Rolls-Royce Phantom


REPORT: Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom could arrive within a year

Adding fuel to the rumormill fire, Autocar reports that a pure electric version of the Rolls-Royce Phantom could hit the streets within 12 months. Rolls' parent company, BMW, has been getting heavily involved in EVs and the Phantom would be an obvious choice to launch its new drivetrain considering the price premium already tacked onto the brand's offerings. Since Phantom owners tend to be driven rather than drive and rarely use their luxo-barges for long road trips (that's what the jet is for), the decision to offer an EV Phantom makes ... Read more →

VIDEO: German armor company blows the crap out of a Rolls-Royce Noah Joseph

Why on earth would you deliberately shoot a Rolls-Royce and try your darnedest to blow it off the road? Well, because it looks like fun, that's why. But at a third of a million dollars, you ...

VIDEO: Nat Geo airing Ultimate Factories on Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Camaro and Porsche Jonny Lieberman

There's a reason cable is kicking so much network butt these days. No, not Deadliest Catch. Well, okay, Deadliest Catch and shows like the National Geographic Channel's Ultimate Factories. What is ...

Rumormill: Electric Rolls-Royce Phantom cometh? Jeremy Korzeniewski

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Rumormill_Electric_Rolls_Royce_Phantom_on_the_Way'; Yes, an electric Rolls-Royce. And why not? The torque curve of an electric motor – making maximum ...

2010 Bentley Mulsanne puts in some face time at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel Jonny Lieberman

Bentley invited a few of us auto journo types down to the decadently posh Beverly Wilshire Hotel to meet its COO Christophe Georges and admire the company's new super land yacht, the 2010 Bentley ...

Caption Contest: Rolls-Royce Phantom at Wal-Mart 3 months ago on Autoblog

We don't normally have caption contests around here, but when we saw this photo of a $350,000-ish Rolls-Royce Phantom parked in from of a Wal-Mart, well, we just had to do something. Like, say, run a caption contest. You would think that anyone able to afford something as (frankly) laughably ...

RM gears up for Automobiles of London auction with rare Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin classics 3 months ago on Autoblog

Pebble Beach may still be in full swing, but Canadian auction house RM is already gearing up for its next big event. Come this October, RM is setting up shop in London with a serious docket of classic automobiles on offer, the extent of which they're just revealing now. One of the most prominent ...

Rolls-Royce launches limited-edition Phantom Bespoke Collection in the Persian Gulf 3 months ago on Autoblog

While Rolls-Royce prepares to roll out the new downsized Ghost model, in the Middle East demand still soars for the full-size Phantom. But with every sheikh and his cousins driving – or more likely, being driven in – the big Rolls, the automaker has announced a new Bespoke Collection ...

That's Rich: Geely reportedly denies copying Rolls-Royce 7 months ago on Autoblog

With gloved white fingers pointing in their direction, Geely Automobile is in full denial of British accusations. The independent Chinese automaker, which rolled out its luxurious GE model bearing more than slight resemblance to the Rolls-Royce Phantom at the Shanghai Motor Show, seems rather ...

Phantom gets a Phacelift: Rolls-Royce sedan updated for 2009 9 months ago on Autoblog

It's hard to feel bad for something as stately as the Rolls-Royce Phantom sedan, but the model that relaunched the most distinguished of British automakers under BMW's patronage has soldiered on without a complaint while all the others got the attention. Since its introduction in 2003, the ...

The Phantom Menace: Project Kahn mods the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe 11 months ago on Autoblog

Few cars epitomize "the good life" quite like the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. But for some people, good isn't good enough. And for those people, there's Project Kahn, the blingtastic British tuning house which has just debuted its own custom DHC. Central to Kahn's package are the ...

Rolls-Royce does another special edition Phantom, this time in Sapphire 11 months ago on Autoblog

The bespoke department at Rolls-Royce has come up with another special edition Phantom to go along with the already released Phantom Pearl, Phantom Silver, and Phantom Tungsten. This one is the Phantom Sapphire, and unlike its rarefied stablemates, it gets built on the long wheelbase ...

Rolls-Royce Phantom mobile phone store in India 11 months ago on Autoblog

It's called ingenuity, and it's given us such things as the cell phone and the Rolls-Royce Phantom. So why not combine the two to create a cell phone store in the back of a Rolls-Royce Phantom? That's evidently what some well-heeled entrepreneurs in India did, purchasing a Phantom instead of a ...

Rumormill: Bugatti and Bentley join forces to battle Rolls-Royce 1 year ago on Autoblog

The whisperers have it that Bugatti may be borrowing from Bentley for a new sedan. What they can't seem to pinpoint is exactly what kind of sharing the two marques will be doing, and whether or not the resulting super Bug will be a supremely high-powered four-door to compete with the Rolls-Royce ...

Another special edition Rolls-Royce for the Middle East 1 year ago on Autoblog

Yes, this is a Mirage, but no, you're not seeing things. Following hot on the heels of the Peony edition Phantom, Rolls-Royce is introducing yet another special edition of the uber-luxury saloon exclusively for Middle Eastern customers. Official details aren't available yet, however the Mirage ...

Rolls-Royce creates special Peony edition Phantom for UAE 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click to view the RR Phantom Peony edition in hi-res Wealthy customers in the United Arab Emirates seem to have a penchant for special editions of the most expensive luxury saloons. As if it wasn't enough to get the Maybach Landaulet revealed right there on their home turn, one Arabian customer ...

A Matter of Taste: Rolls-Royce delivers golden Drophead Coupe to Abu Dhabi 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click to view the Golden Roller in high-resolution It says a lot about a place when a gold-gilded Rolls-Royce comes across as the most tasteful thing we've seen there recently, but so it is. Following the gold-accented Camry spotted in neighboring emirate Dubai, a brand new Rolls-Royce Phantom ...

Geneva '08 Preview: Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe breaks cover 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for high-res gallery of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/2009_Rolls_Royce_Phantom_Coupe_breaks_cover'; Rolls-Royce has released pics of the Phantom Coupé, and if any one from Rolls is reading this, you can sign us up for one in every color. ...

The right way to Roll(s): Phantom stretch limo by Mutec 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery The Rolls-Royce Phantom makes people stop what they're doing and wonder A.) what celebrity you are, B.) why you look so different in person than you do on television, and C.) what the hell you're doing at the local Dairy Queen. We got a taste of this last Summer. It's ...

No, you can't afford it: Rolls-Royce Phantom Tungsten 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for photo gallery Well, this makes the one I had seem almost pedestrian. I'm talking about the new Rolls-Royce Phantom Tungsten, the latest limited-production saloon from RR's Bespoke Collection. The total number of cars being built is unclear, but it's confirmed that six of them are ...

Review: 2007 Rolls-Royce Phantom 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Rolls-Royce Phantom is one of those things that breathes air so rarefied, one's imagination runs wild. It's not hard to envision a factory perched atop Mount Olympus that's staffed by gods turning solid blocks of unobtanium into these individualized rolling spectacles. Remarkably, the ...






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