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All carbon body panels, all aluminum chassis and engine. That would be impressive. ]]>Nov 23rd 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/
They are the kind of people Rolls wants to impress! They are the people who could afford, and would buy Rolls!

Why would you think Rolls should impress people like you?????? Wake up!!!!!]]>Nov 23rd 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/
I guess they only way I could really enjoy this car is when I'm old, rich, and have a chaffeur.

O btw, they should impress me just like how a Veyron will impress everyone with all the development put into it. Not that I am saying I don't like the Phantom, I just wish it wasn't just a big, menacingly good looking, fat sedan dressed up with a 400k sticker. ]]>Nov 23rd 2007 7:21PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/Nov 23rd 2007 8:01PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/yeah It looks fantastic, I work in LA so I see them often. I'm not ragging on the car, I am just ragging on why people think it so special. ]]>Nov 26th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/
It's a Rolls. So it will always be made of STEEL! If you want something high tech at that price, then there is a car called Maybach, or shall I say a dated S-Class!

And you clearly don't understand the meaning of Veyron. It's not a car for Bugatti to impress world wide audience. Every single VW people buy now are for the lost of Veyron (coz every Veyron costs three time as much to build as its been selling for!). So it's a car for VW to show people who is the dady in Germany and the world! Its design, construction and sales philosophy has nothing to do with any other cars on the market today.

Whether you like it or not, people pay for the steels, not anything else on a Rolls! End of story.]]>Nov 24th 2007 6:11AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/23/no-you-cant-afford-it-rolls-royce-phantom-tungsten/
1. The Phantom's spaceframe is all aluminum
2. The hood, radiator grille, roof, doors, and rear quarter panels are all aluminum
3. The front quarter panels are composites -- they have to be to allow RF transparency, as all the antennae are hidden underneath them.
4. The trunk, yes, is steel, to help give the car 50/50 weight distribution. It is also the only body panel made of steel on the whole car. ]]>Nov 24th 2007 10:14AM