Rolls Royce 2013 Phantom
The launch of the Rolls-Royce Phantom on 1 January 2003 was abundant more than the reveal of a brand new ultra-luxury car; it signalled the twenty first Century renaissance of the globe's most famous luxury automobile complete and the first glimpse of a masterpiece that quickly established itself at the top of automotive excellence.
For the preceding 5 years, underneath BMW Group possession and within the absence of publicity, designers, engineers and skilled production workers had overseen the birth of a flagship Rolls-Royce motor automobile and state-of-the-art production facility on the Goodwood Estate in Southern England. Without parallel in the automotive trade, the achievement was all the a lot of astonishing for a complete which shouldered the burden of historic ups (and occasional downs) and for which expectations for the longer term were rightly high.
From launch, the Rolls-Royce Phantom proved itself a worthy recipient of the famous Spirit of Ecstasy figurine. From Pantheon grille to long rear overhang, the look was clearly a Rolls-Royce. Every angle revealed a daring however elegant car with road presence that was second to none.
For such an imposing automotive, Phantom shocked drivers with its agility and precision in motion whereas its ride was described by the company at the time as 'designed to lower the heart beat'. The magnificently sublime ride, famed through model generations, had came back and waftability re-affirmed itself in the corporate lexicon.
At the automobile's core lay a ground-breaking, lightweight aluminium area-frame with power provided by a refined, direct-injection V12 engine, married to a six-speed auto gearbox. And complementing this excellence in engineering was Phantom's lovely interior, presenting hand-stitched sumptuous leathers, fine veneers and exquisite detailing, a combination that marked the automotive as one thing uniquely special.
New Phantom variants were added, beginning with Phantom Extended Wheelbase in 2005. In 2007, Phantom Drophead Coupé revealed the final in luxurious open-high motoring, whereas Phantom Coupé, Rolls-Royce's refined grand tourer, joined the family in 2008. All were warmly received.
A brand new world - Phantom Series II in outline
Today, Rolls-Royce presents Phantom Series II, a family of pinnacle cars that have been thoughtfully updated with the introduction of cutting-edge technology, enhancements to an already peerless drive-train and improvements in connectivity that mirror the changing world in that we have a tendency to live.
Rolls-Royce Phantom's putting and modern front finish best encapsulates the essence of changes that lie beneath, with re-styled bumpers and rectangular light-weight apertures that frame full-LED lightweight clusters. These allow the mixing of latest technologies like curve light-weight functionality, where headlamp beams are mirrored within the direction of travel to produce bigger illumination of the road ahead when cornering. And adaptive headlamps, where light-weight patterns amendment automatically and - in fact - effortlessly in response to completely different driving speeds.
Phantom's already chic drive-train has additionally been enhanced. The addition of a new eight-speed automatic gearbox and rear differential perfectly complement the V12 direct injection engine, improving exemplary dynamics, as well because the famous Rolls-Royce promise of a magic carpet ride. Fuel consumption improves by ten p.c on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions fall from 385 to 347g/km as a consequence (388 to 349 for Phantom Extended Wheelbase).
Effortless may be a word that perhaps best epitomises the Phantom expertise, each for drivers and their passengers. Thus an improved user interface, similarly as the addition of latest driver help technologies, have been designed on the muse of a new electronics' platform for Phantom Series II. The satellite navigation system, for instance, has been totally updated with functions that include 3D map show with landscape topography, guided tours, also enhanced points of interest and composite route planning.
Audio visual content, satellite navigation maps and driver information is presented on Phantom's new 8.8 in. control centre show, underlined by eight programmable bookmarks in chrome for optimum convenience in choosing key functions. Front, rear and high-read camera systems, any augment Phantom's ease of use notably when driving in tight urban environments. When reverse parking for instance, rear path prediction automatically deploys on-screen.
These important changes add more substance to a reputation Phantom has proudly built since launch of the signature Rolls-Royce back in 2003. It is a new world. But it is a world in which the Rolls-Royce Phantom family can occupy a pinnacle position for many years to come back.
Style
"We have a tendency to ought to suppose of Phantom design as a bit of in style, classical music. Over time this has the chance of different interpretations while not losing the essential melody that we have a tendency to apprehend so well." Ian Cameron - Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Director of Style
Like a bit of inspirational music, the Rolls-Royce Phantom continues to please an audience. Acquainted melodies - classic style cues that can be traced through the model generations - are dropped at life by an orchestra of craftspeople operating at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, where attention to the finest detail delights in each automotive.
Familiar themes begin with the famous Spirit of Ecstasy, proudly adorning every model's Pantheon grille leaning into the wind with fluttering robe, whereas in side profile all Phantom relations present an extended rear over-hang and classic 2-to-1 wheel to body height.
