αααααααα αααβ Torsten MΓΌller-ΓtvΓΆs ααΆααααααα·ααααα·αααα»αα αα»α Rolls-Royce Motor Carsβ ααΆαααΆααααααΆαααααΆ α
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars ααααΆαααααα½αααΎαααΈ 118 ααααΆααα½αααααΆααΎαααααΌααααΆαααααΆααα·ααααααααα½αααΊ Henry Royce αα·α The Hon α Charles Stewart Rolls αα αααααΆααΆα Midland αααα»αααΈαααα»α Manchester ααααααα’ααααααααααα»αααααΆα 1904 α
ααΆααααααΆααα½ααααα αΌαααααΆααααΆαααα·αααααααααααααα·ααααααααααα Royce αα·αααααααααααααα Rolls αααααΆαα ααΆαααααααααααΆα αααα»αα αα»ααααααα½ααααα·αααΌαααα»ααααΆαααααΌαααΆαααα½αααααΆααααΆααΆα’ααααααααΎα "ααααααααα’αααα»α αα αααα»α αα·ααααα" αααααΆα αααααΎαααα Rolls-Royce Motor Cars αααααΆαααααααααΆα ααΆααα½α αααααααααααααα
ααααααααααα ααα·αααααααΌααααααααΆα Phantom ααΊααΆααΆααααα αΆαα α»αααααααααααααΈαααΆαααΆαααα Bespoke αααααΆααα ααΆ αα·αααααΎααααααα α―αααααααα Rolls-Royce, Goodwood α ααΆααααααα½αααααΆα αααα»ααααα αΆαααααα αΆαααααΆααααααααα½αααΎαααααααΎα αα·ααααα·ααααααααα½αααα Rolls-Royce ααΎααα αααααααΆα ααααααααΌααααα Phantom αααααααααααααΈααααααααααααααααααΆααΆααα·αααααααα»αααααααααΆα αααΎαααααΆα ααΎααααΈαααααΆααΆαααΆααααΆαααα ααααΌαααααΆααααααααΌα Rolls-Royce α
αααααααΎαααα§ααααααΆα
αα αααα»αααααααααΌααααα»αααα§ααααΆα αααααααααα αααα»αα αα»αααα·αααααααααααα·αααΆαααα·ααααααααααααΆαα·α (αααΆαααΈα αααα’ααααα αα½ αα·αααααααααα) αααααααααΆααααΆααΆαα½αααΌα αααααααααααααααααα ααΆαααβααααΌαβααΆαβ αα ααΆ αα·αβααΆααααβαααβα’αααβααΆααααβα―αααΆαααβααΆαβααΆαβαααααβααααβα’αα·αα·ααα
αααααΆαααααα»αα αα»αααα·α αα½αααΆαα Rolls-Royce ααΆααααααα’ααΆααα ααΆ αα·ααα·αααααααααααΌαααΆαααΉαααΆα ααααΎαααααΆαα αααα»αα αααααα·αααααΆααα αα αααααααααααΎαααΆαααααααααααα ααΆααααααα½αααΆαααΆαα’αΆα ααΏααΆααααΆα αααααααΆαα‘αΎααααα ααΆαααΆααααα½αααααΆαααααααααα αα·ααααα»ααααα»ααααααααα»αααΆα ααααΆααα·αααα αα ααααααΌαααΆαααααααΆααααΆαααΌα ααΆαααΆααΆαααααααααΆα ααααα αα·αααΆαααΉααααΆα (NVH)α
ααΆααααΈααΎαααααΌα Phantom ααα½αααΆαααΆαααΆ "ααααααααα’αααα»ααααα»ααα·ααααα" ααΆαααααα»αααΆα αα·αααΆα αα ααΆααααα’α₯αααα αααααα½αααΌα αααααΆαααα·ααΆααααα’αααα»ααααα’αααααΆααααα’αΆα ααΆααααα ααα»α ααααΌααα ααΆα αααααα½αααα
ααΌαα‘αΎααα·αααΌααααααααααααα αα ααααα
αααα½ααΆα Phantom ααΆαααΎααα ααααΆα 1925 αα αααααα Rolls-Royce ααΎαααααΎαααΆα Phantom I α ααΆαα½αααΉααααααΆααααααα·ααα»αααΆααααα αα αα αααα·ααααΆααααΎαα α»αααααα αα·α 'Magic Carpet Ride' αααΌααα ααααΈααααΆααααΆααααααΎαααααααααΆααΌαααααΆααααααΉαααααααααα»ααααα½ααΆααααααΆααα’ααΆαααααααΆααα 100 ααααΆαα ααΌα αααααα Rolls-Royce ααΆαααα·ααααα·ααααααααΎααααααα‘αΌααααααααααα½α α αΎααα ααααΆα 1929 α’ααααααα αααααααααααΆααΆαααααααα½α ααΆαααααααΆααααΈααααΆαα
