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Murray Motor Company Limited<br />
Authorised Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Motor Cars Dealer
“Strive for perfection in everything you do.<br />
Take the best that exists and make it better.<br />
When it does not exist, design it.”<br />
Sir Henry <strong>Royce</strong>, Motor Mechanic, 1863 - 1933<br />
© 2008. Published by Marque One Limited, Bleasdale House, 9 Copse Road, Fleetwood, Lancashire. FY7 6RP • Telephone: 01253 778444<br />
Dealership photography by Virtual Freedom • Tel: 07745 409327 • Web: www.virtual-freedom.co.uk
Welcome to Murray Motor Company Limited<br />
A very warm welcome to<br />
you from the team at Murray<br />
Motor Company Limited.<br />
We are delighted to bring you our<br />
brochure which provides you with<br />
information about the business and a<br />
brief outline of the fascinating story<br />
behind Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong>, past and present.<br />
Brian Dickson<br />
Sales Manager
The new showroom at Murray Motor Company Limited, with the Phantom Drophead Coupé in the foreground.
Sales<br />
A Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom is simply one<br />
of the world’s most comprehensively<br />
equipped cars. The list is endless and<br />
as a world leader in luxury motoring<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> ensures that the<br />
experience of choosing and owning the<br />
car is set at an exceptionally high level.<br />
Buying a Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom is not<br />
a mundane journey, it is a luxurious<br />
experience. With the development<br />
and production of a long-wheel based<br />
version and a convertible, selecting<br />
the right car to suit your motoring<br />
needs is of prime importance.<br />
Choosing the specification from a wide<br />
range of options is the fun element,<br />
either with us at the dealership<br />
or at the Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> factory at<br />
Goodwood. We want you to enjoy<br />
the experience of owning one of the<br />
most luxurious cars in the world.
Our relaxed approach to helping you<br />
choose your Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> means that<br />
your choice can also be made in your<br />
home, with an extended road test<br />
available to suit your personal schedule.<br />
Subject to availability of specific models,<br />
our team will work with you and take<br />
time to make you feel comfortable<br />
with the controls and handling of<br />
the vehicle from your first enquiry.<br />
Murray Motor Company Limited is<br />
one of only six Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> dealerships<br />
in the UK. We believe there is a<br />
quintessentially British feel to the<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> brand, with solid<br />
foundations in advanced engineering<br />
and manufacturing, provided<br />
by investment and advanced<br />
technology from BMW.
Where to find us<br />
Murray Motor Company<br />
22 Bankhead Drive<br />
Sighthill<br />
Edinburgh<br />
EH11 4DJ<br />
South Gyle Cresent<br />
N<br />
Telephone: 0131 442 1000<br />
Fax: 0131 468 7232<br />
www.rrmc-murray.com<br />
Gogar Station Road<br />
M8<br />
M8<br />
Bankhead Terr<br />
Bankhead Drive<br />
.<br />
Bankhead Crossway N<br />
Sighthill<br />
Park<br />
Cultins Road<br />
Bankhead Ave<br />
Opening times<br />
Monday to Friday: 0900 - 1800<br />
Saturday: By appointment<br />
Sunday:<br />
By appointment<br />
A71<br />
A71 - Calder Road
Customer Service<br />
Customers buy a Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong><br />
because they want to drive a<br />
prestigious and bespoke vehicle. At<br />
Murray Motor Company, they also<br />
receive a truly bespoke service.<br />
We are proud of our traditional<br />
values and customer care, which is<br />
delivered by professionals who are<br />
attentive to detail and who understand<br />
your individual requirements.<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> offers the most prestigious<br />
cars in the world for discerning drivers<br />
who enjoy complete luxury. We offer a<br />
truly bespoke and traditional customer<br />
service. Our values lie in attention to<br />
detail at every point of contact, and our<br />
customer service skills are measured<br />
regularly to ensure consistency.
Murray Motor Company Limited - Aftersales<br />
Exceptional engineering is a hallmark<br />
of the modern Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> and<br />
we understand the importance of<br />
aftercare in the luxury car sector.<br />
Our aftersales facility has world<br />
class technology and dedicated<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> trained technicians.
