Rolls-Royce: 108 years of history Published on March 22, 2014 in Galleries by Frédérick Boucher-Gaulin Photo: Wikipedia During WWII, Rolls-Royce had to stop producing car to concentrate all its ressources on war effort. During this period, they mostly built the Merlin engine, a supercharged 27 liter V12 engine producing between 1000 and 2000 HP, depending on applications. This powerplant was used in a lot of planes, but the most successful of them was...