Rolls Royce Phantom Silver Honors Silver Ghosts

Porsche — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:07:03 +0000

In regard to the formation of the worlds first true luxury automaker, Rolls Royce, who received top billing, the businessman or the designer? Businessman Charles Rolls came first with second billing going to engineer Henry Royce.

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Charles and Henry agreed that Rolls company would exclusively sell all vehicles made by Royce. Rolls Royce Motor Cars made its official debut in 1904 at the Paris Salon. Perhaps Royce Rolls sounded too much like a pun or a criticism than an appropriate nomenclature for a fledgling car manufacturer. Shortly thereafter Royce designed vehicles were ruling the roadways.

The first Rolls Royce made was a 10 horsepower, two cylinder vehicle with a top speed of 39 mph. By 1906 the automaker had a vehicle with three chassis styles and six cylinder inline engines capable of exceeding 50 mph.

The first Rolls Royce with an enclosed backseat, the Pullman by Barker, also was introduced at that time. Rolls Royce elevated its status to a producer of elite vehicles with the Silver Ghost in 1907. It was the first reliable and smooth riding manufactured. It set a world record for a non stop motor run, traveling an astonishing 14,371 miles.

The most popular body types of the most elite car of the era were the enclosed Barker cabriolet, the Barker Tourer, the Hooper Landaulet, and the London Edinburg. The fabled vehicle first gained notoriety when it was entered into the 1907 Scottish Reliability Run, winning the gold medal in its class for hill climbing and reliability.

Silver Ghosts were manufactured from 1907 to 1925. It is astonishing that the majority of the 6,000 Silver Ghosts built still run well today. Aside from Rolls Royce, how many automakers today would dare say their cars could be driven 100 years from now?

Rolls Royce has produced 25 Phantom Silvers to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Silver Ghost. The Phantom Silvers bespoke paint color is Metallic Ghost Silver. The interior of the limited edition comes in rose leaf or cream light leather. The RR logo is embroidered into both the piping and the headrests.

Eco friendly Santos Palisander rosewood is used throughout the cabin. The varied grain rosewood also is used for a presentation box that holds the key, two solid silver key fobs and a specially commissioned Conway Stewart fountain pen. The LCD screen for the navigational system is strategically concealed behind the clock in the dashboard to preserve the car’s classic decorum.

Beneath the hood of this refined vehicle is a fuel injected V12 engine with 48 valves that accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds. Its top speed is 149 mph. The sedan has a maintenance free six speed transmission and speed sensitive rack andpinion steering.

The Phantom Silver sets on 21 inch alloy wheels with chrome centers. The Spirit of Ecstasy, which has been the automakers traditional grille ornament since 1911, is solid silver. It is retractable for security purposes.

Rolls Royce produced automobiles and aero engines until 1971. Bleak financial circumstances forced the firm into receivership and the divisions became separate companies. The BMW Group has been the owner of the Rolls Royce line since 1998. While many other brands have strived and risen to attain recognition, Rolls Royce Motor Company possessed such panache from its inception.

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Rolls-royce Will Offer Limited Edition Phantom Silver

Porsche — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:46:19 +0000

Rolls-Royce will once again offer something that would surely make car enthusiasts so excited that they will probably buy floor mats first just so you know to make sure that their new “Rolls-Royce” remained unspoiled.

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Rolls-Royce to mark the 100th anniversary of its legendary Silver Ghost has developed the limited edition Phantom Silver. This special model, of which only 25 are to be produced, pays homage to the one of the most famous automotive names of all time.

The Silver Ghost was first produced in the year 1906 with the main intention of promoting the then new Rolls-Royce 40/50 hp six-cylinder model. The Silver Ghost has helped to develop the Rolls-Royce reputation for reliability and engineering excellence.

The name Silver Ghost was coined in 1907 by Rolls-Royce Managing Director, Claude Johnson by virtue of its silver coachwork and its extraordinary stealth-ness. The original Silver Ghost was registered as AX-201 and competed in the 1907 Scottish Reliability Trial wherein it won the gold medal in its class for hill climbing speed and reliability. For that year, the Silver Ghost was able to break the world record for a non-stop motor run, covering London to Glasgow route 27 times with a total mileage of 14,371 miles.

From 1907 to 1925 more than 6,000 Silver Ghosts were built and was sold in different parts of the world. And until today majority of those Silver Ghost are still in their immaculate conditions.

To give tribute to the specifications of the original, the new Limited Edition Phantom Silver is finished in a new Bespoke paint, Metallic Ghost Silver. It’s equipped with 21-inch wheels that have chrome centers and on top of the grille is hallmarked with solid silver Spirit of Ecstacy. The interior of the Phantom Silver is a Rose Leaf or Crème Light leather which is accompanied by seat piping and headrests embroidered with the Rolls-Royce interlinked RR badge.

Straight grained Santos Palissander wood veneer is used throughout. The same veneer is also used on a specially designed presentation box that houses the key, the two solid silver key fobs and a specially commissioned solid silver Conway Stewart fountain pain.

Phantom Silver specification:

• Bespoke Ghost Silver paintwork

• 21-inch alloy wheels chrome centre caps

• Roseleaf or Crème Light leather interior trim

• Santos Palissander veneered wood

• Coolbox

• Solid silver and enamel Conway Stewart pen

• Solid silver key fob

• Solid silver Spirit of Ecstasy

• Bespoke drinks holder

• Bespoke champagne flutes and tumblers detailed with silver

• White instrument dials

• Bespoke clock matched to instrument dials

• Phantom Silver tread plates

About Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Motors was the result of the merger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973. Rolls-Royce Limited has been nationalized in the year 1971 due to the financial collapse of the company which was attributed to the development of the RB211 jet engine. Then in 1973 the British government sold the Rolls-Royce car business to allow the Rolls-Royce Limited to concentrate on jet engine manufacturing.

In the year 1980 Rolls-Royce Motors was acquired by Vickers. Then in 1998 Vickers decided to sell Rolls-Royce Motors. BMW was among the interested buyers since it is already the supplier of engines and other components for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars. Unfortunately, their final offer of £340m was outbid by Volkswagen who offered £430m.

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Evander Klum is a Business Administration graduate who hails from Alabama. He enjoys extreme sports and he is also a car racing fanatic. At present, he works as a marketing manager at an advertising agency in Cleveland.

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