Rolls-Royce models look more like ordinary cars again (albeit very smart ones), instead of five-star hotel lounges on wheels. The latest Phantom, launched in 2003, shows all the care in design and power in performance that have characterised the companys cars over the previous century. Easy-access coach doors that open from the centre, a curved rear seat that facilitates a feeling of sociability between passengers, umbrellas that sit in compartments in the rear doors: everything has been thought of. A new one will cost you around 250,000.
Production is now carried on at a specially designed, environmentally friendly facility at Goodwood in West Sussex. This is not far from the famour Motor Museum at Beaulieu, and only 20 miles from Henry Royces final home, a house called Elmstead in the village of West Wittering. The nearby Goodwood racing circuit is used for testing new cars, and overseas orders can be shipped from the port of Southampton. It feels like a fitting home for what remains the worlds most prestigious car maker.
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
Rolls Royce Cars 2011
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars
2011 Rolls Royce Cars