From small beginnings<br />
The John Martin Group, one of<br />
Scotland’s most prominent and<br />
respected privately-owned motor<br />
businesses, takes its name from the man<br />
who founded it, Chairman, John Martin.<br />
Having served his apprenticeship as<br />
a motor mechanic with Rossleigh,<br />
John Martin established his own<br />
servicing business in a lock-up in a<br />
lane in Edinburgh. The lock-up was<br />
the Group’s real foundation, from<br />
which John Martin established his<br />
own benchmark of always going<br />
the ‘extra mile’ for customers. He<br />
went on from here to sell his very<br />
first new car in 1968, a Volvo from<br />
a garage in Edinburgh which he<br />
had named ‘Belmont’ after a rather<br />
imposing house in the same area.<br />
After almost 40 years, the Belmont<br />
name continues to live on in the<br />
Edinburgh dealership network,<br />
expanding from its humble origins to<br />
become a multi-franchise group with<br />
turnover in excess of £160 million,<br />
and multiple sites across Scotland. The<br />
Group is now one of Scotland’s top 200<br />
businesses. An additional trading name<br />
of JM Accident Repair Centre has joined<br />
the fold over the past four decades<br />
and represent 15 franchises across the<br />
country, incorporating some of the<br />
most prestigious names in our business.<br />
We were first appointed with the<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> franchise in 1985, and<br />
in 1993 were recognised with the<br />
prestigious award of Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Dealer<br />
of the Year, the first and only time this<br />
award has ever been presented.<br />
Spanning the central belt of Scotland,<br />
the Borders and Grampian region, the<br />
Group now employs over 700 staff<br />
who together deliver over 16,000 new<br />
and used cars each year, and ensure the<br />
maintenance and care of many more.
the design is not enough...<br />
without the passion<br />
to support it...<br />
Perth Kitchen Centre<br />
73 North Methven Street<br />
Perth, PH1 5PX<br />
Tel: 01738 638458<br />
Fax: 01738 632968<br />
Email: perthkitchencentre@googlemail.com
The ‘modest entrepreneur’<br />
Although he is undoubtedly one<br />
of Scotland’s most successful<br />
businessmen, John Martin, the Group’s<br />
founder and Chairman, prefers<br />
not to seek the public limelight.<br />
He is much more at home working with<br />
the Group’s Directors in overseeing the<br />
ongoing building and refurbishments<br />
of new and existing sites, ensuring that<br />
every site meets his exacting standards.<br />
Success on the scale of the John Martin<br />
Group takes persistence, much hard<br />
work, and absolute dedication. John<br />
Martin has worked for over forty years<br />
to establish his company as a dominant<br />
and respected motor trade business.<br />
In recent years, John Martin has had<br />
to overcome what has been both a<br />
personal and professional tragedy with<br />
the sudden loss of son and heir, John<br />
Martin Junior, who was much loved<br />
and respected by the Martin family and<br />
all the staff of the John Martin Group.<br />
Subsequently, John Martin Senior has<br />
seen the company through this loss<br />
and the subsequent restructuring,<br />
emerging as dedicated as ever with<br />
his employees remaining steadfastly<br />
loyal. The John Martin Group enjoys<br />
the benefit of some of the UK’s<br />
most experienced motor trade staff<br />
- 24% of employees have over<br />
10 years service. In fact, the second<br />
person John Martin ever employed<br />
retired in 2007 after 41 years of service.<br />
The principles which John Martin still<br />
applies to his business are those he<br />
learned in the beginning. As he puts it,<br />
“the difference between success and<br />
failure is in the preparation of the car<br />
in the first place, and then in the way<br />
the customers are handled from the<br />
moment they come into the dealership.”<br />
It is a tribute to John Martin’s steadfast<br />
dedication to customer service that<br />
customers from his original lockup<br />
‘down the lane’, established in<br />
the sixties, remain loyal clients of<br />
the John Martin Group today.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom Saloon<br />
Since the production of its very first<br />
car, Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> has built the very best<br />
motor cars of their time, becoming<br />
the classics of today. The 21st century<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> had to be worthy of a<br />
new millenium. In January 2003, the<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom Saloon arrived;<br />
it was a momentous occasion and<br />
a milestone in automobile history.
