The All-New Super-Luxury Rolls-Royce Phantom Has Been Leaked

Pictures of the all-new Rolls-Royce Phantom have leaked onto Chinese media, after appearing to have been photographed on a computer screen.

The images, from an online brochure that isn’t meant to be live yet, prove that the new car keeps much of the old one’s looks, despite using a brand new platform that will be shared with the ‘Cullinan’ SUV the firm is working on.

It keeps the signature chrome grille and narrow headlights, albeit with a slightly altered shape, and the second pair of headlights is now gone. it looks like two-tone paint will again be a popular feature.

The images show a long-wheelbase Phantom, which isn’t news in itself because we knew it was coming, but we have to admit we’re a bit disappointed in the centre console, which, in these photos at least, doesn’t look much like it belongs in a £350,000 car.

On the other hand, the beautifully-carved dark wood trim inlay in another of the images looks every bit as finely crafted as you’d expect. Beneath the long bonnet there will be a V12, but we don’t yet know whether it will be an evolution of the same 6.75-litre unit we know and love from the old Phantom, or a tuned version of the more modern 6.6-litre BMW engine used by the Rolls-Royce Ghost, Wraith and Dawn.

The car will be officially revealed in just over a week’s time, at which point we should be able to bring you more and better images. If we’re lucky, there might even be a spec detail or two to cast your way.

Via: Autocar