2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom: How Do You Improve Perfection?

The New Rolls-Royce Phantom Is Exactly as Opulent as You Hoped

Today, Rolls-Royce has brought out the eighth new Phantom in the nameplate's over-90-year history.

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Introduced in 2003, the seventh-generation Rolls-Royce Phantom was a comeback car for the English brand , which had been recently acquired by BMW. The car had been updated during its 14-year production run, but it's time for a new model. Today, Rolls-Royce is presenting the Phantom VIII, an new car that rides an an all-aluminum spaceframe chassis for the first time.

2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom: How Do You Improve Perfection?
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Rolls-Royce calls this alloy spaceframe the Architecture of Luxury, and it's set to underpin all of the company's future models.

Rolls-Royce notes that this architecture is lighter and stiffer than before, but don't think the Phantom is a lightweight now. Both the short- and extended-wheelbase Phantoms weigh nearly 6000 lbs. A full 286 of those pounds is just sound deadening, which Rolls-Royce says helps make the Phantom the quietest car in the world. Rolls-Royce

Inside the Phantom is as spectacular as you'd expect it to be-after all, this is Rolls-Royce's flagship model. Rolls-Royce says the interior is designed to embrace its occupants with the nicest leather, wood, and metal available. Rolls-Royce

Get your first look at the 2018 Rolls Royce Phantom in this London showroom

One of the most anticipated cars of the year - the 2018 Rolls Royce Phantom - has finally come to H.R Owen's Rolls-Royce showroom in London, U.K. The rear features two individual white seats separated by a console. Auto News This 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom is Purple on Purple Perfection

The purple-on-purple Phantom is actually the car Rolls-Royce used to debut the all-new, eighth-generation Phantom during a special event at Bonhams' headquarters in London last month. 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom first drive review

Speaking to Drive at the international launch in Switzerland, Koehn said the new Phantom is 3 to 6 decibels quieter than the next quietest car they could find. 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom.


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Rolls-Royce worked with Continental to build a bespoke tyre with super soft side walls. Which is another way of saying the Phantom is enormous.


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The extended wheelbase car is $1.1 million. The outgoing Phantom was $855,000 in standard wheelbase form, or $990,000 as EWB. Rolls-Royce has added turbocharging to its Phantom for the first time, but missed the memo about reducing the capacity.

The Phantom's V12 remain at 6.75 litres, a traditional Rolls capacity, though it is not quite the same engine as before. The naturally aspirated predecessor had a unique block, this time around the Rolls-Royce Ghost's more modern BMW-derived 6.6-litre engine has been restroked and otherwise modified and pressed into Phantom service.

Phantom 8 will never be mistaken for a sports car but is a much more enjoyable machine from the driver's seat, despite the ride being softer again. The rear steering angles the wheels in the opposite direction to the front wheels to 3 degrees maximum for parking and low speed manoeuvrability.

Rolls-Royce Officially Reveals Its Phenomenal New Phantom VIII

The latest addition to the car industry's longest-running model name is a benchmark for the brand.

Hardly new, Rolls-Royce's Phantom is the oldest model name in automotive history; the first car under that moniker was made in 1925. It's not every year that Rolls-Royce Motor Cars sends a new model down the runway, and the last new Phantom was released in 2003. Called the Phantom VII, that car replaced the VI version-introduced 35 years earlier! Giles Taylor, director of design at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars since 2012, is the man with the responsibility of making the Phantom VIII the best one yet. The 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII officially debuted today. Photo: Courtesy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The Phantom VIII welcomes driver and passengers with an understated, pristine interior design in perfect keeping with the marque's well-bred demeanor. The opulent interior of an extended-wheelbase Phantom VIII. Photo: Courtesy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

Rolls-Royce has always ensured that the analogue clock is the loudest sound one can hear inside the cabin, and according to its engineers, the Phantom VIII is the most silent motor car in the world. For Rolls-Royce, there is no other way.