Phantom II ααααΆαα±ααααΆαααααΆααααααΌαααα αΆααα½αααααα αααα»ααα·ααααααα αα·ααα αα αααα·ααααΆα αα ααααΆα 1930 αααα»αα αα»αααΆαααΆαααααα αΆααααααα Phantom II Continental ααααααααα±ααα’αα·αα·ααααΌααααααΎααααααΌαααααα αααααααΎααΆαα’αα»ααααααΆααααα αααΎααααααΆααα’ααααααα αΌαα α·αααααΎαααααααααα½αα―αα ααααααβαααβααΆαβαααβαααβ ααΆαβαααααααΆαβααααΌαβααΆαβαααααΆβαα»αβαααααΆααβα’αααβααΎαβααα ααΆαα’αα»αααααααααΆααααααααααΌαααααΆαα Phantom αα·α Phantom Extended ααΆααααα αα α»αααααααααα
αααααΌαααΆααααααΆααααααΏα
ααααααααα Continental ααααΈα’αΆα αααααΎαααααΏαααααα 95mph ααα»ααααααΆαα αααα·αααΏαααΌα ααΌαααααααα½α α ααα½αααααααΆαααααα αααα»αα αα»αβααΆαβαααααα βα α·αααβαααααααΆαβαααα αΆβαααβααααβα αΎαβααααβαααα αα ααααΆα 1934 αααααααΎααααΆαααααα·ααααααααααΆααααα αΆαα±ααααΎαααΆαα½αααΉααααΆαααΈα Aero ααΆααΆαα’αα·αααααααΆαααΈα V12 α ααα»α 7.3 ααΈαααααααΈ αααααααΆααααΎαα½ααααΈα αααααα Phantom III αα ααααααααααΆααααΆαα½αααΆαα αααΉαα αΆααα αααααααααΆα ααΆααααααααΆαααΎαααΈ 100mph α
αα ααααΆα 1939 Rolls-Royce ααΆαααα·ααααααααα·ααααααα½α αααααΆααααααααΆ The Scalded Cat α ααα»ααααΆαααααΆαααααααα αααααααααααααΌαααΆαααα αΈαα αα»αααααααααΆαα₯αααα·αα αα½αααΆαα HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh αααααα ααααααΆαααααααΆαααΆαα αΆααα’αΆαααααααααΆαααααΆαααααααΆααααΆααααα α»ααααα αΌα Rolls-Royce α±αααααααΎααααααΆααααΆααααΌαααααααααΌαααΆααααααααααα αααααααααααααΌαααΆαααΆαααααα·α αα ααΆαα½α Phantom IV ααααΌααααα’αααααααΆαα ααα αΆααα ααααααααΆααααΆα 1950 α ααααααααααα αααααα·ααα αα½ααα»α (αααααΈααΆααααΌαααΆαααΆααααααα) ααΆαααααα·α αα αα The Royal Mews ααααααααααααΌααα»ααααα ααα αΆαααααααΆ Maharajah α αααααΈααΆααΆααααααααααΈααααΌαααααα αααααα Phantom IV α ααα½α 18 ααααΏα ααααΌα ααΆααααα ααα 17 ααααΏαααααΌαααΆααααααΆααααΆααααααααΆααΆαααα§αααααααααΆααααΆααααα αα·αααααα»αααααααααααα αα½αααα αααααΆαααααααβα αααααααα ααααΌαααΆαααΆααααα‘αΎαααΆααααααααΈαα’αΆαα αααααΆααααααΎααααΆααααα Rolls-Royce ααΆααΆαααΉααααααΌα αα·αααΆαααααΎααααααααΆαααΆαα»αα ααΎααααΌαα
αα»ααααΆα α»αααααα
αα ααααΆα 1959 αααα»αα αα»ααααααΆαα αΆααααααΎα Phantom V αααααααΆααααααααΆαααΈα V8 ααααΎααααα»αααααααΆα αα ααααΆα 1967 αααααααααααΆαααα½αααΆαααααΆααααααΌααα αα αααααααααα·α ααααα½α αααααααΌα ααΆαααα αΆαααα»αααΆαα ααΆααΈ α α»αααααα ααΊαααααααααΆααααΎααααΈαααα αΆαα’αααΈααΆαααααΉαααααΌαααααΆααα ααΆα‘αΎααα·αααααααΆααΆ Phantom VI α
αα ααααΆα 1968 α’αααααΆααααααααΌαααααΉααα·αααααΆαααααα½αααααααααΆαα αΆαα αααα αααα»αααα αααα’αααααααααΊ αααα»αα αα»αααααΆαααααα½ααααα Rolls-Royce ααΊ Mulliner Park Ward α ααααααααα’ααα αΆααα ααΆααααα ααΆα ααααΎααααΆαα αα ααΆαααααααΆαααααααααααααΆα 1980 αα αΌααααααΆαααα·αααΆαααααΆααα α»αααααααΉαααΈαα¬ααΈα‘αΆααααα»ααα½αααααΆα α αΎαα α»α αααααααΆααααααΆαααααα»ααα ααααΆα 1992α
