NEW ZEALAND LEG
(The First Leg)
January 25 to February 10 2004
(The First Leg)
January 25 to February 10 2004
In 2004 the New Zealand Rolls-Royce and Bentley Club, Inc., hosted the first leg of the 2004 Rolls-Royce Centennial World Tour.
On Sunday 25 January the Club organised what remains as the largest display of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars possibly ever seen in New Zealand. In all, 63 cars were displayed at Vellenoweth Green, St Heliers Bay, Auckland. It was spectacular.
That night the Inaugural Dinner, a black tie event, was held in the ballroom at the Stamford Plaza Horel, Auckland. On the following morning the participants started their engines, lined up around the hotel and were one by one flagged on their way.
The tour visited many of New Zealand’s most scenic and interesting locations: Rotorua, the Chateau Tongariro at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, Taupo, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Franz Josef Glacier, Queenstown, Dunedin, Aoraki Mount Cook and Christchurch.
On Sunday 25 January the Club organised what remains as the largest display of Rolls-
That night the Inaugural Dinner, a black tie event, was held in the ballroom at the Stamford Plaza Horel, Auckland. On the following morning the participants started their engines, lined up around the hotel and were one by one flagged on their way.
The tour visited many of New Zealand’s most scenic and interesting locations: Rotorua, the Chateau Tongariro at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, Taupo, Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Franz Josef Glacier, Queenstown, Dunedin, Aoraki Mount Cook and Christchurch.
Above and below
Postcards from
The 2004 Rolls-Royce Centennial World Tour
NZ Leg
the Car Display at Vellenoweth Green, St Heliers Bay, and the Rally start at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, Auckland.
25 January 2004
Postcards from
The 2004 Rolls-
the Car Display at Vellenoweth Green, St Heliers Bay, and the Rally start at the Stamford Plaza Hotel, Auckland.
25 January 2004
2004 Rolls-Royce Phantom
This car was flown to New Zealand via Singapore by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Goodwood, to take part in the Centennial Celebrations for Rolls-Royce. It arrived on the 18th of January 2004 and after spending several days in Auckland, it then accompanied the Tour from Auckland to Rotorua. After three weeks in New Zealand the car was flown to Brisbane where it accompanied the second leg of the World Tour.
The Phantom is pictured here in front of the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
The Phantom is pictured here in front of the Stamford Plaza Hotel.
1923 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
The Shooting Brake Body was supplied to HRH the Prince of Wales in 1922.
The Shooting Brake Body was supplied to HRH the Prince of Wales in 1922.