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"You know there's a Phantom like a block away, right?" my friend Kevin exclaimed as I drained my last sip of beer. "Oh, a Rolls?" I asked, uninterested in the prospect of seeing another luxo-cruiser. "No, an F-4 Phantom fighter jet." This I had to see. More »
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Currently listed on Ebay, this replica Rolls Royce phantom limo will have everyone thinking you are arriving in a 1996 Lincoln converted to look a Rolls Royce for the price of a 1996 Lincoln converted to look like a Rolls Royce. More »
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As part of a tuning package for the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Russian tuner Dartz (they of the whale penis interior) replaced the storied "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament with a couple engaged in sexual relations. It's dubbed the "Spirit of Xtasy." More »
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Communism fading into the past, Russia has become one of the most decadent consumer markets in the world. Want some proof? Here's a customized $450,000 Rolls Royce Centurion left as garbage by the side of a commuter rail line. More »
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For those who own a business, vehicle write-offs are one of the tastiest tax deductions you can take make. This lusty (and very pricey) Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe touting "Chase Vodka" ought to rouse the auditors. [Torquespeak] More »
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If you answered "three" without skipping a beat, with nary a hint of sarcasm and you found your nose turning slightly upward, then you're just the kind of person Rolls is looking for to buy a Phantom. [via TwitPic] More »
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What's more fun: watching a Rolls Royce Phantom getting built, getting blown to crap, or getting sideways on a snowy course? It's America, let's have one of each. More »
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Remember the ridiculous armored Mutec Rolls Royce Phantom? This is what it looks like undergoing equally ridiculous armored shield testing. [Es.Autoblog via Carscoop] More »
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Following National Geographic's Ultimate Factories visit to the Lamborghini factory, we were eager to see what their next stop would be. Turns out it's Rolls Royce. More »
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Lights! Camera! Auction! Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a car from a movie you've never heard of, and while it's ready for its close up, it may have spent too much time in make up. More »
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In the classic Outer Limits episode- The Architects of Fear, an individual volunteers to be mutated into a horrific creature in the name of world peace. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has his car. More »
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Rolls-Royce is contemplating a lawsuit over the Geely GE, which debuted at the Shanghai Auto Show and looks conspicuously like a Rolls-Royce Phantom. This case has a lot of merit... anywhere but China. More »
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The 2009 Shanghai Auto Show's just hours away and here's the first unveil. It's the Geely GE and as you can tell, it's a carbon copy of the Rolls Royce Phantom. [autohome.com.cn via TheTycho.com] More »
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Made a fortune by selling decadent Americans lead-tainted toys and bootlegged DVDs? This Geely GE is the ride for you; doubling a Phantom's luxury by offering half the seating capacity for less money. More »
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The Carpocalypse has spread across most of the globe, but there are still a select few who haven't been hit and they want YOU to know about it. More »
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Hip hop businessman 50 Cent found himself locked out of his own Rolls-Royce Phantom in the streets of London, prompting his groupies to attempt the old hanger trick on the $300k ride. More »
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What's more menacing than a Rolls Royce Phantom? How about a Rolls Royce Phantom that's been covered in a matte black paint job? This Phantom menace wears the tough-guy paint scheme magnificently well — even the hood ornament, the Spirit of Ecstasy, is blacked out. Inside the black theme is carried throughout the entirety of the interior, but with a glossy piano finish to contrast the matte finish outside. Below, we've got a Streetfire video of the darkest Phantom on the planet. Lord Vader would approve. More »
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Autocar spied this 2010 Rolls-Royce RR4 undergoing final testing in Europe. Immediately apparent are its Phantom-style door handles and rear suicide doors. Also visible is the surprisingly Phantom-like side profile. In fact, the whole thing looks like smaller Phantom, which is precisely what it is, just based on the 2009 BMW 7-Series platform. Unlike the 7-Series though, the RR4 will cost at least $170,000 when it goes on sale next year. More »
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Looks like Sean Combs went and got into a little bit of a multi-vehicle accident, resulting in some very high-priced steel getting bent out of shape in the process. At the very least, a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Mercedes Benz Maybach were involved, along with a few, ahem, lesser vehicles. And... that's about it as far as the details currently available. Seems pretty low-speed, so other than the Diddster looking at some lofty repair bills, nobody is worse for the wear. [TMZ] More »