ααΆααααααααααα·ααααααααΈαα·α
αααααααααΆαααα αΌαααα Phantom VI ααΊααΆαα½αααΌαα ααΌαααΆαααααΌαααΆαααΆααααα‘αΎαααΆααααααΌαααΆααα»αααααααα ααα αΆααααααααααααααααΈ αα·αααΆααα·ααααΆαα»ααΆααααα»ααα αααα»αα’ααΆαα αααΉαα αΆααααααα’ααααααα αα·αα’αΊααα»αα
ααααααααααααααΆααΆαα’αα»ααααααααααΆαα αααα»ααα·ααααααααααααα·α Phantom ααΆαααααΆα αααΈααααΆαααα αααααααΆαααααααΆ β α’ααα»αα ααααααΆαααα·αααααααααααααα·ααααααααααα Royce αα·αααΆαααα’α₯αααα ααααααΆαα»αααα αα·αααΆαααΆαααααααααα½ β ααΎααααΈα’αα»ααααααΆαα αααΉαα αΆαααααααααααα»αααΆα αααααα αα·αααΆααααα»αααααΆααααα»αα
αα αααααααααΆααααΆαααααΆαα’αα·αααααααααα Phantom ααα αΆααααΆαααΆααααααααΆαα»ααααααααΆα±αα ααΆαααα ααα ααααααααΎαααΌαααααααααα’ααα αΆααααααα»α ααΆααααΆαααααα αα·ααααΆααΈααΆααααααα·αααααΆααααΆαααΎααααΈ αααααααΎ ααααααΌαα α αΎαβαααααΆαβααΌαααΆα αα·αβαα½βααααααβαα βααΆα αβααΈααααΆ ααΆβα’αΆα βααααΎβαα βααΆαβαααααΆααβααα αΆααβααΆβαααααααααΆααβ αααα»α βααΆαβααααΆααααααΌαβααΌαααΆαβααααααβα±ααβααααβααΆαβααααΆαα· αα·αβαααααΌαααΆαβααααβαα½αααβα
Phantoms ααΆβα αααΎαβααΆαβαααβααΎαβα αααΎαβααΆαβαα½αβα’αααΈβααΈαα·αβααβααΌαβα’αααααβααααβαα½αβαα αααβααΆβααΉαβααΆααα αααα»α βααααΈβαααα αα½αβααβααααΆααβααβααααΌαβααΆαβααβααΆαβαααβαα·αα αα βααααααβααααα ααααααβααΆααβααΌαβααααΌαβααΆαβαααααΎαβα‘αΎαβαα·αβ ααΈβαα½βα‘αΎαβαα βαααβααβααααααβαα·αβααααααβααααΈβααΆααβαααα»αα α αΎααααααΆααααΆαα αααα»ααααα·ααααα·ααΆααααα αα½α αα ααΆααα§ααΆα αααααααααα αΆαααΆααααααααΊααΆαααααα Rolls-Royce αα·αααααΆαα ααΆααααααΉαααααααα·ααααααα αααααΆαα αα·αααααα ααΆαα’αα»αααα αα»αααΆαααααΆααα·α αα·αααΆααα½αααα - α αΎαααΎαααΈααααα αααααΊαα·αααΆ ααΌα αααααα αΆααα ααααΆαααΆα
ααααΆα 1930 Phantom II (62GY)
Phantom II αααααα αΆαααααααΌαααΆααααααΎαα‘αΎαααα Hooper ααααΈαααα»αα‘α»αααααΆαα½αααΉααα½ Dual Cowl Tourer α ααΆαααΆαααααΎαα»αααααααα αΆαα αααα½αααΎααααΆααααααααααααααα·ααααΆααααααΈαααααα·α ααΆαα ααΆαααααααα ααα½α 50 ααααΌαααΆααααααΆαααααα ααααΆαααα αααα ααΆααααααα½αααΆααα»αααΆααααααΆα αααααα‘α ααΏ αα·ααα·αααα»ααααα αααααΆαααααααααΈαα’ααΈααααααααΆααααααααΆαα αααααααααααααΌαααΆααα·αααααΌααααααΆαααααααααΉααααα»αααααααα αΆαα α αΎαααΆαααααααααΎααααααΆααααα ααΆααααααΈαααααα αΌααααααααΆα 1939α ααα αΆαααααααααα αα α»ααααααααΆααα·α αααααα ααα αααα»αααααΆα 1998 α αΎαα αΆααααΆααααΈααααααααααΆαααα½αααΆααααααΆααααααΆααα·ααααΆαα»ααΆααα½αααΆα Louis Vuitton Classic Parfums Givenchy Trophy α’ααααααα ααααα»ααααααααΆα αα·αα’ααααααα αααααΈα‘αΆα αααΎααααα»αα β αααα»α Biarritz Concoursα
ααααΆα 1933 Phantom II Continental (55MW)
'Concealed-head boat body' ααΊααΆααααΆαααααααααΌαααααΉα Park Ward α αααααααα·αααα ααααααααααΆ ααΊαααααΆαααααααααα½αααααα ααααααααααααααααααααΌαααΆαααΆααααΆααααΆαααααα»ααα αααααααααΌαααΆααααααααααααααα±ααααααΌαααααΉαααΌααααααααααΆααααααα·αααΆαααΆαααααΆαα ααααΏααααα’ααΎαααΊαααααααααΌαααΆααααΆαα
