Friday 14th January 2005

Price for RR convertible emerges

That'll be £214,000 to you sir!

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At the Detroit car show this week, Rolls Royce confirmed that it will put the 100EX (Phantom convertible) into production for the 2007 model year, and that it will be powered by the same V12 as in the saloon car, not the V16 as in the concept car -- see link below for original story.

Prices were being talked about for the first time however, and over £214,000 ($400,000) is the number being talked about at the Rolls Royce booth. This compares to £176,000 ($329,000) for the saloon version -- you could buy seven Vauxhall Corsas for the difference.

[dinkel]

Snooooooooooop
Snooooooooooop
 
When The Pimp's In The Crib Ma
Drop It Like It's Hot
Drop It Like It's Hot
Drop It Like It's Hot

[rude-boy]

dinkel said:

Snooooooooooop Snooooooooooop   When The Pimp's In The Crib Ma Drop It Like It's Hot Drop It Like It's Hot Drop It Like It's Hot

An' if da bitch got attitude...

[Plotloss]

Bollocks to the gansta connotations.

I love it.

I also love Cristal and the swines have hijacked that too...

[pmanson]

Plotloss said:

Bollocks to the gansta connotations. I love it. I also love Cristal and the swines have hijacked that too...

I have to say that looks very nice indeed!

[dinkel]

rude-boy said:

dinkel said: Drop It Like It's Hot An' if da bitch got attitude...

And If A Nigga Get A Attitude
Pop It Like It's Hot
Pop It Like It's Hot
Pop It Like It's Hot

http://users.pandora.be/Music-charts/Lyric_Snoop_Dogg_Drop_it_like_it's_hot.htm

[errek72]

ROFL
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Addams Family', Lurch would have loved it(and the lyrics are more family-oriented).

Maybe a certain member of royalty wouldn't mind it either; a German-British car he can stand up in to salute standers-by and show off his costume?

[RichB]

I saw this creation at Goodwood last summer and to me it is quite hideous! Rich...

[dazren]

article said:

Prices were being talked about for the first time however, and over £214,000 ($400,000) is the number being talked about at the Rolls Royce booth. This compares to £176,000 ($329,000) for the saloon version -- you could buy seven Vauxhall Corsas for the difference.

Clearly the above figures may be accurate ball park figures of what the market will be charged in the US. However, I wouldn't rely on using current exchange rates to get the £'s price we'll be expected to pay in the UK.

The figues above show the convertible having a 21.58% premium over the saloon car. With the current UK list price the saloon being £254k (glass guide Dec 04), I'd expect the convertible to be priced at about £309k.

DAZ

[No 1]

Frankly, if I had the money, I would buy one, no matter the cost. I think it's ugly in an incredibly beautiful way. So what if the company isn't English any more, the brand will always remain the same.

It's 2 fingers to the rest of the world that thinks they can make quality motors that end up looking like over priced versions of their base models, without any style or class. Remember, you can't buy class.

[dinkel]

No 1 said:

Remember, you can't buy class.

Obviously one can, as shown above. Car looks fine except for the strange headlights . . . Is this the only available colrsheme btw? Never saw another type . . .