The car is very much a British<br />
production. The design was developed<br />
in London at studios known as<br />
‘The Bank’, named after the building’s<br />
previous function. Many of the<br />
designers and engineering team<br />
are British, and the car rolls off the<br />
production line at the purpose-built<br />
facility at Goodwood in Sussex.<br />
Much research was undertaken and<br />
the design team set out to ensure the<br />
Phantom was a true Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong>, with<br />
long wheelbase and bonnet, short front<br />
overhang, large wheels and a presence<br />
which is both confident and imposing.
A luxurious cabin is combined with<br />
silent refinement and immense<br />
‘waftability’, provided by its quiet<br />
and smooth V12 engine.<br />
With cues taken from the past but<br />
a truly contemporary design, the<br />
Phantom is indeed a modern classic.<br />
This perfectly proportioned<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> is ideal for the owner<br />
and, indeed, driver of today.<br />
The use of an advanced aluminium<br />
space frame for the body/chassis<br />
unit has meant rigidity on a scale<br />
that for a car of the Phantom’s<br />
size and weight is unequalled.<br />
Powered by the mighty V12 6.75-litre<br />
engine producing 453bhp and 531<br />
lb-ft of torque, the Phantom Saloon<br />
takes just 5.7 seconds to reach 60mph,<br />
and will continue to an electronically<br />
limited top speed of 149mph.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom Saloon Technical Data (Europe)<br />
Dimensions<br />
Vehicle length...............................................................5834mm<br />
Vehicle width................................................................1990mm<br />
Vehicle height (unladen)........................................1632mm<br />
Wheelbase.....................................................................3750mm<br />
Width at shoulder height, front.........................1509mm<br />
Width at shoulder height, rear...........................1431mm<br />
Leg room, front...........................................................1028mm<br />
Leg room, rear................................................................947mm<br />
Head room, front.......................................................1020mm<br />
Head room, rear............................................................979mm<br />
Boot volume (DIN).......................................................460 ltr<br />
Fuel tank capacity............................................................100 ltr<br />
Engine<br />
Engine/cylinders/valves per cylinder.....................V/12/4<br />
Power output @ engine speed............453bhp/460 PS<br />
(DIN)/338kw @ 5350 rpm<br />
Max torque @ engine speed............. 531 lb-ft/720NM<br />
@ 3500 rpm<br />
Fuel type .........................................................Super Unleaded<br />
Steering and brakes<br />
Steering type ..............Rack and pinion speed sensitive<br />
Variable rate power assistance<br />
Brake front/diameter ...........................Disc vent./374mm<br />
Brake rear/diameter .............................Disc vent./370mm<br />
Fuel consumption<br />
Fuel consumption Urban........................24.6ltr/11.5mpg<br />
Fuel consumption Extra Urban..........11.0ltr/25.7 mpg<br />
Fuel consumption Combined.............15.9ltr/17.8 mpg<br />
CO2 emmisions ..........................................................385g/km<br />
Range.................................................................up to 390 miles<br />
Wheels<br />
Tyre size.........Michelin PAX 265x790 R540 A 111 W<br />
Wheel size.................................Michelin PAX 265x540 A<br />
Weight<br />
Unladen weight (DIN)................................................2495kg<br />
Gross vehicle weight....................................................3050kg<br />
Performance<br />
Top speed ............................................. 149mph (governed)<br />
Acceleration 0-60mph.................................................5.7 sec
The Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom Saloon’s mighty V12 6.75-litre engine.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Phantom Drophead Coupé<br />
When creating the Phantom Drophead<br />
Coupé the Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Design Team<br />
drew inspiration from the classic J-class<br />
racing yachts of the 1930s. The fastest<br />
yachts of their time, these pedigree<br />
vessels possessed a spectacular<br />
combination of ability, versatility and<br />
fitness for purpose. Thanks to the use of<br />
the finest materials in their natural state,<br />
they were also exceptionally beautiful.<br />
It’s this sense of functionality, immediacy<br />
and exposure to the elements<br />
our designers admired, and what<br />
they have striven to capture in the<br />
Phantom Drophead Coupé’s thrilling<br />
lines. The use of steel and wood<br />
- design highlights first seen in the<br />
100EX experimental car of 2004<br />
– cement the maritime theme.