αααααα 'Park Ward The Innovative Coachbuilder' ααα Malcolm Tucker α
ααααΆα 1933 Phantom III (3BT103)
αααααα Sedanca ααααΆαααΈααααααααααααααΌαααΆαααΆααααααα HJ Mulliner αααααΆαα Apsley Cherry-Garrard αααααΆαααΆαα·αααααΆαααααα»αα αααααααΆαα·αααααα αααααΆα ααΆαααΈαα·αααααααααααα α»α ααααααααααααααΆααααα»α Scott αα αααΌαααΆαααααΌααααα»αααααΆα 1912α αααααααααααααΌαααΆα αααα ααααααΌαααΆααα ααΏα Primrose ααΆαα½αααΉαααααα Vaulmol ααΆαααα αααααααΆααααα»α; αα α α»αααααααααααααΆα 1940 ααΆααααΌα ααΆα ααΆαααααααα α‘αΎααα·αα ααααααβαααβααααΌαβααΆαβαααααααααβαααβααΆααΆβααααααβααΎαβα αΆαα Sir Ralph Richardson; αααααΆααααααΆααΆαα αααΆαααααα Wales αα·ααα ααααα’αΆαααα·α αα»αααααααα‘αααα α αααααα’ααααααα αα·ααα α α»αααααααααααΈ 70 / ααΎαααααααααααΈ 80 α ααΆααΆααα αααα»αααααα»ααα αΌααααααααΆα 2018 αα ααααααααΆααααΌαααΆα αα·α αααααα αΆαααα αα α»ααααααααααααΆ α αΎαα₯α‘αΌααααααααΌαααΆααα½ααα»αα‘αΎααα·αααα ααααΆααΆαααααΎαααΆαααΆαα» αα·αααααΆααααΆα αααΎα αα½αααΆααααααΏααααααΆαααααΆαααΈααααααΆααααααΎαα
αααααα Alpine Eagle Ltd.
ααααΆα 1937 Phantom III (3BT85)
α’αααααΆααααααααΌαααααΉααα ααΈαααα»αα‘α»ααα Hooper & Co ααΆαααΆαααααα½ααΆα αααΎααα αααα»ααα ααΆααααα Saloon αααααΆαααααααα½αα±ααα αΆααα’αΆααααααααα αααααΎααα ααΏα ααΌααααΈαααα ααααααα ααα’ααα»α α αααααα ααΆ ααααααααααΆαααααααΆαα‘αΆα αα·ααααααααααααααα αααααβααααΌαβαααβαααααβαααβα’αΆαααααΌ αααα ααβαααααΊβαα β αα½β αααα½α αα·αβααααΆαβααααΆααβααβαααααΎαβα’αΆααααααβααβααΆαααβααΈααΈαα·αα
αααααα 'The Spectre Arises' ααα Steve Stuckey α
ααααΆα 1965 Phantom V (5VD63)
Phantom αααααΎαα‘αΎαααΆαααααα·αααα·αααααααααααΆααΆα Wing ααα Patrick Barthropp α αα ααααΆα 1968 ααα John Lennon ααΆααα·αααααααααΈ Barthropp αααααααααΆαα½αααΉαααΆαα ααα’αΆααααα»α The Beatles 'White α αα αααααααΆααααΆα 1969 ααΆααααΆααααααααααααααα α±αα Allen Klein αααααΆ ααΆαα·ααααα ααααΆαα· α’αΆαααα·αα
αααααααααααΆααααα αΆααααα½ααα αααα»αααααααΆααααααααααααααΆααααααΆααα’αΌααααΆα Georgy Girl (1966) αααααΆααΏα αα»ααΆα Let It Be (1970) ααααααααα The Beatles, Performance (1970) ααααααααα Mick Jagger α αΎααααααΆααααααΆααααααααααΆαααα αααααα αααα»αααΏα The Greek Tycoon (1978) αααααααααααα Anthony ααααΈαα
αα ααααΆα 2016 αααααΆααααΈααΆαααααΆαα‘αΎααα·ααααΆαααΌααααΌααΆα Jody Klein αααΆαα·αααααΉα Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club ααααΌαααΆαααΆαααααααααααα ααΆαα Concurs d'Elegance ααΈαααα»α Lincolnshire ααΆαααααα αααααΆααα½αααΆαα αααΆααααααΆααααα 1 αααααΆαα 'Best In Class' α
ααααααααααα αα α»ααααααααααα αααα»αα αααααα’αααααααα
αααααα Photographs courtesy of ABKCO Β© 2022. All rights reserved.
