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Autocar spied this 2010 Rolls-Royce RR4 undergoing final testing in Europe. Immediately apparent are its Phantom-style door handles and rear suicide doors. Also visible is the surprisingly Phantom-like side profile. In fact, the whole thing looks like smaller Phantom, which is precisely what it is, just based on the 2009 BMW 7-Series platform. Unlike the 7-Series though, the RR4 will cost at least $170,000 when it goes on sale next year. To justify that price, it will use an engine, likely a V8, which will be unique to Rolls-Royce. Also expect Phantom-like interior accoutrements such as thick wool carpet and barbwire-pockmark-free leather. The company estimates that, while there are only about 100,000 people worldwide that can afford a Phantom, the market for the RR4 is one million strong, so expect to see plenty of these idling outside Harrods. [via Autocar ]
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Autocar spied this 2010 Rolls-Royce RR4 undergoing final testing in Europe. Immediately apparent are its Phantom-style door handles and rear suicide doors. Also visible is the surprisingly Phantom-like side profile. In fact, the whole thing looks like smaller Phantom, which is precisely what it is, just based on the 2009 BMW 7-Series platform. Unlike the 7-Series though, the RR4 will cost at least $170,000 when it goes on sale next year. To justify that price, it will use an engine, likely a V8, which will be unique to Rolls-Royce. Also expect Phantom-like interior accoutrements such as thick wool carpet and barbwire-pockmark-free leather. The company estimates that, while there are only about 100,000 people worldwide that can afford a Phantom, the market for the RR4 is one million strong, so expect to see plenty of these idling outside Harrods. [via Autocar ]
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Well, not really. But if Nick Hogan did have one, this is totally the Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe he'd drive. In fact, we bet he has a poster of this exact car on his jail cell wall right now. We'd also say the odds are high on this Phantom sticking out like a sore thumb at the Pebble Beach Concours . galleryPost('dropheadcoupe', 4, 'Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe'); ( Thanks to J.F. Musial for the tip! )
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Looks like Sean Combs went and got into a little bit of a multi-vehicle accident, resulting in some very high-priced steel getting bent out of shape in the process. At the very least, a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Mercedes Benz Maybach were involved, along with a few, ahem, lesser vehicles. And... that's about it as far as the details currently available. Seems pretty low-speed, so other than the Diddster looking at some lofty repair bills, nobody is worse for the wear. [ TMZ ]
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And then there were ten. With a completely expected shoo-in for JFG like the Porsche 959, the margin of acceptance standing at 95.1% is no surprise. Impressive yes, but still bested by the McLaren F1 and the Mercedes 300SL, though we suppose that to be good company to keep. Today's offering is far less well known, with a far murkier history, and much, much more beautiful coachwork. What the bloodlines of the recently axed Rolls Royce Phantom cannot offer is everything this car represents. Complete and utter disregard for cost, opinion, standard, and precedence. This automobile set a benchmark we doubt will ever be reached again in within our lifetimes; the 1938 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe. galleryPost('jonckheere', 9, '1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe'); With this car, it's easy to draw comparison to Aristotle's model of the tragic hero. The tragic flaws are not in its character but in its history. It is not for lack of greatness but for...
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Remember Autorama last spring? Remember the insane Caprice/Rolls Royce Phantom mashup that sported 30-inch wheels? Now, nearly a year later, we can show you photos of how the creation was created. Seems the fellows at Spate--and here comes that word again--Creations are master sculptors, as the entire nose was preformed in closed-cell foam then skinned with fiberglass. Translation: That's some goddamn creativity! We also get details on exactly what kind of money went into creating this one-of-a-kind...ahhh yeaaahhh...creation! galleryPost('phantomdonk', 6, 'Spate Creations Phantom Conversion'); Plastic surgery is never cheap, and this is no exception. Putting a Rolls nose on a Chevy seems to have had an impressive price tag. Rumors place it in the neighborhood of $150,000. But what's above the bottom line on that total? A $23,000 572 cubic-inch supercharged Merlin marine engine, for one thing. And those flashy TIS 30s run up to about $20 large. Candy-apple paint...
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If the Rolls Royce Phantom you heathens voted out of the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage just isn't luxurious or ostentatious enough for your needs, consider the option from Mutec. They've upped the factory offering by stretching its wheelbase 110 centimeters and adding a duplicate, rear facing set of super seats. Now you can conduct meetings of World Bank policy changes and oil futures run up planning or other Illuminati business on the run. No need to take two cars to the helicopter anymore. [via Sybarites ] galleryPost('phantomstretch', 6, 'Mutec Modified Rolls Royce Phantom');
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With the departure of the hairy but golden penned Mr. Lieberman, I have been passed the torch of the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage. It is with honor and deference I accept this great undertaking and I hope to carry on where he left off, bringing you the best of the best in this galaxy of automobilia. Unfortunately, my first duty in this endeavor is striking the final coffin nails on two former occupants of the garage which you've deemed unworthy. The writing was on the wall early for the RUF RT12. It's early inception and it's lack of respectable progeny placed it high on the list of potential victims of the ax. Apparently prodigious power and fancy paint jobs do not a fantasy make. Progeny, it seems rang, the death knell of the ultralux Rolls Royce Phantom as well. Perhaps a bit too much Swabish blood flows through its once proud British heart to readily usher it into the garage. Perhaps the whiff of bourgeoisie excess overcomes the admiration of its craftsmanship. Regardless, it...