Honesty and integrity were paramount<br />
in the design process, which is why the<br />
Phantom Drophead Coupé has a softtop,<br />
rather than a folding metal roof so<br />
beloved by the rest of the car industry.<br />
As Ian Cameron, Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong>’s<br />
Chief Designer, says, ‘It was very<br />
important that we didn’t create a<br />
folding hardtop, because that is an<br />
unclear proposition. Our customers<br />
wouldn’t own a reversible jacket, so<br />
why would they buy a convertible that<br />
looks like a Coupé? Besides, there’s<br />
nothing more romantic than sitting<br />
in a soft-top car and listening to the<br />
rain pattering on the cloth hood’.<br />
It was also important for the styling<br />
to give a clearer hint at the Phantom<br />
Drophead Coupé’s performance,<br />
which is why the front is more rakish<br />
and the radiator grille is a more<br />
streamlined shape. A car to be enjoyed<br />
in a more spontaneous, less formal<br />
way, it’s fitting that the Phantom<br />
Drophead Coupé’s vibrant character is<br />
expressed in such unmistakable style.
100EX<br />
The 100EX was the first experimental<br />
car to be produced by Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong><br />
Motor Cars since the BMW Group<br />
became custodians of the marque in<br />
1998, and subsequently launched the<br />
all-new Phantom at the company’s<br />
new home in Goodwood in 2003.<br />
Experimental models have long been<br />
a feature of Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong>, particularly<br />
between 1919 and 1957 when a<br />
number of motor cars were given<br />
the EX name. Unlike a concept<br />
car, an experimental car functions<br />
more fully and was originally used by<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> to test and evaluate new<br />
systems, components and features.
The 100EX was designed as an<br />
open-top, four seat, two-door<br />
drophead with a 9-litre V16, 64 valve<br />
engine throbbing under the bonnet.<br />
It was produced to celebrate the<br />
100 year anniversary of Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong><br />
in May 2004. A strong nautical<br />
theme featured both inside and<br />
outside the car, complimented by<br />
polished aluminium on the bonnet<br />
and windscreen surround.<br />
Shorter than the Phantom by<br />
165mm and 71mm lower, the<br />
100EX has a graceful side profile<br />
with a characteristic dynamic rise in<br />
the waistline over the rear wheels<br />
and lines that sweep upwards<br />
towards the front of the motor car.<br />
Traditional Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> ‘waftability’<br />
was created visually - the sense that<br />
the 100EX has the power to whisk<br />
its passengers swiftly to a maximum<br />
speed in a truly relaxed manner.<br />
The car has toured extensively around<br />
the globe in the last two years to<br />
outstanding acclaim. Such has been<br />
the demand, that a version of the<br />
car is now in production, with the<br />
first vehicles delivered in late 2007.
101EX<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Motor Cars has unveiled<br />
a second experimental car, the 101EX,<br />
at the 2006 Geneva show. It has<br />
been hand-built to explore a potential<br />
design direction for a future coupé<br />
model, which is now confirmed to<br />
commence production in late 2008.<br />
The 101EX uses the same lightweight<br />
aluminium construction that was<br />
developed for the Phantom, although<br />
the body is shorter by 240mm.<br />
A full four-seat coupé and twin coach<br />
doors add to the car’s rakish good<br />
looks and streamlined coupé profile.<br />
The roofline is lower than the<br />
Phantom’s, with a shallower glass area.<br />
Streamlined styling has similarities with<br />
the 100EX, starting at the front with<br />
the famous grille, discreetly reclined,<br />
and extending back across a brushed<br />
aluminium bonnet and windscreen<br />
surround. The rest of the sleek<br />
bodywork is finished in dark tungsten.
