Azwiho kwerekana imideli ihebuje, Rolls-Royce yahoze ari ikirango cyihariye ku bwami bw'Abongereza ndetse n'abakuru b'ibihugu. Isosiyete yashinzwe mu 1906 i Manchester, mu Bwongereza, ubu ni ishami rya BMW, imaze kugera mu myaka yashize ikwiye kuba imwe mu murikagurisha ryubahwa ku isi.
Ariko ikimenyetso cya Rolls-Royce cyashushanyijeho gute? Guhuza kwa R biroroshye kubyiyumvisha, kuko biva mu ihuriro ryamazina yabashinze: Frederick Royce na Charles Rolls. Ubwa mbere, isosiyete yitwaga Rolls na Royce Co, ariko "na" amaherezo yaramanutse kugirango ibone inzira.
Igishimishije, ikirangantego cyumwimerere cyari gifite ibara ritukura, ibara rifitanye isano ningendo zimpinduramatwara ya gisosiyalisiti kuruta abanyacyubahiro - bivuze ko umutuku warangije guha umwirabura ubushishozi. Frederick Royce yatekereje ko ikimenyetso kizaba cyiza cyane hamwe n’inyuguti z'umukara - imigani ivuga ko nyuma y'urupfu rwe, mu 1933, ibara ry'umukara ryaba ikimenyetso cy'icyunamo cy'urupfu rw'umwe mu bashinze icyo kirango.
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Ariko niba hari ikintu gitangaje kijyanye na logo ya Rolls-Royce, ntagushidikanya ko igishusho cyumugore muri feza kiruhukiye kuri bonnet. Inkomoko y'icyo gishushanyo - yakiriye izina rya “Umwuka wa Ecstasy” - guhera mu kinyejana cya 19 kandi bifitanye isano n'ibice by'urukundo.
Umukinnyi w’iyi nkuru y’urukundo ni John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, umunyapolitiki w’Abongereza uharanira inyungu zafatwaga nk’intangarugero mu guteza imbere inganda z’imodoka, yegeranye cyane n’ikirango kizwi cyane cy’icyongereza. Montagu yashyingiwe kabiri: ubanza kwa Lady Cecil Kerr nyuma na Alice Pearl. Ariko, umunyapolitike ntabwo yigeze akunda rwose mubagore be. Ibihamya byari ukuri ko yakomeje umubano numukunzi we, Eleanor Thornton, imyaka ibiri.
Ariko iki gitabo gihuriye he nikirangantego cya Rolls-Royce? Umunyabugeni Charles Robinson Sykes, umwe mu bantu bake babonye neza isano iri hagati ya John Montagu na Eleanor Thornton, yemeye gushushanya igishusho cyerekana amateka y'urukundo rw'abashakanye.
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Eleanor Thornton yemeye icyifuzo maze yifata iminsi myinshi kugeza akazi karangiye. Igishusho cyagenze neza kuburyo John Montagu yagize igitekerezo cyo guherekeza Rolls Royce yose hamwe nishusho ya Eleanor Thornton. Rero havutse "Umugore Winged", cyangwa niba ubishaka, "Umwuka wa Ecstasy", uracyagaragara mubyitegererezo byicyongereza. Niki Valentine, mbega igitangaza cya roza… inkuru yikirango cya Rolls-Royce yari ikwiye umunsi mukuru wigihugu mubwongereza! Cyangwa birashoboka ko tumaze gukabya…