The Rolls-Royce celebrates 100 years in the making of the Phantom, a pinnacle of luxury in their lineup. Since its first assembly in 1925, the automaker has been known for making this luxury sedan with lush cabins, a smooth powertrain, a pretentious design, and luxury rides.
Rolls Royce has unveiled the Phantom Centenary private collection, limited to contain only 25 special sedans. The Centenary edition is inspired by the old days of Hollywood when the stars of the silver screen preferred Phantom as their favorite.
Notable things on the Phantom include a two-tone finish of Arctic White with Black and a Super Champagne crystal finish integrated with tiny pieces of crushed glass on the clear coat to create a metallic shimmer look.
On the front, the grille has a special Spirit of Ecstasy ornament that references the original hood ornament that was crafted out of a solid 18 carats of gold plated in 24 carats of gold.
The badges also contain 24 carats of gold on a white enamel background. A set of disc wheels completes the exterior and has a hypotonic design, each engraved with 25 lines that reference the units that Rolls-Royce will manufacture, and all the wheels together add up to the tribute of the 100 years.
On the Centenary edition interior, it’s highly detailed and looks like an art gallery paying homage to Phantom’s past heritage. The rear seats are inspired by 1926 Rolls-Royce models, which featured handwoven tapestries, now showing Rolls-Royce’s original headquarters located in London.
According to Rolls-Royce, the fabric took them more than a year to develop by combining a print with embroidery made with over 160,000 stitches. The front seats are covered in white leather, and a laser art of the Phantom’s history is seen.
A design of a rabbit pays reference to Rodgers Rabbit, which is the code used during the Phantom return in 2003, and that time is whenBMW acquired the marquee. A seagull motif is seen, and it’s inspired by the code name used for the first prototype of the Phantom in 1923.
A portion of the front passenger’s dashboard houses handmade artwork holding up 50 3D brushed aluminum fins bending and twisting and also has a sculpted letter that Rolls-Royce says it took from press acclaim of the Phantom.
A wood-work decor is seen, especially on the door panels, that uses a stained blackwood showing a kind of geographical feature and map. The woodwork was created by using a variety of techniques, including laser etching, 3-D ink layering, 3-D multi-directional marquetry, and gold leaf. Also, it has a picnic table at the rear seats that has realistic images of the 1925 Phantom and the current Phantom VIII.
Underneath its hood, it has a 6.75-liter V12 engine covered in Arctic white and 24-carat gold. Another feature in the Rolls Royce Phantom Centenary edition is the starlight headliner that has over 440,000 stitches, which forms a mulberry tree with honeybees and birds wrapped around the illuminated stars. The art illustrated a photo taken by Henry Royce in the garden.
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