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And then there were ten. With a completely expected shoo-in for JFG like the Porsche 959, the margin of acceptance standing at 95.1% is no surprise. Impressive yes, but still bested by the McLaren F1 and the Mercedes 300SL, though we suppose that to be good company to keep. Today's offering is far less well known, with a far murkier history, and much, much more beautiful coachwork. What the bloodlines of the recently axed Rolls Royce Phantom cannot offer is everything this car represents. Complete and utter disregard for cost, opinion, standard, and precedence. This automobile set a benchmark we doubt will ever be reached again in within our lifetimes; the 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom 1 Jonckheere Coupe. More »
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Remember Autorama last spring? Remember the insane Caprice/Rolls Royce Phantom mashup that sported 30-inch wheels? Now, nearly a year later, we can show you photos of how the creation was created. Seems the fellows at Spate—and here comes that word again—Creations are master sculptors, as the entire nose was preformed in closed-cell foam then skinned with fiberglass. Translation: That's some goddamn creativity! We also get details on exactly what kind of money went into creating this one-of-a-kind...ahhh yeaaahhh...creation! More »
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If the Rolls Royce Phantom you heathens voted out of the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage just isn't luxurious or ostentatious enough for your needs, consider the option from Mutec. They've upped the factory offering by stretching its wheelbase 110 centimeters and adding a duplicate, rear-facing set of super seats. Now you can conduct meetings of World Bank policy changes and scheme to run up the prices of oil futures and undertake other Illuminati business in rolling, mobile opulence. No need to take two cars to the helicopter anymore. [via Sybarites] More »
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With the departure of the hairy but golden-penned Mr. Lieberman, I have been passed the torch of the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage. It is with honor and deference I accept this great undertaking. I hope to carry on where he left off, bringing you the best of the best in this galaxy of automobilia. Unfortunately, my first duty in this endeavor is striking the final coffin nails on two former occupants of the garage, a pair of cars you've deemed unworthy. More »
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Rolls-Royce CEO Ian Robertson took the podium to confirm several things: that Rolls is still custom-crafted catnip to Beverly Hills plastic surgeons (90210 harbors their number one dealership); that their armored superluxe market is healthy; that the glistening British stalwart refers to potential lineworkers, in charmingly medieval fashion, as "apprentices"; and that even non-news sounds juicy when it's delivered in tasteful BBC tones. More »
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We've shown the odd yet endearing work of CWW Studios before. Essentially, they are pinball Photoshop wizards the turn pictures of regular cars into wagons. Or Limos. Or Coupes. Or SUVs. Or convertible wagon SUVs with six doors. Last night, while searching for Fantasy Garage images, we stumbled upon what you're currently looking at. Thoughts? Oh, you think Rolls-Royce panel van is kooky? Make the jump. More »
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For generations, Rolls-Royces were the automotive equivalent of a white wedding dress. Pretty, but who you trying to fool, honey? Yes, the badge said Rolls-Royce, but wink-wink, nudge, nudge, Elton John covered his in rhinestones, but come on — they weren't very good cars. Sure, we'd love to get our mits on a Phantom IV. Or better yet, a Camargue! But even then you're talking 189 hp from a 6.75-liter V8 coupled to a GM 3-speed autobox. Woo frigging hoo. And at least the Camargue was kinda nifty looking. Most Rollers are frumpy, bulgy looking things. But they had a lot of leather and walnut and wool and odds are you weren't doing the driving anyhow, so did it really matter that the emperor was wearing little more than a pair of speedos? To BMW it did. More »
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Wafting around Los Angeles for a week in the Cyber Barge (née Lexus LS600h L) was an eye opening experience. For one, I was never told once by any passenger to, "Slow down!" as so often is the case in my WRX. This is especially shocking as the big Lexus is (sob) faster to 60 mph than my personal whip. Additionally, for the first time in recorded history I was much more interested in a vehicle's backseat than its front. Mental note: next time hire a driver. Ultimately, I was shocked by how much I liked the car. The filthy rich might really be onto something. However, I was left with the nagging feeling that the LS600h L just wasn't enough. I desired more. Where, for instance, was the caviar dispenser? Or the PA system so I could shout insults at poor people? (the Maybach 62 actually has the latter) My point? I want a long wheelbase Rolls-Royce Phantom. You? More »
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For those who think the base model Phantom is only for poor people and dermatologists, Rolls Royce is issuing a few Tungsten Edition Phantoms to each of the continents. The name comes from the special Xiralic Darket Tungsten paint treatment the car gets, which would have looked great on our old 300D. What will really standout at the charity galas and secret gay trysts with Yendrick the Tennis Pro is the brushed aluminum hood from the 101 EX concept. More »
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Well friends, I'm 5 pounds fatter. Yesterday, we picked our automotive Thanksgiving Turkey. As it turns out, the pink Veyron of horror was hatched by a dude named Nigo who owns a clothing company in Japan called Bathing Ape. Not content with completely screwing up the most technically advanced car in the world, Nigo went ahead and dork-a-fied a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Smooth move, ex-lax. We would just like to point out that ex-lax is actually spelled in all lowercase letters, because we have nothing else to say about slaughtering totally amazing vehicles to promote your stupid t-shirts, no matter how "street" you think they are. Tip of the 10 and 1 Green Bay Packers starter cap to Simon for the hook up. More »