ααααΆα 1966 Phantom VI (5LVF65)
James Young αααααααΌαααΆααααααΎαα‘αΎααααα»αααααΆα 1863 ααΆαααΆαααααΈααααΆααααααΆααααΆααααααΎαααΆαααΆα αααααΉααα ααααα·ααααα»ααα½αα ααα½α ααααα·αααααΆααααΆαα αααααα½ααααααα αααα ααααΆα ααα»α ααααΌαααααα·αααα·αα αααααα½α ααααααΌαααΆαααΉααα αααα»αααΆααα ααΆ PV23 αααααα½ααααααααααΌαααΆααααααΎαα‘αΎαααΆαα·ααααααααΆαααα½αααααα Rolls-Royce Phantom V αααααΆααα½ααααααα ααα½α 22 ααααΏαααααΌαααΆαααΆααααα
αααΌααααααααΆααααααΆααααΌαααΆααααα ααααΆααααααα ααα»αααααααααΆαα 5LVF65 ααααααααααΆαααΆααααα Ivory ααααααααΌαααΆαααΎαααΆααα»ααΆααααααααααααααα αα·ααααααΆααααΈααα·α ααααα’ααααα ααΆααααααΈααααΆα A. F. McNeil α
αααααααΆααααα»αααΆααααααααΆααααααααααααΌααΆααα½αα²ααααααααααΆαα ααΆαα½αααΉαααΆαααΆαααααα’αααα»ααα ααααααααα αα αααααααΆααΆα αααααΆααααααΆαααααΆααα αααααααΆααααααααααΌαααΆαααααΎαααΎα αααααΆααααΆαααΆααααα½αααΆαααααα αααααΆααααααααααααααΆ αα·αααΆαααΆααααααΆααα»ααααα’αααααΎααααααααααα α·αααα
αααααα P&A Woodα
2015 Phantom VII (Serenity Phantom)
Rolls-Royce ααΆααααααΎαααΌααααααα Bespoke Phantom VII Extended ααα’ααα αΆαααααα αααααΆαα ααΆααααΆαα αααα αΆααα αααα»αααααΉαααα·ααΆααα 2015 Geneva Motor Show α αααααΆααααα»ααααα·αααα αααααααα ααααα·α αααααα·αα‘αΎααααααΆααααΆαααααα’ααααααΆαα·αα ααΎαααααααααααααΆα 1900 ααΆαααΈαα’αααααααΎαααΆααααααααααΌαααΆα αααα ααααααααααΆααααΌαααααααααα Smoke Green αα·ααααααααααΆαααααα αα·ααα»ααααααα αααΆααααααα αα·αααααΌαααααΆ Chinoiserie αααααααΎααααα αΌαααα 600 ααααααΎααααΈ ααααααα ααΆα αα ααΆααααα α‘αΎααα αααα»α fascia αα·α marquetry inlays αα αααα»αααααΆαααΆαααααα; ααΆαα»ααΎααΈ αα·αα«ααααΈααα α αΎαααααααΆααααα’α·αααααααααααΎαααα½ααααα»ααα½αα αααΆααααα»α αααααααα·ααΆααΆαααααααΆαα·αααααααααΆααααΆααααα»αα αα αααααα ααΆααααα ααααααΆαααΆααααααααΆααααα αααα Mother of Pearl ααΊαααα»αααααΆααααα»α αα·αααΆαα αααααααααααα»α ααααααΆααα·αααααΆααααα·αα
ααααΆα 2021 Phantom VIII (Phantom Oribe)
ααΆααα ααΆααααα·ααααα½αααΆαααΎαααΎαααΆ House of Rolls-Royce αα·α House of HermΓ¨s αα ααΆαααααΆαααααΎααααααα Bespoke Phantom αααααΆαααα αααα·αααααΆαα·αααα»α Yusaku Maezawa α αααααααααααΆααααααααΆ Phantom Oribe αααααααααααΆαααΆααα ααΆαααααααΆααααα ααΈαααα Bespoke ααα ααααΌαααΆααααα»ααααα·ααααααΆααααααΌααααα»ααααααΆαα·α αα»ααΆαααααΆαααα·αααααααααα’αα·αα·ααααΊ Oribe wareα αα αααα»αα αααΆαα·αααααααΆ ααααΆαααΆα Rolls-Royce ααααΌαααΆααααααΎαα‘αΎααααααΆααααααΎααααΆαα αα ααΎααααα αα α―αααααααα’αα·αα·αα ααααααααα Phantom ααααΌαααΆαααααΌααααααΆαα½αα
ααααααΆααααα»αααααΌαααΆααααα αααααααααα HermΓ¨s Enea Green α αα·α α·αααααΆαααΆααααααα αα·αααααΆ ααααΆαααα·αααααααααα’ααααΎααΆααα ααΆααααα·α α·αααααααααΆαα·ααΆααΆααααααααΈααααΆα αα·αα’αααααΌαααΌα Pierre PΓ©ron (1905-1988) αααααΆααααααΎαααααααααααΈαααΆα αααΎααααα HermΓ¨sα
ααΌαααααΆαααΆαααΎαα‘αΎααα·α
αα ααΆαααααααΆαα’ααααΆαααααααααΈ 1 ααααααΆ ααααΆα 2003 αααααα Phantom VII ααααΌαααααΌαααΆααααααααα α±ααααα αΆαα ααααΈαααααααα½α αααααΆααααααααααΌααααααααααΌαααΆαααα·ααα α―αααααααΆα Rolls-Royce ααααΈαα Goodwood αααα West Sussex ααααααα’αααααααα ααΆαααααααΆααααααααΎααααΆαα ααααα αααααααααααααΆαα αα·ααααΆααΆααα αα αααΆαααΈα α ααΌα αααααΆααααααααααΌααααααα Sir Henry Royce αααα½αααΆααααααΆαα ααΆααααΌαααΆαααΆαααα α‘αΎαααααααα»αα αα»α Rolls-Royce ααΆαααααα»α ααΆαα½αααΉααα½αααααα monocoque αα ααΆααΆααα ααΆαααααααΆα ααΆααΆαααΆαααααααααΆααααααΉαα ααααααΆαααΆααααα αααα»ααααααααΆαααα½α ααΆαααααΆααΆαααΌα ααααΆαααααα αα½αααΆαα½αααΉαααααααααααΆ αααααΆααααααααΈαα½ααααααΌαααΆαααΆαααααααααααααααα»ααα·αααααααααΆαα ααΎαααΈααα αααααα·ααΈ Bespoke αααα Marque ααΆααααααΆ Phantom ααΊααΆααααΆαααααααΆααααααΆα ααααα·αααααΆα αα½α αααα’αα·αα·ααα’αΆα ααΉαααΈα αααα»αα·ααα αα·αααααααααΆααααΆαααααα½αααααααΆααα