New 21-inch forged aluminium<br />
wheels complete the exterior look.<br />
Inside, the cosseting interior has been<br />
designed for elegance and maximum<br />
comfort for all four occupants.<br />
Machined aluminium, fine leather and<br />
rosewood and red oak veneers are<br />
used throughout. Slimline bucket seats<br />
offer outstanding comfort for front<br />
passengers while the exceptionally<br />
spacious rear seat delivers intimate<br />
comfort for two. Privacy is assured<br />
by the sweeping C-pillars.<br />
The design team has experimented<br />
with interior lighting on the 101EX,<br />
and the car features a ‘starlight<br />
headliner’ made up of hundreds<br />
of fibre optic cables to give the<br />
impression of a star filled night sky.<br />
The 101EX balances high technology<br />
with hand craftsmanship. It illustrates<br />
the position of strength from which<br />
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> operate, and points the<br />
way for potential new models.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong>’s Goodwood facility in Sussex.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Motor Cars Limited - The Company<br />
When the new company came<br />
into being, a factory was needed to<br />
create the new car. The Goodwood<br />
facility in the 42-acre grounds of the<br />
Earl of March’s famous Goodwood<br />
Estate, which has its own motor<br />
racing heritage, was ideal.<br />
It’s hard to believe that a centre of<br />
engineering and technical excellence<br />
exists in such peaceful surroundings,<br />
the factory blending effortlessly<br />
with the natural surroundings, which<br />
include landscaped gardens and a<br />
causeway spanning a peaceful lake.
The roof lines have been kept low,<br />
allowing the facility to blend in with<br />
its surroundings. Part of the building<br />
has been built below ground and<br />
by covering the exposed roof with<br />
sedum plants, it changes colour with<br />
the seasons. However this is not just<br />
aesthetic as it also acts as insulation.<br />
Other environmentally friendly<br />
touches can be found throughout<br />
the site - the lakes cool the building’s<br />
air supply and make up part of the<br />
facility’s drainage, whilst glass walls<br />
provide so much natural light that<br />
artificial lighting is kept at a minimum.<br />
The Phantom Saloon makes<br />
several stops on its journey<br />
through the Goodwood factory.
The facility itself is a fascinating mix of<br />
state-of-the-art technology and old<br />
fashioned craftsmanship. Specialist<br />
craftsmen and women work alongside,<br />
and in harmony with, some of the<br />
world’s most sophisticated equipment.<br />
In the wood workshop, the Phantom’s<br />
bespoke interior begins to take on<br />
its very own character. The finest<br />
veneers cover 1.7 square metres of<br />
the car’s interior, and this intricate<br />
woodwork is undertaken by the 29<br />
skilled experts who take as long as<br />
30 days to produce all the separate<br />
wooden elements required.
The same high levels of skill and<br />
attention to detail are found in the<br />
leather workshop, where handpicked<br />
hides arrive from a specialist tannery.<br />
Many of the expert leather workers<br />
and seamstresses were sailmakers and<br />
saddlers before joining the company<br />
and their craftsmanship is obvious.<br />
We strongly recommend that our<br />
customers experience the Goodwood<br />
factory and all its customer facilities<br />
for themselves, an experience that<br />
we are more than happy to arrange.
Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> craftsmen and women hand pick and hand finish the marquetry veneer.
Jewellers of distinction.<br />
Founded in 1869, Cairncross the Jewellers<br />
remains a family run business renowned<br />
the world over for outstanding quality<br />
and exclusivity. Our staff are experienced<br />
in all aspects of jewellery, watches,<br />
silverware and crystal and are always<br />
happy to offer advice and unhurried<br />
personal attention.
Murray Motor Company Limited - Authorised Rolls-<strong>Royce</strong> Motor Cars Dealer<br />
22 Bankhead Drive, Sighthill, Edinburgh EH11 4DJ<br />
Telephone: 0131 442 1000 | Fax: 0131 468 7232 | www.rrmc-murray.com