The skinny-rimmed steering-wheel is reminiscent of elegantly built multifunction helms of the Phantom II and III, whereas more cues in the form of bulls-eye air vents and organ-stop plungers additional hint at past masterpieces.
However twenty first Century style cues conjointly delight owners, in addition to those for whom a glimpse of a Rolls-Royce could be a rare moment to be treasured. The interlocked double-R Rolls-Royce monogram in the hubcaps, for example, that remain upright in the slightest degree times. And coach doors with soft shut perform, which house Teflon-coated umbrellas to produce the grandest type of disembarkation from any motor automotive, no matter the weather.
Nearly ten years from launch, the design team responsible for making a modern masterpiece stay at Rolls-Royce. And for Director of Style Ian Cameron, updating a twenty first Century classic would begin with one priority: a harmonious, timeless design to embrace state-of-the-art technological enhancements.
The new, modern front-end for Phantom Series II, maybe best exemplifies changes that are more than skin deep. Recessed behind new rectangular light-weight apertures and re-designed front bumpers are absolutely LED light-weight clusters. The signature is a sublime and dramatic bar, capturing the simple magnificence of a continuously lit component, a feature complementing Rolls-Royce tail light-weight design. For balance and proportion, this can be integrated horizontally across the centre of Phantom's four-compartment headlamp.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé and Drophead Coupé currently come back with a single piece grille surround, presenting a smoother, a lot of modern front end that arch into sculpted front wings, whereas Phantom saloon features a new rear bumper incorporating a sophisticated stainless-steel highlight.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Saloon and Extended Wheelbase wear a brand new front wing R-R badge with repeat indicator whereas three new wheel choices, including painted, part-polished and polished, raise the vary of 21" wheels, the most important fitted as standard to any production automotive.
"The result is thoroughly trendy, however embraces those traditional style cues. It is a familiar design, but it's lit in a very different way." - Ian Cameron
Interior
Simplicity of style and therefore the very finest materials contribute to the timeless design of any Phantom, where touch points are exclusively wood, chrome and leather and where feet can easily be lost in deep, lambswool rugs.
Arguably the most effective place to experience Phantom's luxury is from the rear seat of Phantom Saloon where passengers - elevated by eighteen mm - are presented with an inspirational read down the long sweep of the bonnet and onto the Spirit of Ecstasy. A reduction in the number of seat flutes in front and back, from 5 to a few, gives a additional fashionable complement to the car's luxurious natural grain leather and flutes also are added to Drophead Coupé and Coupé seats for Phantom Series II.
An oasis of calm, Rolls-Royce interiors are the right environment in that to relax and unwind in welcoming silence. However they will conjointly be a centre for entertainment. Phantom Saloon's theatre configuration adds two monitors among veneered picnic tables for rear seat passengers that are linked to a multi-media player, mounted in a compartment behind the centre console. The inclusion of AV connectors, a six-DVD changer housed within the lower glove box and USB port in the centre console, means that occupants will view separate content wherever they may be seated, front or rear.
The LOGIC7 surround sound system by Harman can produce a actually cinematic experience on any journey. Seven individual sound signals are processed specifically for the car and its interior conditions employing a combination of speakers that include subwoofers housed within resonance chambers in the area created by Phantom's double floor. A 9-channel amplifier delivers supreme clarity, clearly putting musical instruments, sound effects and dialogue at totally different depths giving the impression of sitting in row one or 20 of a concert.
At the bit of a button, Phantom's elegant analogue clock flips to reveal a brand new control centre display. The screen has increased in size from 6.5 to 8.8 inches with enhanced pixel density providing a more refined image, furthermore split-menu display for a lot of intuitive access to totally different functions.
A trendy new chrome controller, discreetly hidden among the centre console and rear-centre arm rests when not in use, is flanked by operate keys like menu, telephone and navigation to permit easier access to infotainment functions.
Eight practical bookmarks are currently included beneath the monitor. These will be programmed to gift desired info at the bit of a chrome key, for instance the preferred orientation for satellite navigation maps, to present favourite tv channels, pre-set radio stations or to access Phantom's telephone menu.
All Rolls-Royce Phantom family cars currently benefit from improved interfaces and interaction with wireless technology. Finding a restaurant, booking a table, then being guided to its location, for instance, comes courtesy of the improved functionality and inter-connectivity of Phantom's new satellite navigation system. Any enhancements to navigation functions include guided tours: at the Home of Rolls-Royce, which is situated next to the historic town of Chichester in England, drivers could opt for to pick a forty five minute tour taking in Roman Britain.
For Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II the telephone cradle has been replaced by a normal match sensible phone cradle that connects directly into the automotive antennae. The centre recess currently additionally includes USB, Aux-in and 12V power sockets. Additionally, music can be copied directly onto the automotive's hard-drive, due to the addition of a USB port in the glove compartment.
