JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARS

Rolls-Royce (BMW) Bentley (VW) entanglement, Mike Tyson, smashed cars


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2:26 The Phantom mock up car in a secret room in an industrial warehouse with a sheer cover being raised to opera music... a client cried one time! Client got to sit and speak to the car's designer, Marek Djordjevic. 5:17 sometimes to meet a client's time schedule on an ordered car, Rolls-Royce would fly the car from England to USA. 5:48 Rolls use Amex Black Card staff to assist Rolls-Royce owners who pushed the car's "assist" button. This could help with hard to get tickets or restaurant reservations! 6:49 one of Jeff's Rolls clients planned to don a waiter's outfit to get into a white-tie event that was out of space! 9:00 George shares a little known complex legal story between Rolls and Bentley. 9:41 Volkswagen paid $790,000,000 for R-R and Bentley and $50,000,000 for Bugatti and didn't obtain the Rolls-Royce trademark Flying Lady and Grille. 10:41 BMW owned a portion of Rolls Royce PLC. Rolls Royce PLC is the aero engine company. At the same time, it was part of the agreement with Vickers and Rolls Royce PLC, who control the name Rolls Royce. That in their contract with Vickers, it said that they ever wanted to sell Rolls Royce Motor Car Company, that they had to sell it back to the company Rolls Royce PLC, who licensed the name to them. So that's in essence, two most significant things that almost required Rolls Royce PLC, to sell it to BMW. 12:09 BMW had an agreement to supply the engines to Volkswagen for Crewe built cars, 12:28 They knew that if we (BMW) didn't agree to the deal, that they couldn't build cars. 13:17 culturally, when something like this happens in a German company, the first thing they do is decide who's going to get the finger pointed at them.

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JEFF STERNS CONNECTED THROUGH CARSBy Jeff Sterns

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