ααΆαα’αΆαα»ααΆα 13 ααααΆαααααααΆ Phantom VII α ααα Rolls-Royce ααΆαααα»αα αα»αααα·ααααΌαααααααΎα ααααΆαα ααααΌααααααα·ααααα αα·αααααααααααΆαααααα½αααΆααα·αααααααΌααααααααΆα α ααα»ααααααΌα ααΆα’αααααΆααααααα αα»α αααααα½ααα α’ααααα ααΆ αα·ααα·ααααααααα Rolls-Royce ααΆααααααΆααΆαααα’α₯αααα ααααΊααΆααααα ααααΆααααααΌαα Phantom αα·αααα 'αα½α ααΆαα' ααα
αα ααααΆα 2016 Rolls-Royce ααΆααααα αΆααααααα Phantom VIII α αααααΆαααααα Rolls-Royce ααααΌααααααααααΌαααΆαααΆααααα‘αΎαααΎααααΆαααααααααααααααΈαααΆααααααΆαααααα·αααα·αααααααΆα αααααΆααα»α α’αΆαα»αααΈαααΌαααΆααα’αααααααααΌαααΆααα ααΆα‘αΎαααΎααααΈααΆααααααΆααααααααααΆαααα’ααΆαααααααα·ααα Goodwood α
Phantom VIII ααααΌαβααΆαβαα ααΆβα‘αΎαβαααΆαβαα·αααβααΎααααΈβααΆβαααα·ααΆβα α»αβαααααβαααα»αβαααααΆααβαααααααααΆαβ Bespokeα ααααααααΆαα±ααααΆααααααααα α·α ααααΆαα αα ααααα αα·ααααα αΆααααααααα»ααα½αα ααα½αααααα·αααααΆαα α’αα»αααααααα’ααααα ααΆ αα·ααααα αα·ααα·αααααααααΆααααα Marque α ααΆααααΆαααΌααα Rolls-Royce αααα½αααα ααααααα αΆαααΌααα·α α·αααααΆα αααααΆαααα ααααααΆαααΆαααααΆα αααααααΎαααΆαααααααΉααα fascia ααααα ααΈ ααααααααα’αα·αα·ααα’αΆα αααα αΆαααααΆαααα·αααα α¬ααΆααα ααΆαααααααΌαααΆααααααΆααα
ROLLS-ROYCE REFLECTS ON ITS PINNACLE PRODUCT TO MARK 118TH ANNIVERSARY
4 May 2022, Goodwood, West Sussex (Embargoed until 9.00am BST)
- Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates the 118th anniversary of the historic first meeting between Henry Royce and The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls β which took place on 4 May 1904
- The company they founded together created βthe best car in the worldβ, a position still occupied today by the marqueβs products
- Phantom, Rolls-Royceβs pinnacle product, has continued to evolve technically, aesthetically and dynamically to maintain its pre-eminence in the Rolls-Royce offering, and in the world of luxury
- The eighth generation of Phantom reflects Royceβs held conviction that βsmall things make perfection, but perfection is no small thingβ.
βAs we reflect on Phantomβs remarkable heritage, I am struck by the unique place it occupies in the hearts and minds of our most demanding Rolls-Royce clients. Phantom is the beneficiary of the most ambitious forms of Rolls-Royce Bespoke, transforming into whatever our clients want it to be. Indeed, Phantom is not only the βbest car in the worldβ, but the best car for them in their world.β
Torsten MΓΌller-ΓtvΓΆs, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars marks the 118th anniversary of the first meeting between its founders, Henry Royce and The Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, England in 1904.
Through the combination of Royceβs engineering genius and Rollsβ talent for promotion, their company soon became recognised as the maker of βthe best car in the worldβ β a title that Rolls-Royce Motor Cars proudly retains more than a century later.
Today, the marqueβs pinnacle product β Phantom β is the ultimate expression of Bespoke luxury designed and handmade at the Home of Rolls-Royce, Goodwood. As part of its annual reflections on its origins and unique heritage, Rolls-Royce looks back through Phantomβs lineage, exploring how its namesakes evolved over the years to remain consistently at the apex of the Rolls-Royce offering.
THE ORIGINS OF EXCELLENCE
In the automotive industryβs earliest days, luxury car makers produced only the mechanical components (engine, transmission, chassis and so on) known as a rolling chassis, which underpinned the car. The bodies were designed and constructed by independent coachbuilders to the customerβs specification.
