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Camargue (1975)
Two-door coupe built in about 530 units.
Still being researched: identification guide. Everything shown is checked against the cited sources. Know more? Send us a source.
Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Contents
01Overview
At a glance
- Built
- Not yet verified
- Years
- 1975–1986
- Engine
- V8 · 6,750 cc / 6.8 LFactory: 6,750 cc
- Power
- 179 kW / 243 PSFactory: 243 PS
- Top speed
- 198 km/hFactory: 198 km/h
- Body
- Not yet verified
- Designer
- Pininfarina (chief stylist Paolo Martin)
- In this archive
- Not yet verified
- Surviving
- Not yet verified
Sources and any conflicting figures are in the sections below.
Why it matters
The Camargue was a two-door coupe from Pininfarina, not from Rolls-Royce's own studio, and it sold at a price above any other series car of its time. Its styling divided opinion, and it is remembered as the marque's most distinctive departure from the traditional line. The car is rare because only a few hundred were built.
How rare is it?
Six separate kinds of rarity – never combined into one number.
Each kind of rarity is rated separately and never combined.
Photos
Exterior, interior and detail photos with their licences.
Rolls-Royce Camargue (1975) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rolls-Royce Camargue (1975) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rolls-Royce Camargue (1975) (Wikimedia Commons search)
Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0
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02Production & history
Production
Every figure says what it counts.
No production figures recorded yet.
History
Rolls-Royce sent a Mulliner Park Ward saloon to Pininfarina in Turin in 1969 with a brief to make it look different. Paolo Martin led the styling, which kept the original floor plan and used less chrome than the marque's usual cars.
The Camargue went on sale in 1975 with the floor assembly and engine of the Silver Shadow, a cost-saving choice that the Traumautoarchiv archive says gave unbalanced proportions. Early cars had 157 PS, which the same archive calls too little for the car's weight.
Production ran for about twelve years to 1986. Motor1 gives 529 units and the archive 525. Around three quarters went to the United States.
Variants
How each version differs from the standard Camargue (1975).
No variants documented yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
03Specifications
Technical specifications
Engine
| Engine family | Not yet verified |
|---|---|
| Engine code | Not yet verified |
| Layout | V81 Independently researched |
| Displacement | 6,750 cc / 6.8 LFactory: 6,750 cc2 Independently researched |
| Bore | 104.1 mmFactory: 104.1 mm2 Independently researched |
| Stroke | 99.1 mmFactory: 99.1 mm2 Independently researched |
| Compression ratio | 9.00:12 Independently researched |
| Fuel system | Not yet verified |
| Power | 179 kW / 243 PSFactory: 243 PS3 Independently researchedSame archive says the first cars had only 157 PS. Rating standard not stated. |
| Power at | Not yet verified |
| Torque | Not yet verified |
Transmission & drivetrain
| Gearbox | 3-speed automatic1 Independently researched |
|---|---|
| Gears | 31 Independently researched |
| Driven wheels | Not yet verified |
Chassis, body & dimensions
| Chassis | Silver Shadow floor assembly and engine3 Independently researchedCost-saving reuse of Silver Shadow parts, per the archive. |
|---|---|
| Front suspension | Not yet verified |
| Rear suspension | Not yet verified |
| Brakes | Not yet verified |
| Steering | Not yet verified |
| Body construction | Not yet verified |
| Wheelbase | 3,050 mmFactory: 3,050 mm2 Independently researched |
| Length | 5,170 mmFactory: 5,170 mm3 Independently researched |
| Width | 1,920 mmFactory: 1,920 mm3 Independently researched |
| Height | 1,470 mmFactory: 1,470 mm3 Independently researched |
| Front track | 1,520 mmFactory: 1,520 mm2 Independently researched |
| Rear track | 1,510 mmFactory: 1,510 mm2 Independently researched |
| Kerb weight | 2,330 kgFactory: 2,330 kg3 Independently researchedEmpty weight as listed. Same figure in S3 (kerb weight 2330 kg). |
| Dry weight | Not yet verified |
Performance
| Maximum speed | 198 km/hFactory: 198 km/h3 Independently researchedS3 gives 192 km/h. Archive figure used; conflict noted. |
|---|---|
| 0–100 km/h | 9.5 s3 Independently researchedSource says approximately (ca.) 9.5 s. |
| 0–60 mph | 10.9 s2 Independently researched |
| Fuel tank | Not yet verified |
“Not yet verified” means no source has been checked for that value yet. Nothing is estimated to fill a gap.
04Colours & options
Factory colours & interiors
Original paint and trim, with the number of cars in each where a source gives it.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Factory options & codes
Codes are shown exactly as written by the manufacturer.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
05Individual cars
Chassis register
Every documented car, with its colours, history and where it is now. Open a row for the full record. Known chassis are not automatically authenticated originals.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Competition history
Every race result of the individual cars, in date order. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Auction & sale history
Documented public sales of the individual cars. Click a chassis number to open its full record in the register.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
See one in person
Museums where an example of this car can be seen.
No example is documented on public display yet. Have a source? Contribute it.
06Reference
Identification guide
How to tell an original from a replica or later conversion.
Not yet documented. Have a source? Contribute it.
Sources
Each number links to the exact facts it supports.
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1
Rolls-Royce Camargue by Pininfarina: history Level C Motor1
- The 6.75-litre V8 engine
- three-speed automatic transmission
-
2
1975 Rolls-Royce Camargue datasheet Level C Globalcar (Carfolio technical data)
- Displacement: 6750 cc
- Bore x stroke: 104.10mm x 99.10mm
- Compression: 9.00:1
- Wheelbase: 3050 mm
- Track front: 1520 mm
- Track rear: 1510 mm
- 0-60mph: 10.9 s
-
3
Rolls-Royce Camargue 1975 (technical data and history) Level C Traumautoarchiv
- Leistung (PS) 243
- Bodengruppe und Motor des Silver Shadow verwendet
- L: 5170
- B:1920
- H:1470
- kg/leer 2330
- km/h 198
- 0-100 km/h (sek) ca. 9,5
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