Rolls Royce produces the world’s most extravagant automobiles. The Phantom is their flagship vehicle, and it costs a whopping Rs 10 crores before taxes. The 2022 Rolls-Royce Phantom is about the size of a tiny house and 10 times the price, but it justifies its price tag with the most luxurious cabin in auto dom and the exclusivity that comes with a half-million-dollar car.
The Phantom’s exterior may have a familiar decades-old silhouette, but its interior is jam-packed with modern conveniences and high-tech features to match its truly opulent surroundings. Although a V-12 engine provides seemingly limitless power, it purrs quietly beneath the Phantom’s long hood so as not to disturb the interior’s serene atmosphere.
Fine leathers, real wood, and genuine metal parts cover every square inch of the cabin, and those relegated to the back seat, especially in the long-wheelbase model, can relax in a supreme comfort model with more features.
Moreover, Rolls-Royce’s flagship Phantom sedan will remain largely unchanged in 2022, but a new Privacy Suite option will be available. This feature includes an electrochromic glass divider between the front and back seats, as well as an intercom for communication with the driver. A pair of 12.0-inch monitors mounted ahead of the rear passengers can be set up to mirror laptops or other smart devices, and curtains provide additional privacy from those outsides.
Pricing and Choosing Which One to Purchase
A Phantom—or any Rolls-Royce for that matter—doesn’t come off the dealer’s lot. No.
These carriages of the rich are often customised down to the last detail to meet the exacting requirements of the millionaires and billionaires who can afford them. One won’t even attempt to suggest which special-order options are worthwhile to include because, well, how would one know?
Boby Chemmanur transforms his Rolls Royce into a luxurious taxi
Boby Chemmanur, the businessman who brought Diego Marodana to Kerala, is back in the news after converting his Rolls Royce Phantom into a tourist taxi. The car has a yellow number plate that is used for taxi services, and the cost of using it for a day is a princely Rs 25,000.
Chemmanur says, “I used to have a fleet of vehicles including Rolls Royce, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover and other premium vehicles. As a person who always interacts with people during my business trips across the state as well as outside, I found people looking in awe at my Rolls Royce Phantom. That is how the idea came to me. Why not convert this into a tourist taxi?”
The Rolls Royce Phantom is a high-end car that was painted gold and emblazoned with the Boby Chemmanur logo to convert it into a tourist taxi. The vehicle was then added to the fleet of the Boby Tours and Travel group, which is a division of the Boby Chemmanur group. The car, according to Chemmanur, was originally intended for guests of his Oxygen Resort in Munnar.
He added, “We had just commenced operations when Covid struck. Now I will be popularising this. We are charging Rs 50,000 for a wedding and we have already got several bookings since travelling in a Rolls Royce Phantom car worth Rs 9.5 crore is an experience that young couples cherish.”
Features of Rolls Royce Phantom:
A silky 563-hp twin-turbo V-12 paired with an eight-speed automatic and rear-wheel drive delivers massive power. The car accelerates quickly, but the 5.1-second zero-to-60-mph time claimed by Rolls-Royce isn’t something you’d want your chauffeur to try to match. The Phantom is better suited to wafting while making delicate throttle and steering inputs.
It’s an understatement to say the ride is smooth—imagine being carried along on a fluffy cloud. The Rolls Royce Phantom practically floats above the road, thanks to a pothole-spotting camera that aids the suspension’s real-time adaptation to road imperfections. It’s a sensory-deprivation cocoon reminiscent of a library that makes you feel like a member of the royal family.
A royal-themed interior can have its own custom-artwork dash. The cabin is covered in acres of wood, real metal accents, and vast expanses of supple leather. The Phantom is available in both a standard and a long-wheelbase version, with the latter gaining 8.6 inches in length, which translates to more rear-seat legroom.
Coach doors open from the back, allowing for graceful and dramatic arrivals and departures. Deep-pile carpeted floor mats, power-adjustable seats with massage, a refrigerated console compartment, and remote controls for the infotainment system are among the amenities available to rear-seat passengers.