For manufacturers, including Rolls-Royce, improvements in design and engineering were directed almost entirely towards technical aspects of the carβs performance. These included reliability, hill-climbing capability, ease of control and a set of ride quality attributes still known collectively as noise, vibration and harshness (NVH).
From the outset, Phantom earned the title βthe best car in the worldβ through the superior quality and designs of the rolling chassis β the finest platform on which coachbuilders could reach the very apex of their craft.
REDRAWING TECHNICAL BOUNDARIES
The Phantom family was born in 1925 when Rolls-Royce launched Phantom I. With its massive low-range torque, cutting-edge technology and βMagic Carpet Rideβ, the new model immediately established the fundamental traits that would define the family for the next 100 years. Then, as now, Rolls-Royce declined to rest on its laurels, and by 1929, its successor was ready for the market.
Phantom II represented another step-change in engineering and technology. In 1930, the company unveiled the Phantom II Continental, which gave customers a choice of a more performance-orientated model for those who preferred to drive themselves. The βstandardβ longer-wheelbase car was retained for chauffeur-driven use. This practice set the precedent for todayβs Phantom and Phantom Extended.
THE NEED FOR SPEED
While the new Continental could attain speeds up to 95mph, it was still not as fast as some of its rivals. The company decided to resolve the matter once and for all. In 1934, applying its proven experience with aero engines, it developed a new 7.3-litre V12 engine, mounted on a new chassis. The resulting Phantom III, when fitted with lightweight coachwork, was capable of exceeding 100mph.
In 1939, Rolls-Royce produced an experimental car, nicknamed βThe Scalded Catβ. In later years, this car was often loaned to influential individuals, including HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke was so impressed that he persuaded Rolls-Royce to build him a more formal version; the marque obliged with the first Phantom IV, delivered in July 1950. The car remains on front-line (albeit reduced) duty at The Royal Mews, under its pre-delivery codename, Maharajah. Though originally intended as a one-off, 18 Phantom IV cars were completed: 17 were sumptuously appointed commissions for other royalty and heads of state; the other, somewhat bizarrely, was built as a pick-up truck for use by Rolls-Royce as transport and on-the-road component testing.
A FINAL FLOURISH
In 1959, the marque launched Phantom V, equipped with its most up-to-date V8 engine. In 1967, the car underwent subtle technical changes that were deemed, at the very last minute, sufficient to justify its redesignation as Phantom VI.
By 1968 the only true coachbuilder left in Britain was Rolls-Royceβs own in-house company, Mulliner Park Ward. These magnificent cars soldiered on through the mid-1980s, until production dwindled to a mere two or three cars a year, and finally ceased altogether in 1992.
BRINGING VISIONS TO LIFE
Every generation up to Phantom VI was essentially a rolling chassis. The bodies were built to the ownerβs individual requirements by some of the most famous and prestigious names in British and European coachbuilding.
While this was normal practice in the luxury automotive world, Phantom stood apart through its ability β thanks to Royceβs engineering genius and the excellence of the chassisβ components and construction β to carry coachwork of the very finest quality, weight and complexity.
At every stage in Phantomβs development, owners exploited its potential to the full, creating some of the most magnificent, eye-catching and radical motor cars ever to grace the road. And since the chassis and body were separate, it was possible for a subsequent owner to change the carβs appearance to suit their own taste and requirements.
Many Phantoms took on more than one guise over their long, often globe-trotting lives: in some cases, they were merely repainted; in others, the whole car was rebuilt from the chassis upwards, taking on an entirely new form and character. And for all their extraordinary diversity, every one of the examples shown below is a true Rolls-Royce in terms of its underlying engineering, materials and construction, performance, ride quality and comfort β and, above all, in being exactly as the owner wanted it.
1930 Phantom II (62GY)
This handsome Phantom II was coachbuilt by Hooper of London with a Dual Cowl Tourer body. At the request of the owner, a wealthy timber merchant from Texas, 50 additions were specified with touring intentions. These include a larger fuel tank, louvered bonnet and radiator two inches taller than standard. The car was originally purchased for the ownerβs honeymoon and went on to tour the Continent extensively until 1939. The present custodian acquired the car in 1998 and has since won prestigious awards including the Louis Vuitton Classic Parfums Givenchy Trophy pre-war tourers and Most Sporting Tourer in the Biarritz Concours.
1933 Phantom II Continental (55MW)
This βconcealed-head boat bodyβ was a speciality of coachbuilder Park Ward. Its main feature was the compact folding hood that, when fully retracted, was entirely concealed under the rear deck, giving the coachwork its distinctive uninterrupted line. The original upholstery was textured pigskin.
Source: βPark Ward The Innovative Coachbuilderβ by Malcolm Tucker.
1933 Phantom Ill (3BT103)
This rare two-door sedanca coupΓ© was coachbuilt by HJ Mulliner for Apsley Cherry-Garrard, one of the surviving members of Captain Scott's last, fateful expedition to the South Pole in 1912. The car was originally finished in Primrose Yellow with a dyed Vaulmol leather interior; in the late 1940s it was repainted in black. The car was briefly owned by the legendary actor Sir Ralph Richardson; it then spent time in Wales and the USA before returning to the UK in the late 70s / early 80s. It sat neglected in a barn until 2018 when it was bought by its present owner, and has now been painstakingly restored using many authentic components, including original numbered engine parts.
