Rolls-Royce 100EX

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{{Infobox automobile
| name = Rolls-Royce 101EX
| image = Rolls-Royce 101EX.jpg
| manufacturer = [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars]]
| production = '''100EX''': 2004 ([[concept car]])<br>'''101EX''': 2006 (concept car)
| class = [[Luxury car]]
| body_style = '''100EX''': 2-door [[cabriolet]]<br>'''101EX''': 2-door [[coupe|coupé]]
| doors = [[Suicide doors]]
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine]], [[rear-wheel-drive]]
| engine = '''100EX''': 9.0 L [[V16 engine|V16]]
| transmission = 6-speed [[automatic transmission|automatic]]
| length = '''100EX''': {{convert|5669|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width = '''100EX''': {{convert|1990|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| height = '''100EX''': {{convert|1561|mm|1|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase =
| designer = [[Marek Djordjevic]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xo7svFEoeUYC&q=%22Marek+Djordjevic%22&pg=PT79|title=Palm Beach Life|first=Palm Beach|last=Newspapers|date=1 February 2006|publisher=Palm Beach Newspapers|via=Google Books}}</ref>
}}

The '''Rolls-Royce 100 EX''' and the '''101 EX''', with 'EX' standing for ''experimental'' models, are two related [[concept car]]s developed by [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars]] and first shown at the [[Salon International de l'Auto|Geneva International Auto Show]] in 2004 and 2006 respectively.

==100EX: main features==
*9.0 litre [[V16 engine]]
*6-speed [[automatic transmission]]
*Dimensions:
**Height {{Convert|1561|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
**Width {{Convert|1990|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
**Length {{Convert|5669|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}

The 100 EX concept was produced, and presented in 2004, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the meeting of businessman [[Charles Rolls]] and engineer Sir [[Henry Royce]] in 1904.

==Rolls-Royce 101EX==
[[File:View of the V16 powetrain used in the Rolls-Royce 101EX resized.jpg|thumb|left|View of the V16 power-unit of the Rolls-Royce 100EX, and featured in the ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'' film car.<ref name=Octane>Mark Dixon, PaulHarmer. Johnny English's V16 Rolls-Royce. [https://octane-magazine.com Octane-Magazine.com]</ref>]]
In 2006, the 101EX, a [[grand tourer]] [[coupe]] [[prototype]] that directly followed the 100EX concept of a possible new line-topping two-door Rolls-Royce, was presented at the [[Geneva Motor Show#2006|2006 Geneva International Auto Show]].

The 101EX shares its aluminium space frame chassis technology with the 2003 [[Rolls-Royce Phantom (2003)|Phantom]], albeit in a shortened version. The car is {{Convert|9.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} shorter than the [[Rolls-Royce Phantom (2003)|Phantom]] [[sedan (automobile)|saloon]], with a lower roofline and shallower glass area. Power comes from a 9L V16 engine.

The updated body styling of the 101EX would eventually serve as the basis for the [[Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé|Phantom Drophead Coupé]] and [[Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé|Phantom Coupé]]. The latter car was featured in the film ''[[Johnny English Reborn]]'', and for the film [[Rowan Atkinson]] persuaded BMW to fit one of the three or four [[V16 engine|V16]]s originally developed for the 2003 Phantom saloon into the movie coupé, to which [[BMW]] agreed.<ref name=Octane/>

==See also==
* [[Cadillac Sixteen]]
* [[Rolls-Royce Corniche]]

==References==
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