Can I Have that in Barbie Pink please!
February 18th 2008 06:12
The most British of institutions owned by Germans, Rolls Royce have announced the arrival of the Phantom coupe.
Essentially a hardtop version of the Phantom Drophead, this new two door bruiser should find interest within the American Hip-Hop fraternity who, will no doubt find a way to get a set of 30" Bling wheels underneath it fairly quickly.
According to some the Phantom is a little underpowered ( with 740nm of torque, I dont think so) and so, just to play with our minds, Rolls Royce actually showed the concept car with an 8.0litre V16, That would be nice!
Like Rolls Royce coupes of an earlier age the lines of the Phantom are traditional in that it has a LONG bonnet and a short bootlid. The motor car itself extends to 5.6metres in length and hides a 6.7 litre V12 under its long bonnet which could almost double as a helicopter landing pad! As with all Mega dollar cars, there are costs involved and if you have to ask, then you just cant afford, so Ill tell you anyway, the important thing you will have to do is set the position of all the petrol stations around you in the Sat Nav because at an urban slurp of 23.2 litres to the 100 kilometres you will get to know their owners very well!
The piece de resistance of the Phantom is the Starfield fibre optic head-lining which, when lit will shine like the night sky. Hmmm why not just buy the Drophead and lower the roof?
So there we have it a British car, owned by Germans, assembled in an English field and aimed at Americans and retired Australians who own golden Microphones.
Oh one final thing, in the Bespoke section of the Rolls Royce website it is possible to configure a motor car to your personal needs, Go the Phantom coupe in Barbie Pink, well someone may miss you as you waft by!
Essentially a hardtop version of the Phantom Drophead, this new two door bruiser should find interest within the American Hip-Hop fraternity who, will no doubt find a way to get a set of 30" Bling wheels underneath it fairly quickly.
According to some the Phantom is a little underpowered ( with 740nm of torque, I dont think so) and so, just to play with our minds, Rolls Royce actually showed the concept car with an 8.0litre V16, That would be nice!
Like Rolls Royce coupes of an earlier age the lines of the Phantom are traditional in that it has a LONG bonnet and a short bootlid. The motor car itself extends to 5.6metres in length and hides a 6.7 litre V12 under its long bonnet which could almost double as a helicopter landing pad! As with all Mega dollar cars, there are costs involved and if you have to ask, then you just cant afford, so Ill tell you anyway, the important thing you will have to do is set the position of all the petrol stations around you in the Sat Nav because at an urban slurp of 23.2 litres to the 100 kilometres you will get to know their owners very well!
The piece de resistance of the Phantom is the Starfield fibre optic head-lining which, when lit will shine like the night sky. Hmmm why not just buy the Drophead and lower the roof?
So there we have it a British car, owned by Germans, assembled in an English field and aimed at Americans and retired Australians who own golden Microphones.
Oh one final thing, in the Bespoke section of the Rolls Royce website it is possible to configure a motor car to your personal needs, Go the Phantom coupe in Barbie Pink, well someone may miss you as you waft by!
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