Iyaziwa ngeemodeli zayo zodidi, iRolls-Royce yayikhe yaba luphawu olukhethekileyo kubukhosi baseBritane kunye neentloko zamazwe. Le nkampani, eyasungulwa ngo-1906 eManchester, eNgilani, ngoku iphantsi kwe-BMW, iphumelele kwiminyaka edlulileyo iwonga elifaneleyo lolona phawu luhlonitshwayo kwihlabathi.
Kodwa yabakho njani uphawu lweRolls-Royce? I-interweaving ye-R kulula ukuyicinga, njengoko ivela ekudibaneni kweziteketiso zabasunguli bayo: uFrederick Royce noCharles Rolls. Ekuqaleni, inkampani yayibizwa ngokuba yiRolls kunye neRoyce Co., kodwa "kwaye" ekugqibeleni yehla ukuze yenze indlela ye-hyphen.
Okubangela umdla kukuba, i-logo yantlandlolo yayineziphetho ezibomvu, umbala odityaniswe ngakumbi neentshukumo zoguqulo lobusoshiyali kunezobunene-etshoyo, ubomvu buphele bunikezela koyena mnyama ulumkileyo. UFrederick Royce wayecinga ukuba isimboli siya kuba sihle ngakumbi ngoonobumba abamnyama - intsomi ithi emva kokufa kwakhe, ngo-1933, umbala omnyama uya kuba luphawu lokuzila ngenxa yokufa komnye wabasunguli bolu phawu.
FUNDA KWAKHO: Ushicilelo olukhethekileyo lweZenith luphawula ukuphela kweRolls-Royce Phantom VII
Kodwa ukuba kukho nantoni na ebethayo malunga nelogo yeRolls-Royce, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ngumfanekiso oqingqiweyo wasetyhini ophumle kwibhonethi. Imvelaphi yomfanekiso oqingqiweyo - owafumana igama elithi "uMoya we-Ecstasy" - ubuyela emva kwekhulu le-19 kwaye unxulumene nesiqephu sothando.
I-protagonist yeli bali lothando nguJohn Douglas-Scott-Montagu, usopolitiki waseBritani olondolozayo owayethathwa njengovulindlela kuphuhliso lweshishini leemoto, kunye neendlela ezisondeleyo kwi-brand yesiNgesi ehloniphekileyo. UMontagu wayenemitshato emibini: okokuqala kuNenekazi uCecil Kerr kwaye kamva kwaba nguAlice Pearl. Nangona kunjalo, umpolitiki akazange amthande ngokwenene nawuphi na umfazi wakhe. Ubungqina bolu yinto yokuba wayegcina ubudlelwane kunye nesithandwa sakhe, u-Eleanor Thornton, iminyaka emibini.
Kodwa le noveli inento yokwenza nelogo yeRolls-Royce? Umkroli uCharles Robinson Sykes, omnye wabantu abambalwa ababone ngokusondeleyo ubudlelwane phakathi kukaJohn Montagu no-Eleanor Thornton, wanikela ukuba aqingqe umfanekiso oqingqiweyo oza kufanekisela ibali lothando lesi sibini.
EZIPHATHELELEYO: Yazi imbali yelogo yeBMW (imbali yepropeller yibullshit…)
U-Eleanor Thornton wasamkela isindululo kwaye wacela iintsuku ezininzi de umsebenzi ugqitywe. Lo mzobo waba yimpumelelo kangangokuba uJohn Montagu wayenombono wokukhapha yonke iRolls Royce enomfanekiso kaEleanor Thornton. Ngaloo ndlela wazalwa "uMfazi onamaphiko", okanye ukuba ukhetha, "uMoya we-Ecstasy", usekho kwiimodeli zangoku zesiNgesi. Yintoni iiValentines, onjani ummangaliso weerozi… ibali lelogo yeRolls-Royce belifanele iholide yesizwe e-UK! Okanye mhlawumbi sele sibaxa...