The sky is-literally-the limit when appointing the Phantom VIII interior with the Bespoke Option Starlight Headliner. A Rolls-Royce's interior gallery featuring porcelain roses crafted by Nymphenburg. Photo: Courtesy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

No carmaker does bespoke like Rolls-Royce, whose designers will consult with customers to create a Phantom VIII unlike any other. The Phantom VIII comes stateside in spring 2018, and will be priced from about $450,000.


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This is a discussion on 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom images leaked within The International Automotive Scene, part of the BHP Worldwide category; Brochure images of the 2018 Rolls Royce Phantom have been leaked ahead of the official unveiling next week. These images..

Brochure images of the 2018 Rolls Royce Phantom have been leaked ahead of the official unveiling next week. These images are of the eighth-generation extended wheelbase variant of the Phantom.

The new Phantom sports the characteristic up-right grille and a tweaked bumper. The side profile is largely similar to the current generation Phantom.

The center console is finished in dark wood trim on the car in the leaked pictures, while the dashboard is lined in leather with the Rolls Royce timepiece shifted towards the right.

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Phantom should come with them, the circular lights.

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The interiors in the 7 series or any other car for that matter simply cannot be compared to a Rolls Royce, as Rolls Royce has a completely different outlook on what the interiors ought to make you feel like. Originally Posted by IshaanIan

The interiors in the 7 series or any other car for that matter simply cannot be compared to a Rolls Royce, as Rolls Royce has a completely different outlook on what the interiors ought to make you feel like. Several times.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom is an icon and its sad to see that BMW is having perhaps a bit too much influence over it, we're not wanting to see the Phantom as a 9-Series or a 11-Series (assuming Ghost is 9), we want to see Rolls-Royce do their own thing. I believe the Phantom V was the most British Rolls-Royce, yet. I loved what BMW did with the Phantom VII.. Re: 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom images leaked

And the Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII is launched, the legend is reborn :

Rolls-Royce reveals Phantom VIII

Rolls-Royce has revealed the Phantom VIII in London. According to Rolls-Royce, the new architecture is 30 percent more rigid than that of the Phantom VII.

The Phantom VIII carries forward the car's traditional design. Apart from minor tweaks, its profile is comparable to the outgoing Phantom. The car retains its long hood, strong shoulder line that drops off at the rear and suicide doors. The car also gets a new 7x3 head-up display. Rear seat passengers can use aircraft-style tray tables, screens behind the front seats, drink cabinets with glassware and reclining seats. The new Phantom is powered by a 6.75-litre, twin-turbocharged V12 engine that produces 563 BHP @ 5,000 rpm and 900 @ 1,800 rpm. The car comes with a new double-wishbone front suspension at the front and a five-link setup with air-suspension at the rear.

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2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom teased, global unveil on July 27

Rolls-Royce has released the first teaser of the eighth-generation Phantom. The final iteration will make debut at The Great Eight Phantoms exhibition with the three iconic Phantoms from the previous generations

Along with a revised design, the Phantom VIII will get a more advanced cabin

Rolls-Royce has released the first teaser of the eighth-generation Phantom The company has also announced its global debut to take place at The Great Eight Phantoms exhibition in the UK on July 27.

Reports suggest that the Rolls-Royce Phantom VIII will continue with the signature 24-slat grille which is standard on the top-spec model of the company. The Aga Khan was among just 18 heads of state and members of royal families to commission a Rolls-Royce Phantom IV.

The First Goodwood Phantom is the motor car that began the renaissance of Rolls-Royce in 2003. And it will be the third iconic model to be presented at The Great Eight Phantoms exhibition.

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Away from the frenetic new-car-every-week launch schedule, there's Rolls-Royce Despite several new Rolls models in recent years, such as the Ghost and the Wraith, the arrival of a new Phantom flagship is a very rare event - the current (Mark VII) model is 14 years old, although the Phantom name dates back 92 years and is reckoned to be the oldest production nameplate in the world.

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