Archive for the ‘Rolls-Royce’ Category

Officially Official: Rolls-Royce 200EX

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Following today’s embargo debacle, Rolls-Royce has finally released the official details and images of its baby Roller, the 200EX. The name draws its inspiration from the “experimental” prototypes that Rolls created during the pre-war era, but this version is more modern and has its sights set on the Bentley Continental Flying Spur.
While Rolls-Royce has deemed [...]

Geneva Embargo Leakage: Beans get spilled on Rolls-Royce 200EX concept

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

AutoCar The Daily Telegraph just couldn’t wait one more day and apparently broke the embargo on the new Rolls-Royce 200EX concept. The 200EX that will be shown publicly for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in two weeks is a precursor to the fourth production Rolls-Royce model of the modern BMW ownership era. [...]

Geneva Preview: Rolls-Royce 200EX Concept teaser surfaces

Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Geneva Preview: Rolls-Royce 200EX Concept teaser surfaces

The oft-spied Rolls-Royce RR4 finally has a name — 200 EX — and will be unveiled in concept form at the Geneva Motor Show in a couple of weeks. The 200EX will be a new, smaller model to slot in below the current Phantom sedan and coupe, riding on a new platform and with an [...]

Phantom gets a Phacelift: Rolls-Royce sedan updated for 2009

Monday, February 16th, 2009
Phantom gets a Phacelift: Rolls-Royce sedan updated for 2009

It’s hard to feel bad for something as stately as the Rolls-Royce Phantom sedan, but the model that relaunched the most distinguished of British automakers under BMW’s patronage has soldiered on without a complaint while all the others got the attention. Since its introduction in 2003, the Phantom has spawned the Coupe and Drophead versions, [...]

Maybach leads luxury segment… in depreciation

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Maybach leads luxury segment… in depreciation

Anybody want to buy a used Maybach? Hello? The idea may sound entirely preposterous - an anathema, even, to the brand’s nouveau riche market - but it may be the best way to get your hands on Mercedes’ super-lux big brother. Of course that’s the positive way to look at it, but the flip side [...]

More details on “€380,000″ Rolls-Royce 4

Monday, February 2nd, 2009
More details on “€380,000″ Rolls-Royce 4

Auto Telegraaf reports a tidbit on the coming Rolls-Royce 4 that would make the car something special indeed: it claims the car will cost €380,000. If true, that would make it the second priciest car in the Rolls-Royce line-up, with only the Phantom LWB a scant €20,000 ahead of it. Rolls-Royce CEO Tom Purves did [...]

That’s Rich: Rolls-Royce sets another sales record

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
That’s Rich: Rolls-Royce sets another sales record

“The poor stay poor, the rich get rich. That’s how it goes, and everybody knows”. Leonard Cohen might as well have been writing jingle for Rolls-Royce. Because while mass-market automakers have seen plummeting sales, the quintessential luxury marque has enjoyed another year of sales improvement, building on the five years of consecutive growth the company [...]

The Phantom Menace: Project Kahn mods the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe

Thursday, January 8th, 2009
The Phantom Menace: Project Kahn mods the Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe

Few cars epitomize “the good life” quite like the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe. But for some people, good isn’t good enough. And for those people, there’s Project Kahn, the blingtastic British tuning house which has just debuted its own custom DHC.
Central to Kahn’s package are the special Silver Mist rims, specially made for the Rolls. [...]