The maharaja got back to his hotel and asked for an official visit of the indian king to the rolls royce showroom to be arranged.
Rolls royce case with indian king.
Twenty percent of the entire manufactured rolls royce luxury cars built before 1 st world war was procured by the indians.
Just in case you didn t know.
King jai singh the indian king who turned his six rolls royce into waste collection vehicles the young man acquired all the 6 rolls royce luxury cars displayed at the showroom and gave an order that the cars should be delivered personally by the salesman to india.
Rolls royce cars were used to sweep the streets in india.
But a famous king from alwar rajasthan used to buy three automobiles at a time.
So there he was strolling down bond street adorned in casual english clothing.
The king bought all the six rolls royce cars they had at the showroom and even ordered the salesman to personally deliver the luxury cars to india.
The reputation of rolls royce dropped rapidly all over the world.
Did an indian king use six rolls royce cars to haul trash.
This is the story of the famous maharaja of alwar king jai singh who decided to.
The king happened upon a rolls royce showroom and decided to enter to see what the cars were like.
After all six rolls royce car reached india the king ordered the municipality to use all these six cars for the purpose of transporting and collecting the garbage in the city.
Indian kings and rolls royce had a strong connection back then.
This therefore alerted us here on naijauto to the statistics that for every two hundred maharajas there is an estimated acquired 3 5 cars from rolls royce.
He wanted to travel the streets without being noticed as an english commoner.
People who used to drive their rolls royce cars with pride and joy were now embarrassed to drive them knowing the same luxury cars were being used to collect garbage in india.
Owning a rolls royce used to be a pride.
After reaching india the king in the presence of the rolls royce salesman ordered municipal department just like todays lawma to use all the six brand new rolls royce cars for cleaning and.
Then world number one car manufacturer rolls royce were baffled when the news of indian king using their car as garbage van spread the world in matter of no time.