Source: Alpine Eagle Ltd.
1937 Phantom III (3BT85)
London coachbuilder Hooper & Co built several bodies in this striking saloon-with-division style, which looks fast even when standing still thanks to its semi-razor edge styling and swooping curves. The art-deco chrome-plated flashes to the body and wings simply enhance the sense of kinetic energy.
Source: βThe Spectre Arisesβ by Steve Stuckey.
1965 Phantom V (5VD63)
This Phantom was originally owned by Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp. In 1968, John Lennon purchased the car from Barthropp coinciding with the launch of The Beatlesβ White Album. In September 1969 he sold the car to Allen Klein, an American businessman.
The car appeared in the Oscar-winning film Georgy Girl (1966), the classic Let It Be (1970), starring The Beatles, Performance (1970), featuring Mick Jagger, and then prominently featured in The Greek Tycoon (1978) starring Anthony Quinn.
In 2016 after extensive restoration, Jody Klein, a longtime Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts' Club member brought the car to the Concurs d'Elegance, Lincolnshire, where it was awarded first place for βBest In Classβ.
The car currently resides in the United Kingdom.
Source: Photographs courtesy of ABKCO Β© 2022. All rights reserved.
1966 Phantom VI (5LVF65)
James Young, established in 1863, is renowned for creating some of the most elegant coachwork to ever grace a motor car chassis. Perhaps the pinnacle of their achievements was realised in their PV23 design, developed especially for the Rolls-Royce Phantom V chassis, with 22 such bodies being built.
This model was usually finished in black, but for 5LVF65 the lighter shade of Ivory further enhances the classic elegance of every curve and line from the pen of its acclaimed designer, A. F. McNeil.
The interior contains a remarkably spacious rear compartment, with the finest cabinetry work below the division glass. Champagne cloth to the rear compartment is chosen for greater comfort than the similarly coloured and more resilient leather that the chauffeur would enjoy.
Source: P&A Wood.
2015 Phantom VII (Serenity Phantom)
Rolls-Royce created this magnificent Bespoke Phantom VII Extended for its display at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Inspired by opulent motor cars made for international royalty in the early 1900s, the rear passenger cabin is finished in a unique Smoke Green raw silk, specially handwoven and decorated with hand-embroidered and hand-painted Chinoiserie blossom motifs that took up to 600 hours to complete. The design also appears in the fascia and marquetry inlays in the rear doors; smoked cherrywood and bamboo elements, and details echoing the raked gravel in Japanese gardens complete the interiorβs calm, natural ambiance. At the time, the Mother of Pearl exterior paint finish was the most complex β and expensive β the marque had ever produced.
2021 Phantom VIII (Phantom Oribe)
A unique collaboration saw the House of Rolls-Royce and the House of HermΓ¨s co-create a Bespoke Phantom for Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa. Named Phantom Oribe, the motor car features a Bespoke two-tone exterior finish, inspired by the clientβs world-class collection of ancient Japanese ceramics, Oribe ware. In an unusual move, the Rolls-Royce paint was made available for use on the clientβs private jet that the Phantom is paired with.The interior is finished predominantly in HermΓ¨s Enea Green leather. The Gallery features an artwork based on a design by the celebrated French artist and illustrator Pierre PΓ©ron (1905β1988), who created many of HermΓ¨sβ iconic scarves.
AN ICON REBORN
At one minute past midnight, on 1 January 2003, the first Phantom VII was handed over to its new owner β the first motor car to be produced at the brand-new Home of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, West Sussex, England. A thoroughly modern interpretation of the marqueβs signature lines and proportions, as first set down by Sir Henry Royce himself, it was built entirely in-house by Rolls-Royce, with monocoque bodywork to a standard design rather than coachbuilt. In one important sense, however, it retained a link with its heritage, in that every car was hand-built by a team of skilled craftspeople. Furthermore, the marqueβs Bespoke programme meant Phantom was effectively a canvas upon which patrons could realise their own visions and desires.
Over its 13-year lifespan, Phantom VII cemented Rolls-Royce as the worldβs pre-eminent superluxury motor manufacturer, and its own place as the marqueβs pinnacle product. But just like their predecessors, Rolls-Royceβs designers and engineers understood that perfection is a moving target: that Phantom was never βdoneβ.
In 2016, Rolls-Royce presented Phantom VIII. This was the first Rolls-Royce to be built on the marqueβs proprietary Architecture of Luxury, an all-aluminium spaceframe designed to underpin every future motor car produced at Goodwood.
Phantom VIII was specifically designed to be the ultimate platform for Bespoke commissions. This has resulted in some of the most technically ambitious and challenging projects ever undertaken by the marqueβs designers, engineers and specialist craftspeople. It is also the only Rolls-Royce model to feature the Gallery β an uninterrupted swathe of glass that runs the full width of the fascia, behind which the client can display a commissioned work of art or design.
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