffy as had been demolishing an out house! special favour's sent into the show ground !!! Think they though we were Pop Stars!!!! then understood the mystic

rather unfortunate choice of a celebrity owner to interview :(

Aw ... You're a lucky dog ;)

First you have to define what is the 'best car in the world'

When I had my Rolls. I had the mouton carpets. Women would always take they shoes off to put their stocking covered feet on them. All the time.

what model is that rolls royce?

My uncle got 4 of them

you forgot the Mill Hill Hillbilly who drove his own Rolls Royce into his own swimming pool when drunk and Rolls Royce were horrified to read about it in the news of the world ... Terry Downes . reg no of his Rolls Roycewas 860 KPF ... Silver Cloud . this was in a time when if you drove a Rolls you were either a driver for someone special or your were someone special. it meant you had made it to the Elite level of the "in cround" or you were Aristocracy.. This was whena rols royc ewas a ROLLS ROYCE.

Can they not edit out Saville!

Great programme. But this whole programme is spoiled by the fact that the vile Jimmy Savile is in the programme.

People who state that this video should be removed because a sex offender appears in it, imagine if every Church where a pedophile Priest had presided had to be leveled, where would that leave society. Personally I would edit the video to exclude anyone found to be offensive but this is the program as it went to air. Fact is that the person in question appears for approx one minute and I found the other 19 minutes very entertaining.

there is some advice on what are the best tyres for your Silver Cloud on this film kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ad6hnryirZa5fJs.html including some radail options

Why the **** has saville not been edited out ? !.