Rolls Royce 2013 PhantomFor the preceding 5 years, underneath BMW Group possession and within the absence of publicity, designers, engineers and skilled production workers had overseen the birth of a flagship Rolls-Royce motor automobile and state-of-the-art production facility on the Goodwood Estate in Southern England. Without parallel in the automotive trade, the achievement was all the a lot of astonishing for a complete which shouldered the burden of historic ups (and occasional downs) and for which expectations for the longer term were rightly high.
From launch, the Rolls-Royce Phantom proved itself a worthy recipient of the famous Spirit of Ecstasy figurine. From Pantheon grille to long rear overhang, the look was clearly a Rolls-Royce. Every angle revealed a daring however elegant car with road presence that was second to none.
For such an imposing automotive, Phantom shocked drivers with its agility and precision in motion whereas its ride was described by the company at the time as 'designed to lower the heart beat'. The magnificently sublime ride, famed through model generations, had came back and waftability re-affirmed itself in the corporate lexicon.
At the automobile's core lay a ground-breaking, lightweight aluminium area-frame with power provided by a refined, direct-injection V12 engine, married to a six-speed auto gearbox. And complementing this excellence in engineering was Phantom's lovely interior, presenting hand-stitched sumptuous leathers, fine veneers and exquisite detailing, a combination that marked the automotive as one thing uniquely special.
New Phantom variants were added, beginning with Phantom Extended Wheelbase in 2005. In 2007, Phantom Drophead Coupé revealed the final in luxurious open-high motoring, whereas Phantom Coupé, Rolls-Royce's refined grand tourer, joined the family in 2008. All were warmly received.
A brand new world - Phantom Series II in outline
Today, Rolls-Royce presents Phantom Series II, a family of pinnacle cars that have been thoughtfully updated with the introduction of cutting-edge technology, enhancements to an already peerless drive-train and improvements in connectivity that mirror the changing world in that we have a tendency to live.
Rolls-Royce Phantom's putting and modern front finish best encapsulates the essence of changes that lie beneath, with re-styled bumpers and rectangular light-weight apertures that frame full-LED lightweight clusters. These allow the mixing of latest technologies like curve light-weight functionality, where headlamp beams are mirrored within the direction of travel to produce bigger illumination of the road ahead when cornering. And adaptive headlamps, where light-weight patterns amendment automatically and - in fact - effortlessly in response to completely different driving speeds.
Phantom's already chic drive-train has additionally been enhanced. The addition of a new eight-speed automatic gearbox and rear differential perfectly complement the V12 direct injection engine, improving exemplary dynamics, as well because the famous Rolls-Royce promise of a magic carpet ride. Fuel consumption improves by ten p.c on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions fall from 385 to 347g/km as a consequence (388 to 349 for Phantom Extended Wheelbase).
Effortless may be a word that perhaps best epitomises the Phantom expertise, each for drivers and their passengers. Thus an improved user interface, similarly as the addition of latest driver help technologies, have been designed on the muse of a new electronics' platform for Phantom Series II. The satellite navigation system, for instance, has been totally updated with functions that include 3D map show with landscape topography, guided tours, also enhanced points of interest and composite route planning.
Audio visual content, satellite navigation maps and driver information is presented on Phantom's new 8.8 in. control centre show, underlined by eight programmable bookmarks in chrome for optimum convenience in choosing key functions. Front, rear and high-read camera systems, any augment Phantom's ease of use notably when driving in tight urban environments. When reverse parking for instance, rear path prediction automatically deploys on-screen.
These important changes add more substance to a reputation Phantom has proudly built since launch of the signature Rolls-Royce back in 2003. It is a new world. But it is a world in which the Rolls-Royce Phantom family can occupy a pinnacle position for many years to come back.
Style
"We have a tendency to ought to suppose of Phantom design as a bit of in style, classical music. Over time this has the chance of different interpretations while not losing the essential melody that we have a tendency to apprehend so well." Ian Cameron - Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Director of Style
Like a bit of inspirational music, the Rolls-Royce Phantom continues to please an audience. Acquainted melodies - classic style cues that can be traced through the model generations - are dropped at life by an orchestra of craftspeople operating at the Home of Rolls-Royce in Goodwood, where attention to the finest detail delights in each automotive.
Familiar themes begin with the famous Spirit of Ecstasy, proudly adorning every model's Pantheon grille leaning into the wind with fluttering robe, whereas in side profile all Phantom relations present an extended rear over-hang and classic 2-to-1 wheel to body height.
The skinny-rimmed steering-wheel is reminiscent of elegantly built multifunction helms of the Phantom II and III, whereas more cues in the form of bulls-eye air vents and organ-stop plungers additional hint at past masterpieces.
