October 1958. This was not quite the last Rolls-Royce model to be supplied as a rolling chassis ready for a wide variety of bespoke coachwork designed and made by a rapidly declining number of specialist coachbuilders. Most of the bodies selected used "formal" limousine designs. From 1949 until 1955 customers wishing to buy a Rolls-Royce fitted with a much smaller standard steel body could purchase the Silver Dawn. It rode on a chassis seven inches shorter than the Silver Wraith, and was almost identical to Rolls-Royce's Bentley Standard Steel saloon available alongside the Silver Wraith since July 1946. Automatic transmission Initially only a four-speed manual gearbox was offered, but this was supplemented by a General Motors Hydramatic automatic option from 1952. Official uses Irish Presidential State Car – 1947–present Brazilian Presidential Ceremonial State Car – 1952–present President of Zimbabwe's Ceremonial State Car - 1952–present Royal Dutch State Limousine – 1958 Royal Danish Ceremonial Car "Store Krone" (Great Crown) – 1958 Royal Greek Ceremonial Car (Silver Wraith Hooper version) – 1959 2 Australian Ceremonial Cars for Royal Tour (Silver Wraith All-weather tourer by Hooper) – 1959 Chief Minister of Penang Island,Federal Territory of Malaysia. Previously owned by Sir Henry Gurney, British High Commissioner of Malaya Before being ambushed by communist forces during the Malayan Emergency. – circa 1951 Film appearances Witness for the Prosecution (1957) Indiscreet (1958) Let's Make Love (1960) Victim (1961) From Russia with Love (1963) The Love Bug (1968) The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Stardust Memories (1980) Arthur (1981) Withnail and I (1987) The Karate Kid, Part III (1989) Batman (1989) Batman Returns (1992) The Odd Couple II" (1998)James Dean (2001)The Scapegoat (2012)Spectre'' (2015) Gallery State cars References External links Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, book by Martin Bennett Pictures, information and specs @ Conceptcarz.com Pictures, information, history and specs Silver Wraith Cars introduced in 1946 1950s cars Road transport of heads of state Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Full-size vehicles Luxury vehicles Sedans