An san shi da samfuran alatu, Rolls-Royce ya taɓa zama keɓaɓɓen alama ga sarakunan Biritaniya da shugabannin ƙasa. Kamfanin, wanda aka kafa a shekarar 1906 a Manchester, Ingila, yanzu ya zama reshen kamfanin BMW, bayan da ya kai shekaru da dama da suka wuce matsayin da ya dace na daya daga cikin manyan kamfanoni a duniya.
Amma ta yaya alamar alamar Rolls-Royce ta samu? Haɗin gwiwar R's yana da sauƙin zato, saboda ya fito ne daga mahaɗar sunayen laƙabi na waɗanda suka kafa ta: Frederick Royce da Charles Rolls. Da farko, ana kiran kamfanin Rolls da Royce Co., amma "da" a ƙarshe ya faɗi don yin hanyar saƙa.
Abin sha'awa shine, asalin tambarin yana da jajayen ƙarewa, launi mai alaƙa da ƙungiyoyin juyin juya hali na gurguzu fiye da na manyan mutane - wanda ya ce, ja ya ƙare yana ba da hanya ga mafi kyawun baƙar fata. Frederick Royce ya yi tunanin cewa alamar za ta kasance mafi kyau tare da baƙaƙen haruffa - labari ya nuna cewa bayan mutuwarsa, a cikin 1933, launin baƙar fata zai zama alamar makoki don mutuwar daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa alamar.
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Amma idan akwai wani abu mai ban sha'awa game da tambarin Rolls-Royce, ba tare da shakka ba sassaken mata ne a cikin azurfa yana hutawa a kan ƙwanƙwasa. Asalin sassaka - wanda ya karbi sunan "Ruhu na Ecstasy" - ya koma karni na 19 kuma yana da alaƙa da wani labari na soyayya.
Jarumin wannan labarin na soyayya shi ne John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, ɗan siyasan Burtaniya mai ra'ayin mazan jiya wanda aka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin majagaba a bunƙasa masana'antar kera motoci, tare da kusanci ga fitacciyar alamar Ingilishi. Montagu yana da aure biyu: na farko ga Lady Cecil Kerr sannan kuma ga Alice Pearl. Duk da haka, dan siyasar bai taba son daya daga cikin matan sa ba. Tabbacin wannan shine gaskiyar cewa ya ci gaba da dangantaka da mai ƙaunarsa, Eleanor Thornton, har tsawon shekaru biyu.
Amma mene ne alakar wannan labari da tambarin Rolls-Royce? Masanin sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes, daya daga cikin mutane kalilan da suka shaida alakar John Montagu da Eleanor Thornton, ya yi tayin zana wani sassaka wanda zai nuna alamar soyayyar ma'auratan.
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Eleanor Thornton ya karɓi shawarar kuma ya gabatar da shi na kwanaki da yawa har sai an kammala aikin. Hoton ya yi nasara sosai har John Montagu yana da ra'ayin ya bi duk Rolls Royce tare da hoton Eleanor Thornton. Don haka an haifi "Mace mai fuka-fuki", ko kuma idan kun fi so, "Ruhun Ecstasy", har yanzu yana cikin ƙirar Ingilishi na yanzu. Abin da Valentines, abin da mu'ujiza na wardi… labarin Rolls-Royce logo ya cancanci kasa hutu a Birtaniya! Ko watakila mun riga mun wuce gona da iri…