{"id":496218,"date":"2017-02-01T00:28:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T08:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=40717"},"modified":"2023-12-07T19:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:20:15","slug":"concours-america-feature-silver-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/concours-america-feature-silver-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Concours d&#8217;Elegance of America (2017) &#8211; Silver Ghost to be Featured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Concours d\u2019Elegance of America has announced that the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost will be the featured marque for this year\u2019s event. Introduced at the Olympia Motor Show this Rolls-Royce, later named Silver Ghost, would go on to be the longest-running single model next to the Model T Ford. It is considered by many the most famous luxury car in history. Today, the Silver Ghost remains one of the most desirable models among antique (pre -1930) cars. 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