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Mulliner Park Ward
51°31′44″N 0°14′24″W / 51.5290117°N 0.2400825°W
Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Automotive |
Predecessor | H. J. Mulliner & Co. Park Ward |
Founded | Willesden, London, England, United Kingdom (1961) |
Defunct | 1998 |
Fate | 1998 (acquired by Bentley when Volkswagen Group bought Rolls-Royce Motors) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | luxury automobiles |
Services | Coachbuilding, Automotive design |
Mulliner Park Ward was a bespoke coachbuilder in Hythe Road, Willesden, London UK.
Mulliner Park Ward was a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce and made bespoke bodies in London for Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. The coachbuilding business closed in 1991 but the Mulliner name is used for the personal commissioning department of the current Bentley manufacturer.
History Edit
Rolls-Royce Limited formed Mulliner Park Ward by the 1961 merger of two Rolls-Royce subsidiaries: Park Ward of Willesden, London, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1939 and H. J. Mulliner & Co. of Chiswick, a Rolls-Royce subsidiary since 1959.[1]
References Edit
- ^ Hemmings Motor News Collector Car Encyclopedia ISBN 978-0-615-55029-9
External links Edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mulliner Park Ward Coachwork.
- Rolls-Royce Coachbuilder: Mulliner Park Ward
- Mulliner Park Ward, in the Rolls-Royce Wiki