RE: Rolls-Royce Phantom SWB: Driven

[Uncle John]

Burwood said:

A wee factoid. As Beavers weigh up to 30kg and the pictured example looks like more like a large dog I would wager there is plenty of Beaver to fill several Rollers

Fnar Fnar!!

Where's Hugh Hefner when you need him....

[cookie1600]

Burwood said:

Is it stuffed

Let's have a look.....

[alock]

pimpchez said:

I have spoke out about this before, PH do not care about satisfying the customer base. If they did , the archaic limitations of whatever framework they use to drive the website would have been long upgraded.

We're the product. The advertisers are the customer.

[Vee12V]

well, it's still on top of it's class obviously but I expected more if I'm honest. I also think the old one looked slightly better and what's with the dashboard that still looks rather cluttered?

[E65Ross]

Am I missing something or is this review an article which doesn't seem to really..... You know, actually review the car? It says it's quiet and shifts gear at very low rpm and that's basically it? Or am I missing something?

[andyxxx]

alock said:

pimpchez said:

I have spoke out about this before, PH do not care about satisfying the customer base. If they did , the archaic limitations of whatever framework they use to drive the website would have been long upgraded.

We're the product. The advertisers are the customer.

We (Pistonheads and it’s contributors) are the product to the advertiser but surely we (the contributors) are non fee paying customers to Pistonheads because without our custom Pistonheads is no more

[unsprung]

Cold said:

beerexpressman said:

What's with the beaver?

It's nice.

The uncompromising Phantom owner travels with his menagerie.

[Chris944]

What a truly horrible looking car; a fk-off I have wads of dosh bling-mobile.

[Burwood]

Chris944 said:

What a truly horrible looking car; a fk-off I have wads of dosh bling-mobile.

I think it's a great car. Aspirational in my opinion.

[big_rob_sydney]

I suspect I haven't sold enough drugs, stolen enough oil fields, ripped off enough palliative care patients, nor asset stripped enough pension funds.

I just don't understand this type of car. When the German manufacturers make plenty of high end machines, and they have better reliability, what is the purpose of these beyond the ostentatious and crass display?

[RichB]

Gross.

[MikeO996]

Generally love Rolls but that front is beyond slabby and the glass covered dashboard is plain weird.
No doubt colours other than white would be kinder.

[Hailthegreatman]

Ugly, plain ugly.....

[F1GTRUeno]

I think part of the appeal of it is it being so ugly.

Something on unrivalled status should be on the road really.

It screams disdain for the prole and it's all the better for it.

[northwest monkey]

The airbag warning sticker on the sticker is a bit jarring. I quite liked the interior up until that point, but now I've seen that I can't unsee it.

So I'm sorry Rolls-Royce, for now I'll be sticking with the C-Crosser as I'm not paying £500k to look at a sticker. Epic fail.

[danp]

I'm surprised these aren't an EV by now, if they're meant to be the epitome of refinement.

Give it a 150kWh battery with an I6 range extender - who cares if it weighs 3 tonnes+

[Marwood79]

danp said:

I'm surprised these aren't an EV by now, if they're meant to be the epitome of refinement.

Give it a 150kWh battery with an I6 range extender - who cares if it weighs 3 tonnes+

Clearly your 'Rolls Man' would never countenance such white goods..

[E65Ross]

big_rob_sydney said:

I just don't understand this type of car. When the German manufacturers make plenty of high end machines, and they have better reliability, what is the purpose of these beyond the ostentatious and crass display?

Spoken from someone who clearly hasn't been in one. I've been in the back of a Phantom. They are a world apart from a high end S class, I can assure you.

[RichB]

E65Ross said:

big_rob_sydney said:

I just don't understand this type of car. When the German manufacturers make plenty of high end machines, and they have better reliability, what is the purpose of these beyond the ostentatious and crass display?

Spoken from someone who clearly hasn't been in one. I've been in the back of a Phantom. They are a world apart from a high end S class, I can assure you.

quite possibly, but do they really need to look like a pugnacious, blunt nosed, sand dredging barge?

[Vocht]

Absolutely love the car and i'm sure it's opulence is incredible in person. I can't help but think that they've cheaped out by not giving it some semi-autonomous tech and by using the excuse 'they have someone to drive them'.