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A few years back, we actually ponied up the $80 to attend our 10-year reunion, but got the dates screwed up and missed it. Still, a few friends of ours did make it, and the reports were excellent. The bullying jock we hated the most is not only pushing 400 pounds and saddled with a couple of illegitimate offspring, but now works as a manager at a toilet paper factory. Tee hee. That was just the highlight however, as shadenfraud abounded. Bald, fat and sad seemed to be the dominant themes. Fast foreword a few years and we'll be ready to pounce all over our 20th. But what to drive? What car will let all the suckers know that they're still suckers and that I should have been voted most likely to succeed? Exactly, a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. You? More »
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For heads of state, ultra-pimps and modern-day Ernst Stavro Blofelds, the men in the Goodwood hood are offering the Phantom Armoured. Spec'd to VR7 protection levels (this is apparently high), the Phantom Armoured allows one to relax in comfort with a high-class escort, a magnum of Dom and a bucket of KFC watching Fridays on DVD while one's driver navigates the nastiest neighborhoods. Weight increases, but power stays the same, so Leadfoot James will have to plan his evasive maneuvers a tad more carefully. Canned ham undoubtedly available as an optional extra. [Thanks to Jamillah for the tip.] – Davey G. Johnson More »
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We couldn't imagine how much it cost for the UK's Mansory to provide a middle-eastern client with this matte-finish Rolls-Royce Phantom. But after seeing all the new flatness that showed up at SEMA last year, we knew something like this was imminent. We just think to follow the money all the way to the UK. Note our mate Nick Hall on the right, angling for a test drive. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Those middlin' rich souls waiting for a baby Rolls-Royce Phantom in the Bentley Continental's price range should give up the dream for good. Adding just a little to a report from earlier this year, Auto Week says the new model, coming in 2010, won't be under $250,000 and may reach $300,000. Rather than using the existing platform of parent BMW's long-wheelbase 7-Series — with which it will share size — the new model will get its own underpinnings. A second shift at the Goodwood assembly plant, where its larger sibling is built, will handle production, which could top 800 cars a year. No word on engine, but electronic infrastructure will come directly from BMW. – Mike Spinelli More »
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A late-'70s Lincoln for the experimental jet set, Eurotrash and stars, the Phantom Drophead Coup shed its tarp at the Detroit Auto Show. The chaps who brought the news from Crewe to Goodwood under the leadership of their Bavarian overlords call it such things as a "less formal interpretation of classic Rolls Royce design" and "sleek, streamlined." Yeah. Streamlined like a goddamn lavishly-appointed Freightliner, Herr von Richthofen. Press release happens post-jump. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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Official pics of the new Rolls-Royce drophead (that's convertible, yank) hit the webs last night, bringing full circle the narrative thread started with the 100EX concept in 2004. The newest of swank ragtops, which shares its mechanicals with the Phantom, will enjoy its deb ball at the Detroit show next month, ahead of its appearance in 4,200 hip-hop videos by 2009, followed by unflattering shots of its underpinnings hitting a gossip blog late in 2010. [Thanks to Dave for the tip.] More »
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True, we've been wearing the same pants for a week, but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate the finer things in life (OK, maybe not a Delage). Well aged Scotch, pricey real-estate, hookers beautiful women and American Express Black Cards are all things we aspire to. And if we had that Black Card, we could jet off to Hong Kong for the weekend to be chauffeured around in one of fourteen brand spanking pimp long-wheel base Phantoms that were just delivered to the Peninsula Hong Kong hotel. Each ride is painted the same proprietary color (Peninsula Green), sports eighteen dead cows and has an air conditioned cool box to ensure frosty hand towels. We don't get that last part, either — curse you relative poverty! Jonny Lieberman More »
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The guys from Winding Road, who just so happen to be sitting next to us in the Paris Turkish prison auto show press tomb room, say Rolls-Royce has confirmed it's building a line of sedans slotted just below the Phantom, in the $230,000 to $330,000 range. Word is, the new models — to be launched within four years — will be close in size to the 101EX, and share a few parts with parent BMW's 7-series. That price point keeps the model ahead of potential rival Bentley, but still well below Boeing's "On the Wings of Imagination" Rose Parade float. More »
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Go ahead, call it a Corniche, see if we care. Whatever you call it, the coming drophead Rolls is closing in on the Palm Beach ladies who luncheon. It's now in Arizona for hot-weather testing, having arrived recently from Northern Europe where it was dodging elk the size of garbage trucks on snowy byways. Any time now, it'll be in the hands of some valet at The Breakers who just smoked an entire double-dime bag. But the crushed-emeralds-encrusted salmon is to die. More »
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