However twenty first Century style cues conjointly delight owners, in addition to those for whom a glimpse of a Rolls-Royce could be a rare moment to be treasured. The interlocked double-R Rolls-Royce monogram in the hubcaps, for example, that remain upright in the slightest degree times. And coach doors with soft shut perform, which house Teflon-coated umbrellas to produce the grandest type of disembarkation from any motor automotive, no matter the weather.
Nearly ten years from launch, the design team responsible for making a modern masterpiece stay at Rolls-Royce. And for Director of Style Ian Cameron, updating a twenty first Century classic would begin with one priority: a harmonious, timeless design to embrace state-of-the-art technological enhancements.
The new, modern front-end for Phantom Series II, maybe best exemplifies changes that are more than skin deep. Recessed behind new rectangular light-weight apertures and re-designed front bumpers are absolutely LED light-weight clusters. The signature is a sublime and dramatic bar, capturing the simple magnificence of a continuously lit component, a feature complementing Rolls-Royce tail light-weight design. For balance and proportion, this can be integrated horizontally across the centre of Phantom's four-compartment headlamp.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé and Drophead Coupé currently come back with a single piece grille surround, presenting a smoother, a lot of modern front end that arch into sculpted front wings, whereas Phantom saloon features a new rear bumper incorporating a sophisticated stainless-steel highlight.
Rolls-Royce Phantom Saloon and Extended Wheelbase wear a brand new front wing R-R badge with repeat indicator whereas three new wheel choices, including painted, part-polished and polished, raise the vary of 21" wheels, the most important fitted as standard to any production automotive.
"The result is thoroughly trendy, however embraces those traditional style cues. It is a familiar design, but it's lit in a very different way." - Ian Cameron
Interior
Simplicity of style and therefore the very finest materials contribute to the timeless design of any Phantom, where touch points are exclusively wood, chrome and leather and where feet can easily be lost in deep, lambswool rugs.
Arguably the most effective place to experience Phantom's luxury is from the rear seat of Phantom Saloon where passengers - elevated by eighteen mm - are presented with an inspirational read down the long sweep of the bonnet and onto the Spirit of Ecstasy. A reduction in the number of seat flutes in front and back, from 5 to a few, gives a additional fashionable complement to the car's luxurious natural grain leather and flutes also are added to Drophead Coupé and Coupé seats for Phantom Series II.
An oasis of calm, Rolls-Royce interiors are the right environment in that to relax and unwind in welcoming silence. However they will conjointly be a centre for entertainment. Phantom Saloon's theatre configuration adds two monitors among veneered picnic tables for rear seat passengers that are linked to a multi-media player, mounted in a compartment behind the centre console. The inclusion of AV connectors, a six-DVD changer housed within the lower glove box and USB port in the centre console, means that occupants will view separate content wherever they may be seated, front or rear.
The LOGIC7 surround sound system by Harman can produce a actually cinematic experience on any journey. Seven individual sound signals are processed specifically for the car and its interior conditions employing a combination of speakers that include subwoofers housed within resonance chambers in the area created by Phantom's double floor. A 9-channel amplifier delivers supreme clarity, clearly putting musical instruments, sound effects and dialogue at totally different depths giving the impression of sitting in row one or 20 of a concert.
At the bit of a button, Phantom's elegant analogue clock flips to reveal a brand new control centre display. The screen has increased in size from 6.5 to 8.8 inches with enhanced pixel density providing a more refined image, furthermore split-menu display for a lot of intuitive access to totally different functions.
A trendy new chrome controller, discreetly hidden among the centre console and rear-centre arm rests when not in use, is flanked by operate keys like menu, telephone and navigation to permit easier access to infotainment functions.
Eight practical bookmarks are currently included beneath the monitor. These will be programmed to gift desired info at the bit of a chrome key, for instance the preferred orientation for satellite navigation maps, to present favourite tv channels, pre-set radio stations or to access Phantom's telephone menu.
All Rolls-Royce Phantom family cars currently benefit from improved interfaces and interaction with wireless technology. Finding a restaurant, booking a table, then being guided to its location, for instance, comes courtesy of the improved functionality and inter-connectivity of Phantom's new satellite navigation system. Any enhancements to navigation functions include guided tours: at the Home of Rolls-Royce, which is situated next to the historic town of Chichester in England, drivers could opt for to pick a forty five minute tour taking in Roman Britain.
For Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II the telephone cradle has been replaced by a normal match sensible phone cradle that connects directly into the automotive antennae. The centre recess currently additionally includes USB, Aux-in and 12V power sockets. Additionally, music can be copied directly onto the automotive's hard-drive, due to the addition of a USB port in the glove compartment.