Call Us! 888.878.2213 or email info@evsmotors.com if you have questions that need to be answered quickly! "The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé is perhaps the ultimate statement of luxury in the car world" For starters, it costs almost a half million dollars, so it's always going to be an ultra-rare beast. Plus it features rear-opening doors, an interior that's more crafted than built, and an exterior design inspired by 1930s yachts; you can even specify it with stars in the headliner! For those who purchase a Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe, which might as well come with its own team of nymphs running alongside the car tossing garlands all around and a fellow in tights out in front blowing a heralding trumpet. You could wear a janitor’s outfit driving it and people would still stop and stare and video and high-five you. All with good reason. The car is not a “car” as we understand the concept; it comes not off a conveyer belt, cranked out by the millions. The Phantom Coupe is a coupe version of the standard Phantom, losing two doors and it’s hand-built, or as one industry insider put it, “There were 60 pairs of pants in and out of this car before the paint even went on.” You’ve got to love that in today’s climate of McCheap, McFast and McDisposable. It’s not possible to list all the car’s features here, but the Phantom’s rare beauty begins with the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament that lowers like a turtle’s head into the mighty chrome grille at the push of a button – or if a thief tries to swipe it. Your hood is long, long, long, your front end easing into intersections for days before anyone sees the rest of the car. You glide over streets and highways barely feeling whether or not the road is smooth – and you giddyap when necessary via a particularly quiet 12-cylinder, 6.57 litre, 48-valve engine. Inside, forests of burl wood accent the leather seats with embroidered “RR” on their headrests. Two sturdy full-size umbrellas are stowed within the guts of the doors. Looking at it doesn’t do the car justice any more than looking at a gourmet meal satisfies you, though. It must be driven, and driven hard. Consider these amenities: *The car comes with a full-leather interior with natural grain and pre-shrunk hides, Lambswool foot mats and book-matched figured veneer or a non book-matched straight grained veneer with contrast detailing, with veneered instrument panel. Whatever you wish, basically. *Power soft “Close Automatic” for coach doors and upper part of the two-piece split trunk, meaning one doesn’t need to bother “closing” the door; press a button, get out of the way and situate your fine self. * A headliner filled with 800-1,600 stars to always put you in a romantic mood. Each constellation is completely unique Slide onto a crafted leather seat and gaze up at a headliner that seems to twinkle like a starlit sky. The Starlight Headliner’s unique effect is achieved by fitting delicate fibre optic strands at varying depths and at different angles – to cause light to escape in multiple directions and at different intensities. The brightness of each ‘star’ can be adjusted to suit your mood: bright enough to relax and read under, or dim enough to create a subtle and relaxing glow. The constellation of each Starlight Headliner is completely unique to the owner. Typically, it takes nine hours to craft, but a personalised pattern needs its own template, which can take more than 17 hours to complete. Two Rolls-Royce craftspeople marry their skills to create this extraordinary feature. It’s the perfect alliance of traditional craftsmanship and modern-day technology. First, the leather is perforated with 800 to 1,600 holes, each carefully counted. Fibre optic lights are set into these holes. The craftsperson then ensures that the height of the fibres is correct on the concealed side, and that they’re set perfectly on the visible leather surface, ready to shine. *Laminated glass with climate control glazing. *Self-righting wheel centers – your rim badges are never lopsided, upside down, or anything but straight and center. A Rolls’s sheer size and weight dictate that a suitably special engine is required. That’s no problem. Thanks to a mighty 453bhp 6.75-litre V12, acceleration is extremely strong and the engine is merely ticking over at motorway speeds. You expect a Rolls-Royce to sound like a library on wheels, and for the most part the Phantom is appropriately silent. There's virtually no road noise and the mechanical components work smoothly and silently. Whether you’re wafting around town or effortlessly accelerating up to motorway speeds, the engine remains unobtrusive, and all there is to show the engine flexing its muscles is the merest burble from under the bonnet and the swing of the needle on the power reserve gauge. |