2015 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Nighthawk - Car and Driver (blog)
Pity the wealthy: When all their friends already have Phantom sedans, what is left to drive. Happily, there are two additional offerings in the Phantom family: a coupe and the drophead—Brit-speak for softtop. The coupe offers an LED Starlight headliner option that brings the constellations inside. First Drive Review – 2015 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Nighthawk The last time we reviewed a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe , it was 2009, and none other than P. J. O’Rourke wrote an enlightened piece full of magnificently qualified... But we can tell you about the new Phantom Drophead Coupe “Nighthawk”, one of nine produced exclusively for the U. S. market, and how it feels to drive it in an area of the country where the car is even more in its element than O’Rourke’s New... Steering Clear of TMZ The car hasn’t changed a bit since 2009, at least mechanically, which is why we didn’t bother retesting it. Unless the laws of physics have changed, the 5800-plus-pound cabriolet probably still hits 60 mph in about five and a... As for driving it today, being at the helm of a three-ton, $570,000 beast as it lists like the Costa Concordia on Mulholland Drive’s notorious S-curves can be pretty terrifying. Source: www.caranddriver.com
