For the cruise ship see MS Silver Spirit

MS Silver Spirit

Silver Spirit is a super-luxury cruise ship operated by Silversea Cruises. The ship is the sixth and largest ship of the Silversea fleet; it entered service in 2009. Silver Spirit features 270 ocean-view suites, providing the largest suites of the fleet...

The Silver Spirit is a British saloon automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

 made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is a British manufacturer of luxury automobiles based at the Goodwood plant in West Sussex, England. It is the current producer of Rolls-Royce branded automobiles, whose historical production dates back to 1904. The factory is located across from the historic Goodwood Circuit...

, in England. It was launched in 1980.

The Silver Spur was a long-wheelbase

Wheelbase

In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels.- Road :In automobiles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the center of the front wheel and the center of the rear wheel...

 version of the Silver Spirit, produced at the same time.
The Spirit was the first car to feature the retractable Spirit of Ecstasy

Spirit of Ecstasy

The Spirit of Ecstasy is the name of the hood ornament on Rolls-Royce cars. It is in the form of a woman leaning forwards with her arms outstretched behind and above her...

. The spring-loaded Mascot sank into the radiator shell if dislodged from its position.
The Silver Spirit, introduced by Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. The original Rolls-Royce Limited had been nationalised in 1971 due to the financial collapse of the company, caused in part by the development of the RB211 jet engine...

 in 1980, was the first of a new generation of models for the company.