2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe - Car and Driver
The design of the Rolls-Royce Phantom drophead coupe that made its debut at the Detroit show in January looks quite familiar. For three years now, the international auto-show circuit has played host to the Rolls-Royce 100EX convertible and the 101EX coupe. The Phantom drophead is the production version of those concepts. Price: $412,000. Rolls-Royce insists the 100EX was not simply a preview of the Phantom drophead. Rolls did see an open-air two-door car as the next step after the Phantom sedan, but the 100EX's design was purely speculative. The 100EX had a 9. 0-liter V-16, a polished aluminum hood, and wooden yacht decking forming the tonneau cover. Rolls's well-heeled clientele responded positively to the convertible, especially the rear-hinged "suicide doors" and unpainted hood, but they said they didn't need an engine larger than the Phantom's 6. 8-liter V-12. Several hundred orders were... Source: www.caranddriver.com
