British luxury car manufacturer, Rolls-Royce has unveiled 8th generation of its 92 years old model, the Phantom. Introduced in 1925 by Sir Henry Royce, Phantom is said to be the ‘architecture of luxury’. The 8th-gen Phantom is made up of an all-aluminium spaceframe architecture designed by Rolls-Royce engineers, the new spaceframe is said to be 30 percent more rigid than its predecessor. The first major benefit of the new architecture for the New Phantom are lightness, increased stiffness, efficient production of standard and extended wheelbase bodies and exterior surface design. Accompanying the increased stiffness of the spaceframe is a high comfort chassis with air suspension and chassis control systems, delivering optimal vibration comfort performance. Beyond all this, the car comes with driver-aid equipment such as active cruise control, 360-degree parking assist and night vision.
The new-gen Phantom also gets self-levelling air suspension which makes millions of calculations every second as it continuously varies the electronically controlled shock absorber adjustment system – reacting to body and wheel acceleration, steering inputs and camera information.
Powered by a 6.5-litre V12 turbocharged engine that makes 563 bhp, the car is claimed to be the ‘Most Silent Car in The World’ as the motor in the new Phantom includes 6mm two-layer glazing all around the car and more than 130kg of sound insulation. Acoustic insulation from road noise has been helped by the employment of double skin alloy on areas within the floor and bulkhead of the spaceframe. But all of these hasn’t made any changes in the performance, the new Rolls-Royce Phantom can still go 0-100 km/h in 5.3 seconds.
Inside, the new Phantom gets heated seats, heated armrests, heated console lid and heated lower C-pillar. The seats are completely hand-crafted for more comfort. The car also gets rear picnic tables and rear theatre monitors, which are electrically deployed and retracted at the touch of a button. experience. The new fixed rear centre console receives significant enhancement, by incorporating a drinks cabinet with whiskey glasses and decanter, champagne flutes and coolbox.
At the heart of the New Phantom’s wholly modern design aesthetic is dashboard and instrument panel area which company calls ‘The Gallery’. All of the elements within ‘The Gallery’ are enclosed in toughened glass that runs the full width of the dash area. Within it, the instrument digital dials are framed with chrome. The Gallery is accompanied by a 12.3-inch TFT colour displays with LED backlighting to communicate all driver information from within the round chrome surrounds.
When launched, the new Phantom is expected to be priced around $4,50,000 when it goes on sale in late 2017.
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