George Walish

3:34 Jeff's relationship with George started when he was General Manager of Rolls-Royce. George was the first employee of Rolls-Royce through BMW. 4:05 was called over to Germany. And when that happens, you're never quite sure if it's good or bad. It's usually bad. 5:33 George's neighbor (Cadillac sales manager) took George to the dealership to wash cars at age 10. 6:49 George travelled to every R-R dealer in the USA and reduced the number from 41 to 29. 8:24 BMW supplied V-12 engines for Crewe-built cars. 9:47 Volkswagen was trying to sue BMW because BMW is buying Rolls Royce at a much less expensive point than Volkswagen was right in in 1959 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. And then you ended up not a car guy with your first real career. Xerox? 11:43 George veers off his automotive path and worked for Xerox. 13:01 George applies successfully to BMW. Leaves Chrysler. 15:46 In 1975 only 17% of USA heard of the brand or knew that BMW was a car. 17:24 …

Volkswagen and BMW were bidding for Rolls-Royce and Bentley. VW had just "won" bought Rolls-Royce and Bentley from Vickers for $780m....oops!... all but the Flying Lady and Rolls-Royce Grille trademarks! BMW came in behind and bought those trademarks... 2:26 The Phantom mock up car in a secret room in an industrial warehouse with a sheer cover being raised to opera music... a client cried one time! Client got to sit and speak to the car's designer, Marek Djordjevic. 5:17 sometimes to meet a client's time schedule on an ordered car, Rolls-Royce would fly the car from England to USA. 5:48 Rolls use Amex Black Card staff to assist Rolls-Royce owners who pushed the car's "assist" button. This could help with hard to get tickets or restaurant reservations! 6:49 one of Jeff's Rolls clients planned to don a waiter's outfit to get into a white-tie event that was out of space! 9:00 George shares a little known complex legal story between Rolls and Bentley. 9:41 Volkswag…

Watch the full episodes to hear the Iron Mike Tyson pre production car story, the entanglement between BMW and VW over the Bentley and Rolls-Royce brands and the ingenious way that George Walish secretly marketed the new Phantom to get new orders and...

Massive rolling estate. car graveyard, barefoot Iron Mike, heavy romance in the back seat of a pre-production car. Mike's pressure to sell this pre-production "not-for-sale" car. The first delivery in the Bethesda market....and what happened to it...