Recently, a rare fourth-generation Rolls-Royce Corniche luxury convertible appeared on the market, and the extremely low mileage, new color, and the special aura of celebrity cars have earned the car a lot of popularity. Next, let's talk about the car and the story of his former owner.
Let's start with the car's former owner, Roy Horn, who was born in 1944 in Uwe Ludwig Horn. He initially worked as a waiter on luxury cruise ships. In 1957, by chance, he assisted Siegfried Fischbacher in performing a successful magic trick outside of work.
Since then, the two of them have formed the "Siegfried & Roy" magic combination, and many people call them the White Tiger Brothers! The origin of the name is the duo's love for the white tiger. In 1982, the two raised the first white tiger, and the tiger group grew to nearly 40, and there were only 200 white tigers in the world at that time. At the same time, they invested most of the income from the performance into the protection of rare animals and set up the "White Tiger Fund".
In addition to their frequent worldwide tours, they appeared on film screens, making their debut in Sin City in 1967, then in Follies Bergere, Hallelujah Hollywood and Lido de Paris, and in 1981's Beyond Belief The duo played for 14 consecutive years at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
The duo performs 6 times a week, 44 weeks a year. In 2001, they signed a lifetime contract with Mirage. It's estimated that they've performed 5,000 shows for 10 million fans in hotels in Las Vegas since 1990, with total revenues of more than $1 billion. In addition, the two have held thousands of performances at other venues before signing the contract.
Siegfried and Roy's performances incorporate some of the animal's antics and magic tricks, and the duo raises a lot of rare animals in various mansions, in addition to about 40 white tigers, lions and elephants.
On October 3, 2003, his pet, a white tiger, dragged him off the stage. Due to a serious neck injury and excessive blood loss, Horn's acting career came to an end from that time.
In late April 2020, staff on Horn's team said Hohen tested positive for the novel coronavirus and that treatment was good. But then his condition worsened, and he died on May 8, 2020 at Mountain View Hospital in Las Vegas, USA, at the age of 75.
And one of the many luxury cars that was once owned, the Rolls-Royce Corniche luxury convertible was of great significance to the magician.
On Horn's 50th birthday, a friend gave him the 1994 Rolls-Royce as a birthday present, a top-of-the-line luxury convertible that the magic guru held throughout his life until he was sold by his family after his death in 2020.
Earlier this year, the car went on sale for a whopping $117,700. However, the new owners did not intend to hold it for a long time, but chose to continue to sell. Corniche Chinese can be translated as dangerous road, the car introduced today is the Rolls-Royce Corniche IV, that is, the fourth generation of the model, the production cycle from 1992 to 1995, the global limited edition of 219 units!
The chassis was the SCAZD02C7RCX50033, which was completed in December 1993 and shipped from the British Crewe to the United States. Because the magician owns so many luxury cars, he rarely drives them. The car's total mileage so far is only 9,349 miles (15,046 kilometers).
In March 1971, the first generation of corniche was officially launched, which was built on the Rolls-Royce Mulliner Park Ward two-door model and had its own exclusive name.
Although the body was built by the Mulliner Park Ward, it was quite different from the ordinary Rolls-Royce Mulliner Park Ward, which also introduced a Bentley version, which was replaced by continental in 1984, but Rolls-Royce Road has not been replaced. Rolls-Royce Hazard models were not actually discontinued until 1995.
The fourth-generation Model, the Corniche IV, originally debuted at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, USA, and it is worth mentioning that this generation was produced in the United Kingdom, and the shift in production was mainly in preparation for the closure of the Mulliner Park Ward in 1994. And this generation of models is considered to be the last song of the Corniche series!
As the fourth-generation Corniche IV model, it has many improvements over its predecessor: engine power, dual front airbags, four-speed transmission, complete electric canopy with automatic latch and glass rear window, adaptive suspension, air conditioning, beautiful solid wood interior.
At the time At Rolls-Royce was a symbol of status, the representative of the top luxury cars, with the original manufacturer's suggested retail price of $285,000.
As Horn's favorite car, this white Rolls-Royce has appeared in many magic scenes between the two, and on many important occasions, Horn also likes to drive this car to participate. Horn was inducted into the Las Vegas Walk of Fame on his 62nd birthday in 2006, when he drove the car.
This luxury convertible has always been well maintained, there are special personnel to regularly maintain and maintain this car, the current seller gives the vehicle status is: "excellent".
In addition, the car comes with many purchase documents, appraisal reports, original kits, instructions and maintenance manuals, and even the original spare bulbs are still preserved to this day, and the paper documents that accompany the car reach 2.2 kg!
In terms of power, it can be said that this car is the most proud place, zero hundred acceleration of less than 10 seconds, the maximum speed of nearly 210 kilometers per hour.
The drivetrain uses an updated four-speed GM4L80 automatic transmission, powered by a 6.75-litre V8 engine that dates back to 1959, when it went into production with the Silver Cloud II, Phantom V and Bentley S2.
The engine ended up in Bentley Mulsanne, produced between 2010 and 2020. We don't know the final price of this 1994 Rolls-Royce Road, but I believe that with the blessing of celebrity background, this car is certainly not cheap.
For reference, the average selling price of this car in the classic car market is $150,000. Will you pay for celebrity cars? However, the original owner of this Rolls-Royce died due to the "new crown", which did not affect the price of the car!
Speaking of this, I think of a Rolls-Royce dangerous road in China, under the family situation of a famous collector, this car and its brother appeared at the Beijing Poly Autumn Art Auction, the red open-top dangerous road is still in Beijing, and the last time I saw it was hanging the Beijing Q blue card.
I once watched a video of Li Chunping driving this red Rolls-Royce convertible on the streets of Beijing, and the luxurious car was in stark contrast to the environment in Beijing at that time.