Friday 3rd January 2003

Rolls Royce Phantom

Big new barge launched from underground facility in Sussex

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[xsaravtr]

Ming'in...

[PetrolTed]

I like it. They had a tough act to follow and I think it's a reasonable mix of new and old.

[pies]

The only thing i can say thats good about it is its keeping somebody in work........its pug ugly!

[apache]

jeeez what a barge! must have the drag coefficient of a small dictatorship, makes the Maybach look svelte

[miniman]

The colour of that example doesn't do it any favours, does it??

[Thom]

I like it very much from the A-pillar to the rear.
It would be perfect with a longer hood though..Or is it the picture doing it no favour?

[DennisTheMenace]

im not going to buy one

[tuffer]

Back end looks like a Volvo S60, front looks like a dodgy kit car (square headlights....whats that all about) Apart from that it looks better than the last one!!!

[Nick W]

Comes with an extending umbrella from the bodywork somewhere, apparently

[jeremyc]

And remember you saw it here on PH first.

[ChrisD]

To me the front looks just as robotic as the VW Bully concept.

[viperman]

Ming'in...

yep!

[Bodo]

couldn't they bring a car to the photoshots which was not involved in front-crashtests?

[DRG]

Oh dear me...RIP RR.

[Barras]

The colour of that example doesn't do it any favours, does it??

Well, Miniman, pretty much no colour can help it. It looks...so german... Logical, but very un-Rolls Royce.

[gnomesmith]

Should look better once they take the disguise off.

[banneville]

"Fetch the Rolls Parker"... bet they show pictures of a pink one next.

[ultimasimon]

hmm as aero-dynamic as a warehouse, as manouvreable as a 747 in the highstreet, and a large statement which says..

I am truly loaded but have no idea of fashion sense.

An appealing vehicle for Puff Daddy and like then?
RR should at least steal a few Rapp star's from the Bentley marque.

With all that interior space it would make a good builders van. What a shame for our old heritage and the name RR - Really Rank ? or Right Revolting...

I see it's also got suicide-doors...appropriate for when you realise how daft you must have been to buy one. Come on Bentley, now you can really take zee Germans to zee cleaners!!

[erniethrasher]

Its so ugly but it does come with a gun turret and a free map of Poland

[v8thunder]

Uh huh - will they do a limited 'FAB 1' special edition with an extra set of front wheels?