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For The Phantom’s lines look best in coupe form. Fabulously glamorous, this version seats four and can be specified to your exacting needs. It drives as good as it looks, too.
Against At £300,000, with two less doors and tougher access to the rear than the saloon, this is perhaps an indulgence too far. Add options and you’ll add tens of thousands to the price.
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A Phantom to drive in rather than be driven, the coupe is hugely glamorous, sensationally finished and remarkably rapid. Even the super-rich might baulk at its running costs, though.
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Hand-built at a facility in Goodwood, England, the Rolls-Royce Phantom is BMW’s take on what the quintessential British luxury car should be. It’s vast and imposing in any of its four bodystyles – saloon, extended-wheelbase saloon, coupe and drop-head cabriolet.
All are beautifully built from the finest materials available, while Rolls-Royce quirks like coach (rear-hinged) doors, a power-reserve dial in place of a rev-counter and self-levelling badges in the wheels underline the attention to detail.
Shifting all that metal, wood and leather is a 6.8-litre V12 engine with 453bhp; gone are the days when Rolls-Royce used to merely describe its power as ‘adequate’.
Even so, it is, as the Phantom in any form is able to get to 62mph in a quite incredible six seconds. It drives well, too, the Phantom enjoyable behind the wheel as well as in the back.
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