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Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson took the podium to confirm several things: that Rolls is still custom-crafted catnip to Beverly Hills plastic surgeons (90210 harbors their number one dealership); that their armored superluxe market is healthy; that the glistening British stalwart refers to potential lineworkers, in charmingly medieval fashion, as "apprentices"; and that even non-news sounds juicy when it's delivered in tasteful BBC tones. Well, it wasn't all back-patting over 2007 sales of precisely 1010 members of the Phantom family (they've never cracked four figures before). Robertson announced that, thankfully, the new RR4 --let's just call it the "Mini Rolls"--is a "truly authentic Rolls Royce." Maybe he thought we were expecting some kind of Lilliputian pastiche, ordered by parent BMW, and felt obliged to quash such errant musings. The RR4 will also get a new engine, although Robertson declined to cough up details. They will be adding a...
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We've shown the odd yet endearing work of CWW Studios before. Essentially, they are pinball Photoshop wizards the turn pictures of regular cars into wagons. Or Limos. Or Coupes. Or SUVs. Or convertible wagon SUVs with six doors. Last night, while searching for Fantasy Garage images, we stumbled upon what you're currently looking at. Thoughts? Oh, you think Rolls-Royce panel van is kooky? Make the jump. Yes friends, that's a Maybach 62 Hearse. We have nothing else to say. [ CWW Cardesign ]
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For generations, Rolls-Royces were the automotive equivalent of a white wedding dress. Pretty, but who you trying to fool, honey? Yes, the badge said Rolls-Royce, but wink-wink, nudge, nudge, Elton John covered his in rhinestones, but come on -- they weren't very good cars. Sure, we'd love to get our mits on a Phantom IV. Or better yet, a Camargue! But even then you're talking 189 hp from a 6.75-liter V8 coupled to a GM 3-speed autobox. Woo frigging hoo. And at least the Camargue was kinda nifty looking. Most Rollers are frumpy, bulgy looking things. But they had a lot of leather and walnut and wool and odds are you weren't doing the driving anyhow, so did it really matter that the emperor was wearing little more than a pair of speedos? To BMW it did. Flush with cash and hubris BMW purchased Rolls-Royce in 2003 and set about modernizing the moribund brand. Volkswagen had gobbled up Bentley and was planning to stick two turbochargers into a 2-door Phaeton and call it a Continental...
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Wafting around Los Angeles for a week in the Cyber Barge ( née Lexus LS600h L ) was an eye opening experience. For one, I was never told once by any passenger to, "Slow down!" as so often is the case in my WRX. This is especially shocking as the big Lexus is (sob) faster to 60 mph than my personal whip. Additionally, for the first time in recorded history I was much more interested in a vehicle's backseat than its front. Mental note: next time hire a driver. Ultimately, I was shocked by how much I liked the car. The filthy rich might really be onto something. However, I was left with the nagging feeling that the LS600h L just wasn't enough. I desired more . Where, for instance, was the caviar dispenser? Or the PA system so I could shout insults at poor people? (the Maybach 62 actually has the latter) My point? I want a long wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantom. You?
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For those who think the base model Phantom is only for poor people and dermatologists, Rolls Royce is issuing a few Tungsten Edition Phantoms to each of the continents. The name comes from the special Xiralic Darket Tungsten paint treatment the car gets, which would have looked great on our old 300D. What will really standout at the charity galas and secret gay trysts with Yendrick the Tennis Pro is the brushed aluminum hood from the 101 EX concept.galleryPost('tungstenphantom', 4, 'Rolls Royce Phantom Tungsten Edition'); On the inside, Rolls Royce spares nothing, throwing in Smoke Grey seats with contrasting Navy Blue hide, straight-grained East Indian Rosewood veneer on the dash with micro engraved metal and the usual assortment of Rolls goodies. The piece d'resistance is the starlight headliner, which uses fiber-optics to create the illusion of a starry night, marking the first time that H2 limo tech has ended up in Royce. [ Sybarites ]
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Well friends, I'm 5 pounds fatter. Yesterday, we picked our automotive Thanksgiving Turkey . As it turns out, the pink Veyron of horror was hatched by a dude named Nigo who owns a clothing company in Japan called Bathing Ape . Not content with completely screwing up the most technically advanced car in the world, Nigo went ahead and dork-a-fied a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Smooth move, ex-lax. We would just like to point out that ex-lax is actually spelled in all lowercase letters, because we have nothing else to say about slaughtering totally amazing vehicles to promote your stupid t-shirts, no matter how "street" you think they are. Tip of the 10 and 1 Green Bay Packers starter cap to Simon for the hook up.
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