Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II

Phantom Series II



For 2013, all Phantom models undergo a subtly restyled front fascia; this, to accommodate full-LED light clusters featuring curve-light functionality (peering around corners) and adaptive headlights (optimized with road speed). A new 8.8-in. Control Centre Display provides audio/visual content, satellite maps and other driver information. A new 8-speed automatic transmission and rear differential team with the car's direct-injected V-12 to yield a 10-percent improvement in combined mpg. (The official European number is 14.8 liters/100 km, equivalent to 15.9 mpg U.S.)



Rolls-Royce once advertised itself as "the best car in the world." At some point that might well have been true, but until the Rolls-Royce Phantom was introduced in 2003, it hadn't been the case for at least sixty years. That car, an artful combination of traditional restrained British elegance and rigorous German engineering -- courtesy of parent BMW -- was a splendid anachronism that resonated with traditional R-R buyers the world over. If its facade was less than felicitous, the Phantom's overall impression was one of massive magnificence. Now, with minimal but absolutely vital and extremely effective exterior changes for the Series II, the design is far more refined. The too-small, round, pig-eyed headlamps that spoiled the frontal composition have been expunged, the gigantic grille shell is formed as a single stainless-steel piece, and forged twenty-one-inch wheels are simpler in appearance (and the better for it