The Rolls-Royce Park Ward was a Crewe-built Rolls-Royce nameplate covered in Bentley’s heritage archive, rather than a Bentley-badged model. It appeared as the long-wheelbase, chauffeur-oriented version of the Silver Seraph and was introduced for the 2000 model year. The name revived Park Ward, the historic coachbuilding concern long associated with Rolls-Royce and Bentley bodies, and it signaled the car’s emphasis on formal rear-seat luxury rather than sporting character.
Park Ward sat at the top of the late Crewe-era Rolls-Royce range and was aimed at buyers who wanted the classic Rolls-Royce saloon formula in a more spacious, prestige-focused package. Its styling kept the same family look as the Silver Seraph, but the stretched body gave it a much more stately presence and marked it out as a separate model in the lineup. That made it especially relevant in markets where rear-passenger comfort and ceremonial use mattered as much as the badge itself.
Production ran from 2000 through 2002, and Bentley’s archive lists the model years 2000, 2001, and 2002 for the Park Ward. It is generally regarded as the final Rolls-Royce to carry the Park Ward designation in this modern form, closing the chapter on one of the best-known coachbuilder names associated with the marque. For enthusiasts, it represents a short-lived but important bridge between the traditional Crewe-built Rolls-Royce era and the completely new BMW-era Rolls-Royce cars that followed.